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India Office

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Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866 ILN
Foreign and India Offices, London, 1866 ILN

The India Office was a British government department established in London in 1858 to oversee the administration, through a Viceroy and other officials, of the Provinces of British India. These territories comprised most of the modern-day nations of Indian Subcontinent as well as Yemen and other territories around the Indian Ocean. The department was headed by the Secretary of State for India, a member of the British cabinet, who was formally advised by the Council of India.Upon the independence of India in 1947 into the new independent dominion of India of the India Office was closed down. Responsibility for the United Kingdom's relations with the new country was transferred to the Commonwealth Relations Office (formerly the Dominions Office).

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India Office
King Charles Street, London Lambeth

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO;Foreign Office)

King Charles Street 30
SW1A 2AH London, Lambeth
England, United Kingdom
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