Salient features of the Government of India Acts, 1858

Salient features of the Government of India Act, 1858:

• India's rule came directly under British crown. 

• The administration was to be run by the secretary of state and Governor General. 

• The Board of directors and Board of controlled were abolished. 

• The council of India was an advisory body, with the secretary of state as its chairman. 

• The British gave up the policy of expansion and annexation of princely states. 

These features suggest that the Act was passed mainly to consolidate the British control over India, and, thereby, tactfully suppress any upsurge, like the revolt of 1857 by the Indians.