What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria's Proclamation (1858)? 1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States 2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown 3. To regulate East India Company's trade with India Select the correct answer using the code given below.

The 1858 Proclamation formally transferred Indian administration from the East India Company to the British Crown and explicitly disclaimed future territorial annexations to appease local rulers after the 1857 Revolt. Statement 3 is incorrect because the Proclamation ended the Company's political rule entirely rather than regulating its trade, which had already been stripped by the Charter Acts of 1813 and 1833. The core concept tested is the fundamental shift in British colonial policy and governance structure—marking the transition from Company rule to the British Raj—following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.