"Who was the first British monarch to be named ""Empress of India""?"
Coins of British India the older Presidency system was discontinued. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, control of EIC territories passed to the British Crown. Coinage issued after 1857 were under the authority of the monarch as India became part of the British Empire. With the Royal Titles Act 1876, Victoria took the title "Empress of India", so in 1877 coin inscriptions changed from to . There was a transition period after India gained independence on 15 August 1947, and the first set of republic India coins were issued in 1950. Coinage under the British can be divided into two periods: East India Company
RMS Empress of India (1890) sailed with the same name. This vessel from Barrow is the first of two CP ships named "Empress of India". RMS Empress of India (1890) RMS "Empress of India" was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships. This ship would be the first of two CP vessels to be named "Empress of India," and on 28 April 1891, she was the very first of many ships named "Empress" arriving at Vancouver harbor. "Empress of India" regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far