Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON THE TEXT; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 CROWN AND COMPANY; Empire by Treaty; A Whig Queen; Defender of the Faith; East India Men; CHAPTER 2 WARRIOR QUEEN; The Runaway Elephant; The Queen's Army; Loot from Lahore; Double Trouble; CHAPTER 3 EXHIBITING INDIA; Prince Albert and India; India on Display; Indian Exiles; CHAPTER 4 'THIS BLOODY CIVIL WAR'; The Infidel Victoria; News from India; The Transfer of Power; The Indian Magna Carta; CHAPTER 5 VICTORIA BEATRIX; SovereignsSubjects; Servants; CHAPTER 6 QUEEN OF PUBLIC WORKS; The Age of Improvement; Famine Queen; Immoral Economies; CHAPTER 7 ROYAL TOURISTS; 'A walking proclamation': Prince Alfred in India, 1869-70; Shahzardah: The Prince of Wales in India, 1875-6; Heirs and Graces: The Later Tours; CHAPTER 8 QUEEN- EMPRESS; The Blot on the Queen's Head; The Imperial Assemblage; Crown Orders; CHAPTER 9 MOTHER OF INDIA; Widow; Mother; Sisters; Daughters; CHAPTER 10 PATRIOT QUEEN; Voices of India; Ripon engel appan20; National Union; CHAPTER 11 JUJUBILEE; Managing Loyalty: The Golden Jubilee of 1887; Loyal Legacy: The Imperial InstituteFeast and Famine: The Diamond Jubilee of 1897; CHAPTER 12 THE LAST YEARS OF THE QAISARA; Manipur; In Memoriam; EPILOGUE; Raj and Swaraj; Jai Hind; Empire to Republic; APPENDIX; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.