Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India in 1877.
In 1877, Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli had Queen Victoria named Empress of India... India had already been under royal administration since 1858, but this title was a move to better unite the monarchy with the empire and bind India more firmly to Britain.
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