Equal before the Law

Following the Indian Mutiny in 1857, Queen Victoria assured the people of India that they would not be pressurised into becoming Christians. She declared that in Britain all are equal under the law, and that British subjects would be employed by her government regardless of race or religion, provided they could perform the duties required of them.

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