After the Mughal Emperor was deposed by the British East India Company , and after the company itself was dissolved , the title `` Empress of India '' ( or Kaiser-i-Hind , a form coined by the orientalist G.W. Leitner in a deliberate attempt to dissociate British imperial rule from that of preceding dynasties ) was taken by Queen Victoria from 1 May 1876 , and proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1877 .
After the Mughal Emperor ended by the British East India Company , the title `` Empress of India '' was taken by Queen Victoria from May 1 1876 .