The beginning of the British policy of consultation with Indians is another significant result of the mutiny.

The Legislative Council of 1853 had contained only Europeans and had behaved arrogantly as if it had been a full-fledged parliament.

It is widely felt that lack of communication with Indian opinion had helped to precipitate the crisis.

Accordingly, the new council of 1861 is given an Indian-nominated element.

The educational and public works programs, roads, railways, telegraphs, and irrigation continue with little interruption; in fact, some are stimulated by the thought of their value for the transport of troops in a crisis, but the insensitive, British-imposed social measures that have affected Hindu society have come to an abrupt end.