Company administration and colonial economy
Regulating Act to the Charter Act of 1853
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Regulating Act 1773: Governor-General of Bengal with a council, Supreme Court at Calcutta, control over Bombay and Madras
- Pitt's India Act: Board of Control, dual control of Company by Crown and directors
- Charter Act 1793: twenty-year charter renewal, Governor-General's overriding power, salaries from Indian revenue
- Charter Act 1813: monopoly ended except tea and China trade, one lakh for education, missionaries admitted, Crown sovereignty asserted
- Charter Act 1833: Governor-General of India, Company ends as trader, Law Member and Law Commission, no discrimination by religion or colour
- Charter Act 1853: open competition for civil service, separate legislative council, charter without a term
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 26 Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory: The Company Establishes Power
- ch. 2 From Trade to Territory, Setting up a New Administration, pp. 13-14 (printed 21-22)
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 6: Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation
- ch. 6 Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation, The demand for moral education, p. 6 (printed 70)