After Pitts India Act (in Hindi)

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R K Shukla

Again in 1786, an amending act was brought by the British government, which took care of problem related to the councils of the governor general and governors and made lord Cornwallis the second governor general.  Charter Act 1793 Charter act of 1793 was an act of the parliament of Great Britain, which renewed the charter issue to the British east India Company and continued company's rule in India. The act made only fairly minimal changes to either the system of government in India or British over sight of the company's activities. Most importantly, the company's trade monopoly was continued for further period of 20 years. the governor general was generated extensive powers over the subordinates presidencies. Charter act 1833 The charter act of 1833 came into being after many socio political changes in British society. The act gave another 20 years to East India Company to trade in India. Also, this act was last step towards centralisation in British India. It made governor general of Bengal ass the governor general of India was visited in him all civil and military powers. Lord William Bentinck was the first governor general of India. Fourth member was added to governor general’s council for legislative purpose. lord Macaulay was the first incumbent. The act vested the legislative power exclusive in governor general in council and deprived governor of Bombay  and Madras of their legislative powers. The Indian civil services was founded. it attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants and affirmed that the Indians should not be barred from holding any palace, office or employment under the company.It provided that the company's territories in India were held by it 'in trust for his majesty, his heirs and successors'. Charter act 1853 The charter act of 1853 renewed the powers of the company and allowed it to retain the possessions of Indian territories on trust for the British Crown. It was the last in the series of Charter Acts. It laid foundation of parliamentary System of Government. The Executive and Legislature were separated. Legislative were separated. Legislative Assembly functioned on the model of British Parliament. It extended the Company’s rule, but didn’t specify any particular period, unlike the previous charters, thereby hinting that the company’s rule could be terminated any time at the will of the Parliament. It reduced the number of Boards of Directors from 24 to 18 and 6 out of them were nominated. By this Act, the Court of Directors were Disposed of their power of patronage and higher posts in administration were thrown open to the competitive examination. A committee headed by Lord Macaulay was appointed in the year 1854 to enforce this. The Act for the first time introduced local representation In the Indian (Central) Legislative Council. Of the Six new legislative members of the Governor-General’s Council, four members were appointed by the local (provincial) Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal and Agra.