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Regulations and Acts
Question | Answer |
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It designated the Governor of Bengal (Fort William) as the Governor-General (of Bengal) | Regulating Act of 1773 |
It subordinated the Governors of Bombay and Madras to the Governor-General of Bengal | Regulating Act of 1773 |
The Supreme Court was established at Fort William (Calcutta) as the Apex Court in 1774 | Regulating Act of 1773 |
Distinguished between commercial and political functions of the company | Pitt’s India Act of 1784 |
Court of Directors for Commercial functions and Board of Control for political affairs | Pitt’s India Act of 1784 |
The companies territories in India were called “the British possession in India” | Pitt’s India Act of 1784 |
The Company’s monopoly over Indian trade terminated; Trade with India open to all British subjects | Charter Act of 1813 |
Governor-General (of Bengal) became the Governor-General of India | Charter Act of 1833 |
Beginning of a Central legislature for India as the act also took away legislative powers of Bombay and Madras provinces | Charter Act of 1833 |
The Act ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body and it became a purely administrative body | Charter Act of 1833 |
The legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General’s Council were separated | Charter Act of 1853 |
Indian Civil Service opened for all | Charter Act of 1853 |
The powers of the British Crown were to be exercised by the Secretary of State for India | Government of India Act of 1858 |
Abolished Board of Control and Court of Directors | Government of India Act of 1858 |
Introduced indirect elections (nomination) | Indian Councils Act of 1892 |
This Act is also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
Direct elections to legislative councils; first attempt at introducing a representative and popular element | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
The member of Central Legislative Council was increased to 60 from 16 | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
Introduced a system of communal representation for Muslims by accepting the concept of ‘separate electorate’ | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
Indians for the first time in Viceroys executive council. (Satyendra Prasad Sinha, as the law member) | Indian Councils Act of 1909 |
This Act is also known as the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms | Government of India Act of 1919 |
The Central subjects were demarcated and separated from those of the Provincial subjects | Government of India Act of 1919 |
The scheme of dual governance, ‘Dyarchy’, was introduced in the Provincial subjects | Government of India Act of 1919 |
The Act introduced, for the first time, bicameralism at center (Legislative Assembly with 140 members and Legislative council with 60 members) | Government of India Act of 1919 |
The Act also required that the three of the six members of the Viceroy’s Executive Council (other than Commander-in-Chief) were to be Indians | Government of India Act of 1919 |
Provided for the establishment of Public Service Commission | Government of India Act of 1919 |
The Act provided for the establishment of an All-India Federation consisting of the Provinces and the Princely States as units | Government of India Act of 1935 |
The Act divided the powers between the Centre and the units into items of three lists, namely the Federal List, the Provincial List and the Concurrent List | Government of India Act of 1935 |
The Act abolished the Dyarchy in the Provinces and introduced ‘Provincial Autonomy’ | Government of India Act of 1935 |
It provided for the adoption of Dyarchy at the Centre | Government of India Act of 1935 |
Provided for the establishment of Federal Court. | Government of India Act of 1935 |
Abolished the Council of India | Government of India Act of 1935 |
Sanctioned a sum of Rs. 1 lakh towards the education of Indians | Charter Act of 1813 |