The English East India Company ceased to be a trading company by which of the following :
1) Pitts India Act of 1784
2) Charter Act of 1833
3) Charter Act of 1813
4) Government of India Act, 1858
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The English East India Company ceased to be a trading company by which of the following :
1) Pitts India Act of 1784
2) Charter Act of 1833
3) Charter Act of 1813
4) Government of India Act, 1858
Key provisions of Charter Act 1833 or Saint Helena Act 1833
i) It ended the activities of British India Company as a commercial body and it became a purely administrative body.
ii) The company lost its monopoly on trade with China.
iii) It redesignated the Governer General of Bengal as Governer General of India(1st- Bentinck)
iv) Deprived the governer of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers and governer general’s council was known as India’s council.
v) Tried to introduce a system of open competition for the selection of civil services but this provision was this provision did not come into picture due to opposition from Court of Directors.
2) Charter Act of 1833