India Act 1784

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The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.

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Generate an image of the India Act 1784 (The India Act 1784 was a British law that restructured the governance of the East India Company and placed its political administration in India under closer control of the British government.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British India ⓘ
East India Company territories in India ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
definesRoleOf Board of Control ⓘ
Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
distinguishesBetween commercial functions of the East India Company ⓘ
political and territorial functions of the East India Company ⓘ
establishes Board of Control ⓘ
follows Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
grantsPowerTo Board of Control ⓘ
British government over Indian political affairs ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Pitt India Act ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784

Pitt's India Act ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
hasEffectOn administrative structure of British India ⓘ
constitutional development of British rule in India ⓘ
hasSubject East India Company ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
introducedBy William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
limitsPowerOf East India Company directors in political matters ⓘ
mainPurpose to establish dual control of Indian affairs between the British government and the East India Company ⓘ
to place the political administration of the East India Company in India under closer control of the British government ⓘ
to reform the governance structure of the East India Company ⓘ
partOf British colonial policy in India ⓘ
regulates political administration of the East India Company in India ⓘ
relations between the British government and the East India Company ⓘ
relatedTo Charter Act 1793 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
strengthensAuthorityOf British Crown over Indian administration ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
subjectHasRole key step in transferring political control in India from a trading company to the British state ⓘ
typeOfRegulation colonial governance reform ⓘ

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William Pitt the Younger → notableWork → India Act 1784 ⓘ
British East India Company → subjectToRegulationBy → Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
British East India Company → subjectToRegulationBy → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
India Act 1784 → hasAlternativeName → Pitt's India Act ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
India Act 1784 → hasAlternativeName → Pitt India Act ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
India Act 1784 → follows → Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
EIC → subjectTo → India Act 1784 ⓘ
Court of Directors → regulatedBy → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Board of Control → createdBy → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Company rule in India → significantEvent → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Cornwallis Code → follows → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
subject linked to: Cornwallis Code in India
linked to: India Act 1784
Council of the Governor-General → legalBasis → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Regulating Act 1773 → followedBy → Pitt’s India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → subjectOf → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → createdBy → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → legislativeBasis → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
British Raj (Company rule in India) → significantEvent → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
British Raj (Company rule in India) → legalBasis → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
British policies in India → legalBasis → Pitt’s India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Late Mughal period → significantEvent → Pitt's India Act of 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Board of Control in London → createdBy → Pitt's India Act 1784 ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784
Late modern period in India → significantEvent → Pitt's India Act ⓘ
linked to: India Act 1784