Charter Acts of the British Parliament

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The Charter Acts of the British Parliament were a series of laws passed between 1793 and 1853 that regulated and gradually curtailed the East India Company's powers, reshaping the governance and administration of British India.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British legislation ⓘ
series of Acts of Parliament ⓘ
appliesTo British India ⓘ
British India ⓘ
British India ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
East India Company ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
effect allocation of funds for education in India ⓘ
centralization of legislative power in Governor-General of India in Council ⓘ
confirmation of East India Company trade monopoly with India ⓘ
curtailment of East India Company powers ⓘ
designation of Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India ⓘ
end of East India Company trade monopoly with China ⓘ
end of East India Company trade monopoly with India except tea and China trade ⓘ
expansion of Crown control over Indian administration ⓘ
expansion of legislative council with additional members ⓘ
further reduction of East India Company autonomy in India ⓘ
increased control of British government over East India Company ⓘ
introduction of open competitive examinations for Indian Civil Service ⓘ
opening of Indian trade to private British merchants ⓘ
prohibition of discrimination in public employment on grounds of religion or race ⓘ
provision for Christian missionaries to work in British India ⓘ
provision for a Law Commission for India ⓘ
renewal of East India Company charter for 20 years ⓘ
renewal of East India Company charter for 20 years ⓘ
renewal of East India Company governance without fixed time limit ⓘ
separation of legislative and executive functions of Governor-General’s Council ⓘ
transformation of East India Company into an administrative body ⓘ
enactmentYear 1793 ⓘ
1813 ⓘ
1833 ⓘ
1853 ⓘ
endTime 1853 ⓘ
followedBy Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
hasPart Charter Act 1793 ⓘ
Charter Act 1813 ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Charter Act 1853 ⓘ
historicalContext British colonial rule in India ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
purpose regulation of the East India Company ⓘ
restructuring of governance in British India ⓘ
startTime 1793 ⓘ

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Governors of East India Company presidencies → legalBasis → Charter Acts of the British Parliament ⓘ
Commissioners for the Affairs of India → reformedBy → Charter Acts relating to the East India Company ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament
Saint Helena Act 1833 → relatedTo → Charter Acts ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament
British policies in India → legalBasis → Charter Acts ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament
Government of India Acts → predecessor → Charter Acts ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament
Late Mughal period → significantEvent → Charter Acts affecting British rule in India ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament
Late modern period in India → significantEvent → Charter Acts ⓘ
linked to: Charter Acts of the British Parliament