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The Pitts India Act, 1784 (The East India Company Act, 1784)
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The Pitts India Act, 1784
The Act of Settlement of 1781 was passed to cure the defects in the Regulating Act of 1773, but it could not cure the defects of the Regulating Act 1773.
Due to this fact the agitations for an effective control over the company’s affairs in India continued.
This matter of agitations against the East India Company was again raised before the British Parliament.
As a result of this, the British Parliament appointed two committees to look into this matter.
These Committees which were appointed by the British Parliament recommended for the recall of the Governor-General Lord Warran Hastings and the Chief Justice Impey.
But it is very important to note here that although the Committees suggested for the recall of the Governor-General Lord Warran Hastings and the Chief Justice Impey, but even then the Court of Proprietors refused to recall them.
This shows the inadequate degree of parliamentary control over the company and its administration.
To rectify this situation, the British Parliament had passed ‘The East India Company Act, 1784’ which is also popularly known as “Pitts India Act of 1784”. This Act is known by Pitts India Act of 1784 because it was introduced in the British Parliament by the then Prime Minister William Pitt.
The salient features of this Act were as follows:-
a. It divides the functions of the company into two parts i.e. the commercial and political functions.
b. Under this Act, the Court of directors were allowed to manage the commercial functions of the company, whereas to perform the political functions of the company, the Act created a new body called Board of Control.
c. Under this Act, Firstly the company’s territories in India were for the first time called the “British possessions in India” and secondly the British Government was given the Supreme control over the company’s affairs and its administration in India.
d. Under this Act the Council of the Governor-General was reconstituted which will have Governor-General and three other councilors. One of them was to be the commander-in-chief of the company’s forces in India.
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The Act of Settlement of 1781 was passed to cure the defects in the Regulating Act of 1773, but it could not cure the defects of the Regulating Act 1773.
Due to this fact the agitations for an effective control over the company’s affairs in India continued.
This matter of agitations against the East India Company was again raised before the British Parliament.
As a result of this, the British Parliament appointed two committees to look into this matter.
These Committees which were appointed by the British Parliament recommended for the recall of the Governor-General Lord Warran Hastings and the Chief Justice Impey.
But it is very important to note here that although the Committees suggested for the recall of the Governor-General Lord Warran Hastings and the Chief Justice Impey, but even then the Court of Proprietors refused to recall them.
This shows the inadequate degree of parliamentary control over the company and its administration.
To rectify this situation, the British Parliament had passed ‘The East India Company Act, 1784’ which is also popularly known as “Pitts India Act of 1784”. This Act is known by Pitts India Act of 1784 because it was introduced in the British Parliament by the then Prime Minister William Pitt.
The salient features of this Act were as follows:-
a. It divides the functions of the company into two parts i.e. the commercial and political functions.
b. Under this Act, the Court of directors were allowed to manage the commercial functions of the company, whereas to perform the political functions of the company, the Act created a new body called Board of Control.
c. Under this Act, Firstly the company’s territories in India were for the first time called the “British possessions in India” and secondly the British Government was given the Supreme control over the company’s affairs and its administration in India.
d. Under this Act the Council of the Governor-General was reconstituted which will have Governor-General and three other councilors. One of them was to be the commander-in-chief of the company’s forces in India.
@ashishbholalawclasses9575
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