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Queen Elizabeth I signed the Royal Charter and gave the East India Company exclusive trading rights in India on |
December 31,1600 |
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________ was the Mughal Emperor when the East India Company first received trading rights in India. |
Jahangir |
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In year ______ the East India Company gained 'Diwani' powers. |
1765 |
Diwani powers: rights over revenue and civil justice. |
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On passing of the Regulating Act, 1773, the East India Company's affairs came under the purview of the____ |
British Government |
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This Act established the East India Company as a political and administrative body for the first time |
The Regulating Act of 1773 |
Commencement of Company Rule |
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This (British) Act laid down the foundations of central administration in India |
Regulating Act of 1773 |
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The Regulating Act of 1773 designated the Governor of Bengal as: |
The Governor-General of Bengal |
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First Goveror-General of Bengal |
Lord Warren Hastings |
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The Supreme Court of Calcutta was established in the year (a)______ by the Regulating Act of (b)________. |
a. 1774 b. 1773 |
At the commencement of the Company Rule. |
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The British Parliament passed the ________ to amend the Regulating Act of 1773. |
The Amending Act if 1781/ the Act of Settlement. |
1781; curtailed the jurisdiction of the SC. |
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This (amending) Act laid down the grounds for administration of justice based on personal laws by the judiciary. |
The Amending Act of 1781/ Settlement Act. |
amendment to the first regulating act. Hindus and Muslims were to be tried by their own personal laws. |
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After the Settlement Act of 1781, the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over ________ matters ceased. |
revenue |
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This Act exempted the Gov-General, his Council as well as the servants of the Company from the jurisdiction of the SC for the acts done in their official capacity. |
The Amending Act, 1781/ Act of Settlement, 1781 |
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Who framed the regulations for the Provincial Courts and Councils following the Act of Settlement? |
The Governor-General in Council |
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This Act differentiated the commercial functions of the Company from its political functions. |
Pitt's India Act, 1784 |
1784 |
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Establishing of ____ and ____ throught the Pitt's India Act helped distinguish the Company's commercial functions from its political ones, respectively. |
a. Court of Directors b. Board of Control |
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This Act was the precursor of establishment of a "double government." |
The Pitt's India Act, 1784. |
differentiation of commercial and political administration bodies. |
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Matters of commerce, post 1784, were under the purview of |
Court of Directors |
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Post 1784, the ______ was to supervise and direct all civil and military operations of the government as well as the British revenues in India. |
Board of Control |
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This Act gave the British Government the supeme control over Company's affairs and its administration in India. |
Pitt's India Act, 1784 |
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What were Company's territories in India called after the passing of Pitt's India Act? |
British possessions in India |
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Who was the Governor General of Bengal in 1786. |
Lord Cornwallis |
major judicial reforms |
