TNPSC Free Notes Polity In English – Pitt’s India Act, 1784

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Pitt’s India Act, 1784

Introduction
 The Regulating Act proved to be an unsatisfactory document as it failed in its objective.
In January 1784, Pitt the Younger (who became Prime Minister of England after the
General Elections) introduced the India Bill in the British Parliament.
 Despite bitter debate in both the Houses, the bill was passed after seven months and it
received royal assent in August 1784. This was the famous Pitt’s India Act of 1784.

Provisions of the Pitt’s India Act
 The Governor General was to be appointed with the approval of the British Crown.
 The number of members in Governor General’s Council was reduced from four to three.
 For administrative purposes, a Board of Control consisting of six members was
established in Britain to monitor the affairs in India.

 The Governor General was made the Commander – in – chief of the British troops in
India and was given total control over the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras.
 This Act helped the British Government to have control over the company’s affairs.
 It distinguished between the commercial and political functions of the Company.
 It allowed the Court of Directors to manage the commercial affairs but created a new
body called Board of Control to manage the political affairs. Thus, it established a
system of double government.
 It empowered the Board of Control to supervise and direct all operations of the civil and
military government or revenues of the British possessions in India.

Significant of the act:
1. First, the Company’s territories in India were for the first time called the ‘British
possessions in India’
2. Second, the British Government was given the supreme control over Company’s affairs
and its administration in India.

Conclusion:
Pitt’s India Act constitutes a significant landmark with regard to the foreign policy of the
Company. A critical review of the Act reveals that it had introduced a kind of contradiction in
the functions of the Company.

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