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By which of the following Acts did the rule of the East India Company end in India, and the rule of the crown begin?
Government of India Act of 1858
Regulating Act of 1813
PittтАЩs India Act of 1784
Government of India Act of 1853
Government of India Act of 1858
The Government of India Act of 1858, also known as the Act for the Good Government of India, transferred the power of administration from the East India Company to the British Crown. This legislative change was a direct consequence of the Revolt of 1857, which highlighted the failure of the Company's administrative policies.
The Government of India Act of 1858, also known as the Act for the Good Government of India, transferred the power of administration from the East India Company to the British Crown. This legislative change was a direct consequence of the Revolt of 1857, which highlighted the failure of the Company's administrative policies.
This Act established the office of the Secretary of State for India, a member of the British Cabinet, and the Viceroy of India as the direct representative of the British Crown.
The Act abolished the Board of Control and the Court of Directors, centralizing power under the Secretary of State for India.
Lord Canning served as the first Viceroy and Governor-General under this new administrative framework.
The Act was passed by the British Parliament on August 2, 1858, in the immediate aftermath of the Indian Rebellion.
It terminated the system of double government introduced by the Pitt's India Act of 1784.
The Secretary of State was assisted by a 15-member Council of India, which was an advisory body.
The Regulating Act of 1813 (Charter Act) primarily focused on renewing the Company's charter and partially ending its monopoly on trade with India.
Pitt's India Act of 1784 established the Board of Control to supervise the East India Company's civil, military, and revenue affairs.
The Government of India Act of 1853 was the last of the Charter Acts and did not transfer power to the Crown, but rather served as a precursor to the shift in administrative control.
A is correct тАФ The Government of India Act of 1858 formally transferred the governance of India from the East India Company to the British Crown.
When studying colonial acts, always link the 1858 Act with the Indian Councils Act of 1861, as the latter began the process of associating Indians with the legislative process, reversing the exclusionary nature of the 1858 Act.