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    Constitutional Development – I

    for RPSC
    Presented by:
    Sweta Kumari
    Historical Background
     Constitutional Development under Company (1600-1858)
     Charter Act, 1600
     Charter Act, 1726
     Regulating Act, 1773
     Amending Act, 1781
     PittsIndia Act, 1784
     Charter Act , 1793
     Charter Act, 1833
     Charter Act, 1853

     Constitutional Development under British Government (1858-


    1947)
    Charter Act, 1600

     East India Company incorporated on 31st December 1600


     Life span of 15 years was given to Company
     Company was given exclusive trading rights
     British Subjects could carry on trade only after getting a license from
    company
     Presidency of Bombay, Madras and
    Culcatta Established
    Governor

    24 Directors

    Shareholders
    Charter Act, 1726

     Charter issued by King George I on 24th Sept 1726


     It initiated the system of Appeal from Indian Courts to Privy Council in
    England.
    Regulating Act, 1773

     Designated Governor of Bengal as Governor General of Bengal.


     Warren Hastings was the first Governor General.
     British government to regulate affairs of East India Co. through a council of 4
    members
     Established a Supreme Court at Calcutta.
    Amending Act, 1781

     Passed by British Parliament on 5th July 1781


     Objective was to remove the defects of Regulating Act 1773.
     Demarcated the relations between the Supreme Court and the Governor
    General in Council.
     Revenue collectors (including Zamindars) and judicial officers of the company
    courts were also exempted from Jurisdiction of the SC.
    Pitts India Act, 1784

     Indian affairs under direct control of British government.


     Board of Control was established.
     East India Company’s political functions were differentiated from its
    commercial activities for the first time
    Charter Act of 1793

     Salary of company to drawn from the Indian exchequer.


     The Governor General and governors to override the decision of Councils.
     Company got monopoly of trade with India for another 20 years
    Charter Act, 1813

     End of Monopoly of East India Company


     Permission to Christian Missionaries
    Charter Act, 1833

     Governor General of Bengal became Governor General of India.


     Lord William Bentinck was the first Governor General of India.
     The Act centralized British rule in India.
     Created Government of India, with authority over all of British India.
     East India Co. lost its monopoly of tea trade and China trade.
     The Indian Civil Services was founded.
    Charter Act, 1853

     Separated legislative & executive functions of Governor General’s Council.


     Open competition for Indian Civil Services.
     Patronage of the directors of the company ends.
    Historical Background
     Constitutional Development under Company (1600-1858)

     Constitutional Development under British Government


    (1858-1947)
     Govt. of India Act, 1858
     Indian Council Act, 1861
     Indian Council Act, 1892
     Indian Council Act , 1909
     Govt. of India Act, 1919
     Govt. Of India Act, 1935
     Indian Independence Act, 1947

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