INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The British East India Company ceased to be a trading Company via which among the following legislation?
A
Pitts India Act of 1784
B
Government of India Act 1858
C
Charter Act of 1833
D
Charter Act of 1813
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The British East India Company ceased to be a trading Company via which among the following legislation? Notes: The charter act 1833: It is considered to be an attempt to codify all Indian Laws. The Governor General of Bengal now became the The Governor General of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Charter Act 1853 abolished East India Companys monopoly of Indian trade. 2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the British Parliament abolished the East India company altogether and undertook the responsibility of ruling India directly.

Detailed explanation-3: -The company’s commercial monopoly was broken in 1813, and from 1834 it was merely a managing agency for the British government of India. It lost that role after the Indian Mutiny (1857). In 1873 it ceased to exist as a legal entity. Read more about the Indian Mutiny that hastened the end of the East India Company.

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