HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Power of vote
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A casting vote
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The power to dismiss the council
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The power to add more members to the council
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the Pitt’s India Act, the East India Company’s political functions were separated from its commercial functions. The Governor General’s council was now reduced to 3 members from 4 which was done to strengthen the position of the Governor General as he was given the right of casting vote, Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is The Governor-General had veto power. The Regulating Act was passed in the British Parliament in June 1773. It was the first parliamentary ratification and authorization defining the power and authority of east India company with respect to its Indian possessions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pitt’s India Act of 1784 was passed to remove the defects of the Regulating Act of 1773. It differentiated the commercial and political affairs of the Company. Thus it established a system of double government in India by Crown in Great Britain and the British East India Company.