HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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The House of Common
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The House of Lords
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The Home Government of the Company
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The Council of Senior Merchants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Option C Solution: The Bombay Presidency, also known as Bombay and Sind from 1843 to 1936 and the Bombay Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. The presidents of early English settlements (Madras, Bombay and Calcutta) were responsible to the home government of the company.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainland territory was acquired in the Konkan region with the Treaty of Bassein (1802).
Detailed explanation-3: -The English East India Company had established trading posts in various parts of the subcontinent with Madras, Bombay and Calcutta serving as the headquarters of Southern, Western and Eastern regions respectively.