HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Governor General of Bengal was made the Governor General of India
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Government of Bombay and Madras were deprived of their legislative powers
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The activities of East India Company as a commercial entity ended
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The Portfolio system was given a statutory Recognition
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3. There were the following provisions under the Charter Act of 1833: The act ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely administrative body.
Detailed explanation-2: -The act mandated that any law made in India was to be put before the British Parliament and was to be called ‘Act’. As per the act, an Indian Law Commission was established. The first Law Commission had Lord Macaulay as its chairman. It sought to codify all Indian law.
Detailed explanation-3: - Cabinet Secretariat This procedure was legalized by the Indian Councils Act, 1861 during the time of Lord Canning, leading to the introduction of the portfolio system and the inception of the Executive Council of the Governor-General.
Detailed explanation-4: -Legal British Colony: The Act permitted the English to settle freely in India. Itt effectively legalized British Colonization of India. Ended Slavery: The slavery existed in India at that time, the act provided for the mitigation of of slavery in India.