HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Failure of Double Government
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Success of Double Government
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Agitation in India
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Desire of the Indian Merchants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Allegations of corruption and nepotism were rampant against company officials. There was a terrible famine in Bengal where a huge population perished. The Dual form of administration instituted by Robert Clive was complex and drawing a lot of complaints.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pitt’s India Act (1784), named for the British prime minister William Pitt the Younger, established the dual system of control by the British government and the East India Company, by which the company retained control of commerce and day-to-day administration but important political matters were reserved…
Detailed explanation-3: -The Regulating Act of 1773 was enacted as a first step to regulate the working of East India Company. However, the Indian Independence Act, 1947 finally ended the British rule in India and declared India as an independent and sovereign nation with effect from August 15, 1947.