History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2021 History (Shift-I)
By which Act was the Governor-General's Council empowered to legislate for the whole of British territories in India?
ACharter Act 1813
BCharter Act 1793
CCharter Act 1833 ✓ Correct
DPitt's India Act 1784
Correct answer: (C) Charter Act 1833 — The Charter Act of 1833 did this, so the answer is the Charter Act 1833.
Explanation
★The Charter Act of 1833 did this, so the answer is the Charter Act 1833.
★By the Charter Act of 1833 the Governor-General's Council was empowered to legislate for the whole of British India.
★It made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India.
★Lord William Bentinck was the first Governor-General of India under it.
★It ended the East India Company's commercial functions, leaving it a purely administrative body.
★So the empowering Act was the Charter Act of 1833.
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