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East India Company Act 1784
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/East_India_Company_Act_1784
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:affectedArea
gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:affects
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:British_Government
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Pitt's_India_Act
gptkbp:category
gptkb:British_India_Acts
1784 in law
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:dateEnacted
1784
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established
gptkb:Board_of_Control
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
East India Company Act 1784
gptkbp:mainProvision
dual control of British possessions in India
increased British government oversight
required all civil, military, and revenue matters to be reported to the British government
reduced the powers of the Governor-General in Council
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkbp:purpose
to improve the administration of the East India Company
to address the shortcomings of the Regulating Act 1773
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Charter_Act_1813
gptkb:Regulating_Act_1773
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Regulating_Act_1773
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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