UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2004 · Q1(b) · 20 marks
'The object of the Act (Regulating) was good, but system that it established was imperfect.
- Chapter
- Early Structure of the British Raj
- Topic
- Regulating Act, Pitt's India Act and the Charter Acts
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