UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q1(b) · 10 marks
“The Regulating Act (1773), the Pitt’s India Act (1784) and eventually the Charter Act of 1833 left the East India Company as a mere shadow of its earlier political and economic power in India.” Critically Examine.
- Chapter
- Early Structure of the British Raj
- Topic
- Regulating Act, Pitt's India Act and the Charter Acts
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