Constitutional Development - Short Trick

Rekha took the Bengal governor to court in seventy-three.

Regulating Act=1773 — first British control · Governor-General of Bengal (first: Warren Hastings), Bombay and Madras placed under him · Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta, 1774 — first Chief Justice Sir Elijah Impey

Pinky took control of the board in eighty-four.

Pitt’s India Act=1784 — Board of Control (politics) over the Court of Directors (trade) = double government · first called “British possessions in India” · named after PM William Pitt (the Younger)

Chai and China stayed but all other trade went in thirteen.

Charter Act, 1813=1813 — trade monopoly ended (tea trade and China trade kept) · Christian missionaries allowed · charter renewed for 20 years

Charlie became governor of all India in thirty-three.

Charter Act, 1833=1833 — Governor-General of Bengal became Governor-General of India (first: Lord William Bentinck) · Company stopped trading altogether · all law-making power to the Governor-General in council

Charu got a separate desk in fifty-three and the exam opened to all.

Charter Act, 1853=1853 — legislative and executive work of the council separated for the first time (6 legislative councillors — Indian Legislative Council) · open competition for civil services, Indians too · Bengal’s own Lieutenant-Governor · no fixed term this time