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East India Company Acts of Parliament

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|1708||   ||  ||Merged the two East India Companies||
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|[[1719Act|1719]]||  ||  ||An act outlawing British subjects from trading to the East Indies in foreign ships, or trading to and from the East Indies to other parts except Great Britain.
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|[[1732Act|1732]]||   ||  ||A follow up of the [[1719 Act ]] for the better prevention of British subjects train to the East Indies under foreign flags.
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|1739||   ||  ||An act closing a loophole in the GI 7 [[1719 Act ]] allowing people to trade to and from the East Indies via Ireland.
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|1767||   ||[[Townsends Charter Act ]] ||This Act recognised the acquisition of the [[Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ]] in lieu of an annual tribute to His Majesty's exchequer
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|1772|| HL/PO/JO/10/3/263/54|| [[1772 East India Company Bill |East India Company Bill]] ||Petition of United Company of Merchants of England trading to East Indies
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|1773|| HC/CL/JO/8/136-7|| [[1773 Regulating Act |Regulating Act]] ||Under this Act, the governor of fort william was given primacy over other presidencies. He was designated as 'Governor General and Council of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal'. A four member Council was appointed by parliament to assist the Governor General.
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|1781||   ||[[1781 Charter Act |Charter Act]] ||Superceded the 1773 Act
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|1784||   ||[[Pitt's 1784 India Act |Pitt's India Act]] ||Formed the board of control in London, and the [[Governor General]]'s designation was changed into 'Governor General in Council' and the commander-in-chief of the King's army in India became an ex-officio member of the Council.
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|17861780||   ||  [[1780 Europa Act|Europa Act]]||An act to allow for granting further time for allowing the Drawback on the exportation of [[Coffee Planting|coffee ]] imported by the [[East India Company to raise money by sale of annuities]], in the ship [[Europa]] in the year 1775
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|[[1786Act||   1786]]||  ||A supplementary the Bill An act to Pitt's India Act for regulating the trial of persons who commit offences in allow the East Indies. Lord Cornwallis was appointed as the first Governor-General, and he then became the effective ruler of British India under the authority Company to raise money by sale of the Board of Control and the Court of Directors. annuities|| 
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|17931786||   ||Charter Act  || A supplementary the Bill to [[Pitt's India Act]] for regulating the trial of persons who commit offences in the [[East Indies]]. [[Lord Cornwallis]] was appointed as the first Governor-General, and he then became the effective ruler of [[British India]] under the authority of the [[Board of Control]] and the [[Court of Directors]].
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|18131793||  ||East India [[1793 Charter Act|Charter Act]]|| Abolished the monopoly of the EIC in India, but it kept it in China
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|18171813||   ||  [[1813 East India Act|East India Act]]||Supplementary to Abolished the 1813 Act which to regulate the trade to and from the places within the Limits monopoly of the Charter of the East EIC in [[India Company]], and certain possessions of Geroge III but it kept it in the mediterranean. Clarifies that British merchants may trade with Company possessions except [[China.]]
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|18331817||   ||Charter Act   ||Abolished Supplementary to the [[1813 East India Act]] which to regulate the trade to and from the monopoly places within the Limits of EIC trade with China. Replaced the Governor-General and Council Charter of Fort William with the Governor-General [[East India Company]], and Council certain possessions of India[[George III]] in the mediterranean. Clarifies that British merchants may trade with Company possessions except China.
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|18531833||   ||[[1833 Charter Act |Charter Act]] ||Abolished the company's trading right and privilege monopoly of patronageEIC trade with China. Replaced the Company had to rule India on behalf Governor-General and Council of Fort William with the CrownGovernor-General and Council of India
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|1853||   ||[[1853 charter Act|Charter Act]] ||Abolished the company's trading right and privilege of patronage. the Company had to rule India on behalf of the Crown|-|1858||   ||[[India Act]]|| EIC abolished. The [[Governor General ]] became a [[Viceroy]]
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==Historical books online==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022922482#page/n5/mode/2up ''The government of India; a brief historical survey of parliamentary legislation relating to India''] by Sir Courtenay Ilbert 1922 Archive.org
 
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