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East India Company Acts of Parliament

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|[[1719 Act|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 [[1719 Act]] allowing people to trade to and from the East Indies via Ireland.
|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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|1780|| ||[[1780 Europa Act|Europa Act]]||An act for granting further time for allowing the Drawback on the exportation of [[Coffee Planting|coffee]] imported by the [[East India Company]], in the ship [[Europa]] in the year 1775
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|[[1786 Act|1786]]||   ||An act to allow the East India Company to raise money by sale of annuities|| 
|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
 
[[Category: Acts of Parliament]]

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