Question

After whose name the pitt's india act in 1784 was made

Answer 1

Of these the most important one was the Pitt's India Act of 1784, named after William Pitt the Younger Prime Minister of Britain at that time.

Answer 2

Pitt's India Act of 1784 was named after the name of British prime minister William Pitt the Younger.

Features of the Pitt's India Act of 1784:

1. It distinguished between the commercial and political

functions of the Company.

2. It allowed the Court of Directors to manage the commercial

affairs, but created a new body called Board of Control to

manage the political affairs. Thus, it established a system of

double government.

3. It empowered the Board of Control to supervise and direct

all operations of the civil and military government or

revenues of the British possessions in India.

The act was significant for two reasons :

1. The Company’s territories in India were for the first time called the ‘British possessions in India’.
2. The British Government was given the supreme control over Company’s affairs and its administration in India.