what are the main features of regulation act of 1773??
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Which of the following are the features of the Regulating Act of 1773?
1) It is provided for the establishment of Supreme Court at Calcutta (1774).
2) It created executive council for Governor General of Bengal.
3) It made the governors of Bombay and Madras presidencies subordinate to the Governor General of Bengal.
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Features of the Act are -
1. It designated the Governor of Bengal as the ‘Governor-General of Bengal’. First Governor-General was Lord Warren Hastings.
2. It created an Executive Council of four members to assist him.
3. It made the governors of Bombay and Madras presidencies subordinate to the Governor General of Bengal (earlier the 3 presidencies were independent of one another).
4. It provided for the establishment of a Supreme Court at Calcutta (1774) having one chief justice and three other judges.
5. It prohibited any private trade or accepting presents or bribes from the ‘natives’ for the servants of the Company.
6. The Court of Directors (governing body of the Company) were to report on its revenue, civil, and military affairs in India to the British Government, thus strengthening the control of the British Government over the Company.