CHARTER ACT 1833 It made the Governor-General of Bengal as | UPSC POLITY NOTES
CHARTER ACT 1833
It made the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor- General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers.
It deprived the Governor of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers.
It ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely administrative body.
The Charter Act of 1833 attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants and stated that the Indians should not be debarred from holding any place, office and employment under the Company.
