By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?
[amp_mcq option1=”The Regulating Act” option2=”The Pitt’s India Act” option3=”The Charter Act of 1793″ option4=”The Charter Act of 1833″ correct=”option4″]
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UPSC IAS – 2023
The Charter Act of 1833 is historically significant for centralizing the British administration in India. One of its key provisions was redesignating the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India. Lord William Bentinck, who was the Governor-General of Bengal at the time, became the first Governor-General of India under this Act.
This Act marked a shift from the East India Company’s role as a trading body with administrative functions to a purely administrative and political entity governing on behalf of the British Crown. It further consolidated British control over India.