CHARTER ACT 1833 & CHARTER ACT OF 1853: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 6 December 2021

✓ 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 governors 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 the selection of civil servants and stated that the Indians should not be debarred from holding any place, office, or employment under the Company.

✓ CHARTER ACT OF 1853.

•Seperated Legislative and Executive functions of Governor-General’s council.

•It provided for the Addition of Six new members to the Council.

• It introduced an open Competition for the Selection and recruitment of Civil servants.

•Extended Company’s rule of Indian possession on behalf of British Govt. But did not specify any particular period.

• It introduced Local representation in the Indian (Central) Legislative Council.

•Of 6 new members 4 members appointed by Local Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Agra.