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Regulating Act 1773 beginning of British parliamentary control over the East India Company subordination of the presidencies of Bombay and Madras to Bengal Governor of Bengal made Governal-General council of Governor-General established Supreme Court established in Calcutta Pitts India Act 1784 commercial and political activities of the Company separated established a board of control over the Company Charter Act 1813 trade monopoly of the Company abolished missionaries allowed to preach in India Charter Act 1833 Governor-General of Bengal becomes Governor-General of India first Governor-General Lord William Bentick ends commercial activities of the Company Charter Act 1853 legislative and executive functions of the Governor-Generals council separated open competition for Indian Civil Services established Indian Council Act 1861 establishes legislative councils at the centre, presidencies and provinces Governor-Generals executive council to have Indians as non-official members restores legislative power to Bombay and Madras presidencies recognises portfolio system of governance Indian Council Act 1892 introduces indirect elections enlarges the function of legislative councils giving the power to discuss the budget and address questions to the executive enlarges the size of the legislative councils Government of India Act 1898 administration taken over directly by the British crown office of the Governor-General replaced by the Viceroy first Viceroy is Lord Canning Indian Council Act 1909 (Minto-Morley Reforms) first attempt to introduce representative and popular element to government changed name of Central Legislative Council to Imperial Legislative Council increased the non-official members in the Imperial and Provincial legislative councils non-official members hold majority in the provincial legislative councils, but official members hold majority in the central appointed Indians to the Viceroys Executive Council and provincial executive councils established separate electorate for Muslims Government of India Act 1909 (Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms) classified government subjects into central and provincial established dyarchy in the provinces provincial subjects divided into Reserved and Transferred. Reserved subjects administered by the Governor, Transferred subjects by Indian ministers central legislature covered all central subjects and some provincial subjects all bills of the legislatures required Governor-Generals assent, while the Governor-General could enact bills without assent from legislatures established the Public Service Commission Government of India Act 1935 provided for the establishment of a Federation of India consisting of the Provinces and Princely States dyarchy withdrawn from the provinces and established at the Centre. Introduced provincial autonomy introduced direct elections

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proposed the Federal Legislature to be bicameral administrative subjects divided into Federal, Provincial and Concurrent reserved subjects at the Centre to be administered by the Governor-General Governor-General to be assisted by a Council of Ministers provided for the establishment of a Federal Court with original, appellate and advisory jurisdiction. Appeals from the Federal Court went to the Privy Council in London Burma and Aden separated from India Indian Independence Act 1947 sovereignty and responsibility of the British Parliament for India abolished Governor-General and provincial Governors become constitutional heads the British crown ceases to be the source of authority