International Relations Prelims Question

The most significant provision of the Act of 1853 was that it did not renew the Charter for a specified period. Instead, it said that the Indian territories would remain under the Government of the Company, in trust for the Crown, until the Parliament should do otherwise.
The Act reduced the number of Directors to eighteen from twenty-four and provided that six of them should be appointed by the Crown.
It authorized the appointment of a Lieutenant Governor for Bengal. It also provided for the enlargement of the Executive Council of the Governor-General to cope with its extended functions in law making.
Finally, it took away the patronage of appointments from the Court of Directors and the Civil Service of India was thrown open to competition.
The Charter Act of 1853 is a measure of constitutional importance. The fact that the Company's Charter was not renewed for any definite period, made it crystal clear that the Company's end was fast approaching.
The clause, "territories and revenues of India were to be held by the Company in the trust for Her Majesty, her heirs and successors until Parliament shall otherwise provide," clearly indicated that the transfer from the Company to the Crown was apt to take place in the near future. The inevitable happened in 1858.
The Act created a separate Legislative Council.

The most significant provision of the Act of 1853 was that it did not renew the Charter for a specified period. Instead, it said that the Indian territories would remain under the Government of the Company, in trust for the Crown, until the Parliament should do otherwise.
The Act reduced the number of Directors to eighteen from twenty-four and provided that six of them should be appointed by the Crown.
It authorized the appointment of a Lieutenant Governor for Bengal. It also provided for the enlargement of the Executive Council of the Governor-General to cope with its extended functions in law making.
Finally, it took away the patronage of appointments from the Court of Directors and the Civil Service of India was thrown open to competition.
The Charter Act of 1853 is a measure of constitutional importance. The fact that the Company's Charter was not renewed for any definite period, made it crystal clear that the Company's end was fast approaching.
The clause, "territories and revenues of India were to be held by the Company in the trust for Her Majesty, her heirs and successors until Parliament shall otherwise provide," clearly indicated that the transfer from the Company to the Crown was apt to take place in the near future. The inevitable happened in 1858.
The Act created a separate Legislative Council.

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