Pitt’s India Act was passed in which of the following years?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (b) 1784

• The Pitt’s India Act of 1784 was enacted by the British Parliament to correct the defects of the Regulating Act of 1773.

• Named after British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, it introduced a dual system of control over the British East India Company – political affairs were now under direct British government control, while commercial affairs remained with the Company.

• It established a new body called the Board of Control to oversee civil, military, and revenue affairs.

• This Act effectively brought Indian administration under British parliamentary oversight, laying the foundation for centralized British governance in India.

Information Booster:
• The Board of Control consisted of 6 members including the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Secretary of State.
• The Governor-General’s council was reduced to 3 members.
• Distinguished between commercial and political functions.
• The Act gave the British Government supremacy over Company rule.
• The Act was a response to mismanagement under the Regulating Act of 1773.
• The system continued until the Charter Act of 1833, which ended commercial activities of the Company.