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Pitt’s India Act

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Definition: An act passed in 1784 to control the affairs of the British East India Company and establish British government oversight.

Key Prelims Pointers:

• Created a Board of Control in Britain.

• Distinguished between commercial and political functions of the Company.

• Reduced the autonomy of the Company.

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