Question

In which year did the British East India Company lose all its administrative powers in India?

• A. 1877
• B. 1858
• C. 1847
• D. 1873

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 1858

The British East India Company lost all its administrative powers in India in 1858. This occurred following the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 and the passage of the Government of India Act of 1858. The Revolt of 1857 had exposed the Company’s limitations in administering under a complex situation. The revolt offered the opportunity as the demand for divesting the Company of its authority over the Company’s territory. The dual system introduced by the Pitt’s India Act came to an end now India was to be governed by and in the name of the Crown through a secretary of state and a council of 15.