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The East India Company Act 1813 (53 Geo. 3.c. 155), also known as the Charter Act 1813, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that renewed the charter issued to the British East India Company, and continued the Company's rule in India.
A sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF / s k ɪ f /), in United States military, national security/national defense and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that is used to process sensitive compartmented information (SCI) types of classified information.
The first royal charter for the East India Company in the 1600s granted them the ability to make laws in order to better govern its “official representatives” in India. This was a power that grew rapidly with the increase in the East India Company's influence and power over India, giving the East India Company a wider and more powerful ...
The Government of India Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transferral of its functions to the British Crown.
Revolutionary violence had already been a concern in British India; consequently, in 1915, to strengthen its powers during what it saw was a time of increased vulnerability, the Government of India passed the Defence of India Act 1915, which allowed it to intern politically dangerous dissidents without due process, and added to the power it ...
His council as now known as the 'India Council'. Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India in the end of 1833. [1] The "Governor-General in Council" were given exclusive legislative powers, that is, the right to proclaim laws which would be enforced as the law of the land across the whole of British India.
Social Security is one of the most important and popular American institutions. As their golden years approach, many individuals look forward to the financial support provided by Social Security...
The East India Company Act 1772 (13 Geo. 3. c. 63) (also known as the Regulating Act 1773) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to overhaul the management of the East India Company's rule in India (Bengal). [1] The act did not prove to be a long-term solution to concerns over the company's affairs.