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Constitutional Development under British Rule
Broad Trajectory
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British constitutional development in India moved through a gradual shift:
- Company regulation → British parliamentary control → administrative centralisation → limited legislative participation → Crown rule.
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The process began when the East India Company ceased to be merely a commercial organisation and increasingly acquired territorial and administrative responsibilities.
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The major constitutional milestones between 1773 and 1858 were the Regulating Act, Pitt's India Act, Act of 1786, Charter Acts of 1793, 1813, 1833 and 1853, followed by the Government of India Act, 1858.