Event

Pitt's India Act

Parliament passed Pitt's India Act to strengthen state supervision of the East India Company and formalize the relationship between Company rule and the British government.

Status: draft
Event Kind: legislation
Date Precision: day
Date Display: 13 Aug 1784
Start Date: 13 Aug 1784
End Date: 13 Aug 1784

What happened

The British state tightened control over Company affairs through a new oversight structure.

Why it matters

Pitt's India Act marks the Company becoming more clearly an arm of imperial rule rather than an autonomous corporate actor.

Notes

Use this as the principal administrative consolidation event of the late eighteenth century.