Chapter3:- (Summary)

Structure of Colonial
Administration

The earliest British administrators were

officials of the East India Company ;
they only wished to amass wealth
And did not care for the peoples
welfare.
To govern the large territory of India the
British set up an administrative
machinery headed by the Governorgeneral of India.
The British government passed the
Regulating Act of 1733 to bring in a
better system of administration .
Pitts India Act was enacted in 1784 to
monitor the affairs of India ; it gave
total control of Madras and Bombay
provinces to the governor-general.

 The Charter Act of 1813 aboilished the

monopoly of the Company in trade ; the
Character Act of1813 gave the
governor- general full control over all
Company affairs.

The Indian Civil Services

Civil services: The permanent professional branches
of the state administration.
Lord Cornwallis organised the civil
service and police in India.
The India Civil Service was the
backbone of British rule in India.
The three pillars of British
administration were the civil service,
army and the police.
The British ruled areas were divided
into districts headed by a
magistrate(collector).
Through the civil service came to be
open to Indians, since the examination
for selection was held in England, few
Indians could take it. The highest
posts and important posts were
reserved for the British and

subordinate posts were reserved for

the Indians.
The British army in India consisted of
Indian soldiers(sepoys)and British
officers.
Each district had a superintendent of
police; the districts were further
divided into thanas headed by a
daroga.
In 1833, the first law commission was
established; all Indians became equal
before the law.
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