Question

Mention the features of the Charter Act of 1813.

Answer 1

Hint: After Napoleon took over France he imposed a ban on trade with British merchants, this led to a huge loss for them. To find other markets the merchants requested the British government to allow them to trade in India and other colonies, however, the East India company opposed this, this led to the Charter Act of 1813.

Complete answer: The features of the Charter Act of 1813 are-
a. The Act took away the East India company’s monopoly from products except for tea, opium in India.
b. The act gave the responsibility of promoting education in India to the East India Company, a sum of 1lakh rupees was mandatory to be spent on education reforms.
c. Christian missionaries were allowed to come to India to propagate Christianity.
d. This Act also gave more powers to the courts in India over both Indian and British subjects.
e. It also gave powers to the local governments in India to collect or increase taxes.

Note: The Charter Act of 1813 gave the special right to Christian missionaries to come to India and propagate Christianity, the missionaries were also allowed to form their headquarters with a head bishop in Calcutta, India.