FEATURES OF THE CHARTER ACT OF 1833
1. It made Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India and LORD WILLIAM BENTICK was the first governor-general of India.
2.it deprived the governor of Bombay, madras of their legislative powers. The governor-general of India was given exclusively legislative powers for entire British India.
3.it ended the activity of the East India Company as a commercial body - BOARD OF DIRECTORATE.
4.The charter act of 1833 attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants.
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