Charter Act 1813
Dates | |
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Royal assent | 22 July 1813 |
Other legislation | |
Repealed by | Government of India Act 1915 |
Status: Repealed |
The East India Company Act 1813 (
Contents
The Act expressly asserted
Prior to the 1813 legislation, the British Parliament and the East India Company had refused to countenance missionary activity in India, and proscribed the Bible and forbade religious education, in support of a policy of religious neutrality and on the basis that, if exposed to Christianity, Indians may have felt threatened and thus would have posed a threat to British commercial ventures.[3] The lifting of the prohibition, when it occurred, was not however a victory for missionaries, and did not precipitate official support for their activity; instead, they were subject to stringent checks.[4]
The Company's charter had previously been renewed by the East India Company Act 1793, and was next renewed by the Government of India Act 1833.
Scholarly views
The literary critic and historian
See also
References
Cited sources
- ^ Short title as conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, s. 1; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act".
- ^ Keith, Arthur Berriedale (1936). A Constitutional History of India 1600–1935. London: Methuen. pp. 128–129.
- ^ Viswanathan, Gauri (1989). Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 36.
- ^ Viswanathan 1989, pp. 36–7.
- ^ Viswanathan 1989, p. 23.
- ^ Viswanathan 1989, pp. 23–24.
- ^ Viswanathan 1989, p. 24.
Bibliography
- East India Company Act 1813. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. London. 1813.
- The Statutes: Second Revised Edition. 1889. Volume 3. Pages 811 to 820.
- The Statutes: Revised Edition. 1877. Volume 5. Pages 278 to 287.
- Andrew Lyon. A Guide to the Law of India. 1872. Pages 20, 67, 92 and 103. 1873. Volume 2. Pages 108, 112 and 295 to 298.
- The Law Relating to India, and the East-India Company. Fourth Edition. Wm H Allen & Co. London. 1842. Pages 167 to 199.