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title: "Charter Act of 1793: Provisions & Significance"
description: "The Charter Act of 1793 renewed the East India Company's India monopoly for 20 years, paid Crown officials from Indian revenues, and entrenched Company rule."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Charter Act of 1793 was a British statute that renewed the East India Company's commercial monopoly and trading privileges in India for a further twenty years.
- What was the main purpose of the Charter Act of 1793?
- How did the Charter Act of 1793 affect Indian revenues?
- How does the Charter Act of 1793 differ from the Charter Act of 1813?
- What powers did the Charter Act of 1793 give the Governor-General?

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In 1793, the British Parliament under William Pitt the Younger passed the Charter Act, renewing the East India Company's trading monopoly for twenty years as Sir John Shore succeeded Lord Cornwallis as Governor-General at Calcutta.

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