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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Regulating Act of 1773 was a British parliamentary statute that established Crown supervision over the East India Company's administration of its Indian territories.
- Why did the British Parliament pass the Regulating Act of 1773?
- What was the difference between the Regulating Act of 1773 and Pitt's India Act of 1784?
- What were the main defects of the Regulating Act of 1773?
- How did the Regulating Act establish the Supreme Court at Calcutta?

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1. 21 June 1773

   The Regulating Act of 1773, formally titled "An Act for establishing certain Regulations for the better Management of the Affairs of the East India Company,…

2. 26 March 1774

   The statute also created a Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, established by a subsequent royal charter of .

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In 1774 Warren Hastings took office as the first Governor-General of Bengal under the Regulating Act, governing from Calcutta alongside a four-member council that could and frequently did outvote him.

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