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Correct answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833
Answer: D. The Charter Act of 1833 designated the Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India.
The Charter Act 1833 was a landmark in British Indian administrative consolidation:
- Renamed Governor-General of Bengal (created by Regulating Act 1773 and Pitt's India Act 1784) to GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA
- Vested all civil and military authority in him for the entire British Indian territory
- Made him head of the four presidencies (Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Agra)
- Lord William Bentinck became the FIRST Governor-General of India in 1833
Distractors:
(A) Regulating Act 1773 created the post of Governor-General of FORT WILLIAM (Bengal) with Warren Hastings as the first.
(B) Pitt's India Act 1784 created the Board of Control but did not change the Governor-General's territorial designation.
(C) Charter Act 1793 continued the existing system
renewal of EIC charter.
Source: syllabus Indian Constitution at Work Ch 1 / Themes in Indian History Part III.