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Appointments, under Pitt's India
Bill, 87; to higher Indian posts,
98; after 1858, 115

Articles of War, power given to the
Company to make, 1813, 98
Assam, Legislative Council Estab-
lished for, 1912, 154
Assistant-Judges in Zillah Courts,
132, 133
Aumils, 60

Aungier, Gerald, Governor of Bom-
bay, 33

Balasore, factory at, 27

Banks, permission to establish, 96
Bantam, 27

Bargains as to offices, the making

of, a misdemeanour, 89
Behar and Orissa, Legislative
Council established for, 1912, 154
Benares, Courts in the Division of,
137, 140

Bencoolen in Sumatra, 27; ceded
to the Dutch, 101
Bengal, Council of, 1770, 51
Bengal Criminal Courts in, from
1796, 138, 139, 141, 142
Bengal in 1765, Dr. Firminger's
statement, 47

Bengal, Legislative Council for,
established, 1862, 154

Bengal, Lieutenant-Governor and
finally a Governor for, autho-
rized 1853, III

Bengal Presidency to be divided,
1833, 106; the scheme suspended,
106, 110

Bengal, summary of Constitutional
History of, up to 1793, 81, 82, 83
Bibliography, 345

Board of Control established, 85;
how conducted, 90; under the
Charter Act of 1793, 92, 93;
alteration of, in 1833, 105;
abolished, 1858, 116

Board of Revenue, 52, 53, 126, 129;

scheme of, in 1773, 59, 60
Bombay, transfer to the East India
Company, 1669, 15, 26; ad-
ministration of justice in, 1670,
34; salaried judge there, 1675,
34; Government of, under Pitt's
India Bill, 86; Courts at, from
1799, 138, 142; powers of
legislation removed, 1833, 108;
restored to, 1861, 153

Borrowing powers of Local Govern-
ment of India Act, 1919, 214
Boundaries of Provinces, etc., under

the Act of 1915, 300, 301
British subjects resident in India,
jurisdiction over, 91; right to
be tried by the Supreme Court
abolished, 1836, 136

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'British Subjects," the phrase in
Acts of Parliament, 120
Budget, the, in Legislative Councils,

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Charters to the East India Com-
pany, of 1600, 9, 11; of 1609,
14; of 1657, 14; of 1661, 15;
of 1669, 33; of 1683, 15, 33,
35; of 1686, 15; of 1687, granting
a corporation to Madras, 36;
of 1693, 16; of 1694, 17; of
1698, 17

Charters, early, to the East India
Company, 259, 260, 261, 262
Chief Cazee, the, 57
Chief-Commissioners

authorized,

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Composition of Governors' legisla-
tive councils under the Govern-
ment of India Act, 1919, 216,
217
Constitution of new provinces, etc.,

and provision as to backward
tracts, under Government of
India Act, 1919, 224

Control of Parliament over the
Government of India under the
Montagu-Chelmsford scheme,

171, 172
Controlling Councils of Revenue for
Bengal and Bihar, 1770, 52, 53
Cornwallis, Lord, procures the

passing of 26 Geo. III. c. 16,
91; his reforms, 126, 127, 128,
129, 130

Coroners, may be appointed in

1793, 94

Correspondence between Secretary

of State and India under Govern-
ment of India Act, 1919, 234
Cossijurah Cause, 1779-80, the, 75
Cotwall, the, 55

Council of Control, 49

Council, Legislative powers under
the Regulating Act, 73
Council of Fort William, 61
Council of India, the, established

in London, 1858, 114; change
in 1869, 155; special appoint-
ment authorized, 1876, 157;
constitution, 1907, 160; views
of the Joint Select Committee
upon, 210; under the Act of
1915, 282 and 599; under the
Government of India Act, 1919,
232, 233

Council of Princes suggested in
Montagu-Chelmsford scheme,

180

Councils of Revenue, the, 1773, 61
Council of State under the Montagu-

Chelmsford scheme, 172, 173;
constitution and methods of
representation suggested, 191
and sqq.; under the Government
of India Act, 1919, 225, 226
Council of the Governor-General
first appointed, 66; under Pitt's
India Bill, 86; constitution in
1833, 106; changes in 1853, 111;
changes in 1858, 114; under the
Councils Act 1861, 149, 150;
under the Act of 1871, 156, 157;
under the Act of 1904, 160;
under the Act of 1915, 293 and

sqq.; under the Montagu-
Chelmsford scheme, 172; Joint
Select Committee's views upon,
211; under the Act of 1919,
231
Council Secretaries, appointment of,
by the Governor-General under
Government of India Act, 1919,

232

Council, the Supreme, its two-fold
power of legislation, 80

Councils Act, the Indian, 1861,

150, 151, 152, 153

Court of Directors of the East India
Company, relations with the
Board of Control, 85, 86
Court of Judicature at Madras,
1690, 36

Court of Phoujdaree, 56
Courteen, Sir William, 14
Courts of Circuit, 127; Criminal
jurisdiction of the, 130
Criminal jurisdiction of City and
Zillah Judges, 130

Criminal Law, English, when intro-
duced into India, 74

Criminal Procedure Code, 1861.
Crown, rights of the, over India
asserted, 1813, 98

Dacca, factory at, 27

Darogo, Adawlut al Alea, the, 54,
57, 124; Darogo, Adawlut
Dewanee, 54

Day, Francis, founds Fort St.
George, 1639, 27

Death penalty, infliction of, 13, 30,

31, 32

Decentralization Commission, the,
167

Declaration of war, not to be made
by the Governor-General and
Council without the authority
of the Directors, save in certain
cases, 88
Delegation by the Secretary of
State, 204
Deputy-Governor of Bengal, the
appointment of, authorized, 108
Dewani Adawlut Courts, 55, 56, 57,
58, 76

Dewani, Grant of the, 1765, 44, 45,
46, 49

Dewan of the Khalsa, the, 57
Dewan of the Provincial Council,

the, 61

Dewan (or Aumil), 60
Dewan, the, 48, 52, 54

Direct Election for the Legislative

Assembly, 173

Directors of the East India Com-
pany, 65, III

Disobedience to orders of the Court

by servants of the Company a
misdemeanour, 89
Dividends of the East India Com-

pany regulated, 64, 65
Doab, Courts in, 137, 140
Dodwell, Mr., Report on the Madras
Records, 39

Dufferin's, Lord, views as to con-
stitutional reform, 157, 158, 159
Duration and sessions of Legislative
Assembly and Council of State,
under Government of India Act,
1919, 226, 227

Dutch possessions on the mainland
of India ceded to the English,

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Elections, the first, under the
Montagu Chelmsford scheme,
193, 194, 195

Electorates, views of the Joint
Select Committees on, 209

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Empress of India," title of,
assumed, 1876, 157

English Law introduced into India,
38, 43, 80

Equity, Supreme Court to be a
Court of, 69, 70

Establishment of the Company, a
list of, to be laid before Par-
liament every session, 89
Establishment of Secretary of State,
the, under the Act of 1915,
285

Executive Council of the Governor-
General, see Council

Executive Councils of Governors,
in early days, 29, 42; under the
Regulating Act, 1773, 66; under
Pitt's India Bill, 1784, 86 and
sqq.; under the Act of 1915, 297
and sqq.; under the Act of 1919,
213 and sqq.

Executive Governments of Bengal,
Madras and Bombay, 1833,
108
Extraordinary member of the
Governor-General's Council, 106

Factories, organization of, 29
Fettwa, the, 54

Fifth Report, the, 96
Financial arrangements for

the

Provinces under the Montagu-
Chelmsford scheme, 179

Foreign Enlistment Act for Asia,
1819, 100

Fort St. George, Government of,
under Pitt's India Bill, 86,
88

Four bases of the Montagu-Chelms-
ford scheme, the, 168, 169
Fox's India Bill, 84

Franchise Committee, the, under
the Montagu-Chelmsford scheme,
179, 181 and sqq.

Franchise for the Provincial Legis-
latures under the Montagu-
Chelmsford scheme, 177; as
suggested by the Franchise
Committee, 186 and sqq.
Franchise, Government of India's
views as to the franchise under
the Montagu-Chelmsford scheme,
202, 203

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