Charter Act of 1833

•Final step towards centralisation
•G-G of Bengal was made G-G of IndiaCivil and military powers - vested in G-G( First = William Bentinck)
•Legislative powers = Exclusively with G-G of India.
•Governors of Bombay and Madras were relieved of Legislative power
•East India Company was made purely administrative body.
•Attempted to introduce open competition for selection of civil servants but rollback due to opposition from court of directors.