Commissioners for the Affairs of India were known as ______.

Court of Directors

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Board of Directors

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Board of Control

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Board of Merchants

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Solution

The correct option is C Board of Control
Pitt's India Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to address the shortcomings of the Regulating Act of 1773. With the Act, the East India Company's political functions were separated from its commercial functions. It set up a board of control in Britain through which the British government could fully control the company’s civil, military and revenue affairs in India.

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