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Who passed the Pitt's India Act in 1784?

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Governor General of Bengal
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British Parliament
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Lord Warren Hastings
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Lord Cornwallis
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Solution

The correct option is C British Parliament

The defects of the Regulating Act and the exigencies of British policies necessitated the passing of another act in 1784. As William Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister of England, enacted this act, so it came to be known as Pitt’s India Act.


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