Code of 1793

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administrative reform colonial legislation judicial reform legal code

The Code of 1793, or Cornwallis Code, was a major legal and administrative reform package introduced by Lord Cornwallis in British-ruled India that restructured revenue collection, judicial systems, and civil administration.

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Label Occurrences
Code of 1793 canonical 1
Regulation I of 1793 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform ⓘ
colonial legislation ⓘ
judicial reform ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
aimedAt centralizing authority ⓘ
reducing corruption ⓘ
separating revenue and judicial functions ⓘ
standardizing administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: British-ruled India
author Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis
country British India ⓘ
establishedPrinciple fixed procedures for trials ⓘ
separation of powers between judiciary and revenue administration ⓘ
written records of proceedings ⓘ
followedBy later nineteenth-century administrative reforms in British India ⓘ
hasAlias Cornwallis Code in India ⓘ
surface form: Cornwallis Code
hasPart civil court regulations ⓘ
criminal court regulations ⓘ
police regulations ⓘ
regulations on company servants ⓘ
revenue regulations ⓘ
historicalPeriod Company rule in India ⓘ
implementedBy Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis
inception 1793 ⓘ
introduced Sadr Adalat ⓘ
surface form: Sadar Diwani Adalat

Sadr Adalat ⓘ
surface form: Sadar Nizamat Adalat

circuit courts ⓘ
hierarchical court system ⓘ
zila (district) courts ⓘ
languageOfRecord Persian ⓘ
legislativeBody Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: East India Company Government in Bengal
mainSubject civil administration ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
judicial administration ⓘ
land revenue ⓘ
revenue administration ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis
officeHeldByAuthor Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
partOf Cornwallis Code in India ⓘ
surface form: Cornwallis reforms
regulates appointment of judges ⓘ
conduct of East India Company officials ⓘ
judicial procedures ⓘ
police organization ⓘ
powers of magistrates ⓘ
revenue collection ⓘ
significantFor institutionalizing British-style courts in India ⓘ
restructuring colonial governance in Bengal ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cornwallis Code in India → alsoKnownAs → Code of 1793 ⓘ
subject surface form: Cornwallis Code
Permanent Settlement of Bengal → legislativeAct → Code of 1793 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Regulation I of 1793