Supreme Council of Bengal

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colonial governing body executive council

The Supreme Council of Bengal was the executive council that assisted and advised the British Governor-General in administering colonial India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Council of the Governor-General of India	1
East India Company Government in Bengal	1
Governor-General’s Council in Bengal	1
Supreme Council of Bengal canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governing body ⓘ executive council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Bengal Presidency ⓘ Company rule in India ⓘ Presidency of Fort William in Bengal ⓘ territories of the East India Company in India ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
dissolved	1833 ⓘ
followedBy	Supreme Council of Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Council of the Governor-General of India
governmentForm	colonial administration ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	civil administration in British territories in India ⓘ military affairs in British territories in India ⓘ revenue administration in British territories in India ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Bengal ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Orissa ⓘ other East India Company possessions in India ⓘ
hasPart	Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ four councillors ⓘ
hasRole	advisory body to the Governor-General ⓘ executive authority in British India ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
inception	1774 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Bengal Presidency ⓘ British India ⓘ
location	Calcutta ⓘ
notableMember	General John Clavering ⓘ George Monson ⓘ Philip Francis ⓘ Richard Barwell ⓘ Warren Hastings ⓘ
numberOfMembers	5 ⓘ
partOf	Government of British India ⓘ administration of the Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
replaced	earlier system of dual control by East India Company directors and local officials ⓘ
replacedBy	Council of India under the Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
significantEvent	establishment under the Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ reform under the Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
significantFor	centralization of British authority in India ⓘ conflicts between Governor-General and councillors ⓘ early constitutional development of British India ⓘ
subordinateTo	Board of Control ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ Court of Directors ⓘ surface form: Court of Directors of the East India Company

Referenced by (4)

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

Council of the Governor-General → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ

Regulating Act 1773 → establishedBody → Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor-General’s Council in Bengal

Code of 1793 → legislativeBody → Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ

this entity surface form: East India Company Government in Bengal

Supreme Council of Bengal → followedBy → Supreme Council of Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the Governor-General of India