Cornwallis Code in India
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The Cornwallis Code in India was a comprehensive set of administrative, judicial, and revenue reforms enacted in the late 18th century that restructured British colonial governance and civil service in Bengal and other parts of British India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornwallis Code | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative reform program
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
centralizing administration
ⓘ
curbing corruption ⓘ standardizing judicial procedures ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Code of 1793 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Company servants in Bengal
ⓘ
landholders in Bengal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Bengal Presidency
ⓘ
British India ⓘ |
| appliesToPart |
Bihar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orissa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| draftedBy |
British officials in Bengal
ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| follows |
India Act 1784
ⓘ
surface form:
Pitt's India Act 1784
Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
surface form:
Regulating Act of 1773
|
| hasPart |
civil service regulations
ⓘ
criminal justice regulations ⓘ judicial regulations ⓘ police regulations ⓘ revenue regulations ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
British East India Company
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company
|
| implementedIn | late 18th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1793 ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Indian civil service
ⓘ
later British Indian administrative reforms ⓘ |
| influencedBy | British legal principles ⓘ |
| introduced |
district and provincial courts
ⓘ
fixed salaries for Company officials ⓘ hierarchical court system in Bengal ⓘ limitations on private trade by Company servants ⓘ merit-based civil service appointments ⓘ regulations on land revenue collection ⓘ separation of revenue and judicial functions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company administration in Bengal
|
| location |
Bengal
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
administrative reform
ⓘ
judicial reform ⓘ revenue administration ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Charles Cornwallis ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial policy in India ⓘ |
| significantFor |
formalizing British judicial system in Bengal
ⓘ
laying foundations of modern Indian bureaucracy ⓘ restructuring British colonial governance in India ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis