Disambiguation evidence for Cornwallis Code in India via surface form

"Cornwallis Code"


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Predicate Object
aimedAt centralizing administration
aimedAt curbing corruption
aimedAt standardizing judicial procedures
alsoKnownAs Code of 1793
appliesTo Company servants in Bengal
appliesTo landholders in Bengal
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency
appliesToJurisdiction British India
appliesToPart Bihar NERFINISHED
appliesToPart Orissa NERFINISHED
author Charles Cornwallis
country British India
draftedBy British officials in Bengal
draftedBy Charles Cornwallis
follows India Act 1784
surface form: Pitt's India Act 1784
follows Regulating Act 1773
surface form: Regulating Act of 1773
hasPart civil service regulations
hasPart criminal justice regulations
hasPart judicial regulations
hasPart police regulations
hasPart revenue regulations
implementedBy British East India Company
surface form: East India Company
implementedIn late 18th century
inception 1793
influenced development of Indian civil service
influenced later British Indian administrative reforms
influencedBy British legal principles
instanceOf administrative reform program
instanceOf legal code
introduced district and provincial courts
introduced fixed salaries for Company officials
introduced hierarchical court system in Bengal
introduced limitations on private trade by Company servants
introduced merit-based civil service appointments
introduced regulations on land revenue collection
introduced 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
location Calcutta
mainSubject administrative reform
mainSubject judicial reform
mainSubject revenue administration
namedAfter Charles Cornwallis
partOf British colonial policy in India
significantFor formalizing British judicial system in Bengal
significantFor laying foundations of modern Indian bureaucracy
significantFor restructuring British colonial governance in India