Council of the Governor-General

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advisory body colonial governing council executive council

The Council of the Governor-General was the central executive and advisory body that assisted the British Governor-General in administering colonial India during the East India Company and early Crown rule.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Governor-General’s Council 2
Council of the Governor-General of India for legislative purposes 1
Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory body ⓘ
colonial governing council ⓘ
executive council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ
Council of India ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Council of India
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency ⓘ
India ⓘ
Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Bombay

Presidency of Fort St. George ⓘ
surface form: Presidency of Madras
country British India ⓘ
endTime 1861 ⓘ
followedBy Executive Council of the Viceroy ⓘ
hasFunction advising the Governor-General ⓘ
assistance in administration of British India ⓘ
executive decision-making ⓘ
supervision of provincial governments ⓘ
hasMember Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ
civil servants of the East India Company ⓘ
commander-in-chief in India ⓘ
hasRole advisory body to the Governor-General ⓘ
central executive body ⓘ
headedBy Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India
jurisdiction territories under the British Crown in India ⓘ
territories under the East India Company in India ⓘ
legalBasis Charter Act 1833 ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1861 ⓘ
India Act 1784 ⓘ
surface form: Pitt's India Act 1784

Regulating Act 1773 ⓘ
location Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
Fort William ⓘ
operatedBy British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
partOf British colonial administration in India ⓘ
Government of British India ⓘ
replaced Presidency governments' independent authority ⓘ
replacedBy Council of India ⓘ
surface form: Council of the Viceroy of India
seat Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) ⓘ
surface form: Government House, Calcutta
significantEvent creation of the Supreme Council of Bengal in 1774 ⓘ
reconstitution after the Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
startTime 1774 ⓘ
subordinateTo Board of Control ⓘ
British Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Charter Act 1853 → concerns → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General’s Council
India Act 1784 → definesRoleOf → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
Charter Act 1833 → establishedBody → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of the Governor-General of India for legislative purposes
Legislative Assembly → executiveOversight → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
this entity surface form: Governor-General in Council
Liaquat Ali Khan → positionHeld → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finance Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council
Charter Act 1853 → reformed → Council of the Governor-General ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General’s Council