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How did the East India Company become the de jure power in India?

  • UPSC 2009
  • British Expansion in India

The Company's transformation from a chartered trading concern into a legally recognised sovereign authority unfolded through a sequence of grants and statutes, each converting what had been achieved by force into a title backed by law.

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  • The Diwani Grant: Legal Sovereignty from the Mughal Emperor
  • Parliamentary Regulation: Legal Recognition Within Britain
  • Formal Assertion of Sovereignty: The Charter Acts of 1813 and 1833
  • Completion: The Transfer of 1858

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