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UPSC 2019: Consider the following statements about ‘the Charter Act of 1813’: 1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China. 2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the Company. 3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament. Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a)1 and 2 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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The Charter Act of 1813 ended the East India Company’s trade monopoly except for tea and trade with China and explicitly asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over Company-held territories, so statements 1 and 2 are correct. It did not transfer direct control of Indian revenues to the British Parliament—those continued to be managed by the Company under existing oversight mechanisms—so statement 3 is incorrect. Hence only statements 1 and 2 are correct. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Act_1813?utm_source=openai))
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