first step taken by the British Government to control and regulate the affairs of the East India Company in India (laid the foundations of central administration in India).
Ā It designated the Governor of Bengal as the āGovernor-General of Bengalā(GGB). The ļ¬rst such Governor General was Lord Warren Hastings.
It provided for the establishment of a Supreme Court at Calcutta (1774)(with Original and Appellate jurisdiction) comprising one chief justice and three other judges.
Bombay and Madras presidencies were made subordinate