The Regulating Act 1773: Britain's First Attempt to Control the East India Company

In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act, the first major attempt to rein in the East India Company after the Bengal Famine and reports of corruption. This episode explores the Act's creation, its key figures—Warren Hastings, Lord North, Edmund Burke—and how it established a Governor-General, a Supreme Court in Calcutta, and a supervisory Board of Control. But did it work? We discuss the political battles, the tensions with the Nawab of Bengal, and how the Act set the stage for later reforms like Pitt's India Act. A turning point in British imperial governance, the Regulating Act reveals the messy, contested birth of colonial bureaucracy. #RegulatingAct1773 #EastIndiaCompany #WarrenHastings #LordNorth #EdmundBurke #BritishEmpire #IndianHistory #Bengal #ParliamentaryReform #SupremeCourtCalcutta #GovernorGeneral #ColonialAdministration #18thCentury #ImperialHistory #NawabOfBengal #ElijahImpey #PhilipFrancis #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo