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

In the aftermath of the Bengal Famine of 1770 and the revelations of Company corruption, the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act of 1773, its first major attempt to rein in the East India Company. Lucas and Luna explore the act's key provisions—the appointment of a Governor-General (Warren Hastings), the creation of a Supreme Court in Calcutta, and the uneasy relationship between the new council and Hastings. They discuss the act's unintended consequences: the bitter feuds between Hastings and Philip Francis, the trial of Maharaja Nandakumar, and how the act set the stage for later reforms like Pitt's India Act of 1784. This episode dives into the messy, human side of early imperial governance, showing how well-intentioned oversight often backfired. #RegulatingAct1773 #WarrenHastings #EastIndiaCompany #PhilipFrancis #Nandakumar #SupremeCourtCalcutta #Bengal #BritishRaj #IndiaHistory #ElijahImpey #PittsIndiaAct #CompanyRule #EdmundBurke #ColonialIndia #18thCentury #ImperialGovernance #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo