◇ Governor-General of Bengal now made the Governor- General of India and vested in him all civil and military powers.
◇ It deprived the Governor of Bombay and Madras of their legislative powers.
◇ It ended the activities of the East India Company as a commercial body, which became a purely administrative body.
◇ Attempted to introduce a system of open competition for selection of civil servants and
stated that the Indians should not be debarred from holding any place, office and employment under the Company.
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