Q5 of 20 Page 170

Answer the following question briefly:

What do you know about the administrative reforms of Lord William Bentinck?


Lord William Bentinck had introduced the following administrative reforms:

● He combined the office of collector and the office of magistrate.


● He took charge of the commander in chief of the army and introduced many reforms.


● He abolished Persian as the official court language and introduced vernacular language.


● He created a new post by the Charter Act 1833. This was called the executive council of the Governor General.


● Lord Macaulay was the first law member under this.


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