What Was the Purpose of the Charter Act of 1813

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Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Charter Act of 1813?

• A)To restrict the British East India Company to trade through factories at Bombay and Madras.
• B)To allow Queen Victoria to be crowned Empress of India.
• C)To eliminate rigid separation between Europeans and Indians.
• D)To eliminate sati and allow Hindu widows to remarry.
• E)To curb the control of autocratic government by dividing political oversight between London and British East India Company.

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