The East India Company Act of 1784, popularly known as Pitt’s India Act after the then British Prime Minister Willam Pitt, built on the changes made in the 1773 Act and introduced a dual system whereby the newly formed Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, also known as the Board of Control, would handle the non-commercial/public/political activities of the Company, whereas the directors of the Company would be limited to handling its commercial affairs.
