1. LORD CORNWALLIS

2. Lord Cornwallis .
Introduction .
In 1786 , Lord Cornwallis came to Bengal as Governor General .
Before his appointment , he had acted as the Commander – in- Chief of the British army in the American War of Independence .
He was interested with the task of finding out a satisfactory solution to the land revenue problem , Re – Structuring the Commercial Department , Purifying administration and reorganising the judicial department .
He amended the Pitt’s India Act in 1786
He carried out the following reforms in the different fields of administration .

3. Administrative Reforms :
Suppression of Corruption .
Cornwallis brought far reaching administrative changes . The first three years of his rule he successfully checked the abuses practised by the officials and defined their duties and responsibilities .
1. The servants of the Company received low salaries and there was no provision for pension . So they engaged in private trade and received heavy bribes .
So Cornwallis increased their salaries and he abolished the jobbing agencies and Contracts .
2. In order to brought economic change , a number of profit Posts were abolished .
3. He boldly resisted the requests of the Directors and other persons in England who recommended their favourites and dependents for Indian appointments .

4. Commercial Reforms : Judicial Reforms :
He did serious injustices to Indians . He distrusted the Indians and shut them out completely from the higher places in Government services .
Commercial Reforms :
English Company used to buy goods from Indian merchants through their Residents .
These residents paid less to the Indian Merchants and cheated the Company by reserving good stuff for themselves and sending goods of inferior quality to the company .
Cornwallis abolished this type of contracts with the merchants .
Judicial Reforms :
Cornwallis made important changes in the Judicial system and tried to organise it on European lines .
With this object in view , he compiled the famous Cornwallis Code in