...followed by the British in India. An Act of Parliament of 1833 had already declared that 'no native shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of these, be disqualified from holding any place, office or employment under the East India Company'....

...evident in the new charter itself— the Liberal Charter, as it was instantly dubbed. Article 87 stated: 'No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born...Place, Office, or Employment under the said Company.' Cancelling Cornwallis's ban on Indians attaining higher positions, this was a landmark declaration....

...to the 87th Clause in the 1834 Charter Act. This clause stated that 'no native of the said [Indian] territories, nor any natural-born subject of his Majesty...them, be disabled from holding any place, office, employment under the [East India] company'.81 But as one witness pointed out this clause conflicted...

...administrators and rulers of India. And it was provided at the same time that no native of India " shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth,...disabled from holding any place, office, or employment." Sir Charles Metcalfe acted as Governor- Gener al after Bentinck, and was succeeded by Lord Auckland,...

...the Parliamentary Act of 1784, which reads: No native of the said territories, nor any natural-bom subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall, by reason only of his religion, place of turth, descent, colour, or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office or employment under...

...honored in the breach. It proclaimed: "No Native of said Territories . . . shall, by reason of only his religion, place of birth, descent, colour, or...place, Office, or Employment under the said Company." Wolpert, India, p. 213. 17. Reginald Coupland, The Indian Problem; Report on the Constitutional Problem...

...from insult and outrage in their persons, religions, or opinions. LXXXVII. And be it enacted, that no native of the said territories, nor any natural-born...or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, or employment under the said Company. cm. And whereas it is expedient to provide for the due qualifications...

...the said territories, nor any natural born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour,...place, office or employment under the said Company. Lord Macaulay had taken part in the framing of the clause, and he was very proud of it (Macaulay, 1898:...