Multiple choice

Which one of the following Acts removed the legal recognition of slavery in India?

  1. Pitt's India Act, 1784

  2. The Charter Act, 1833

  3. The Act XI of 1835

  4. The Act V of 1843
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Explanation

The Act V of 1843 removed legal recognition of slavery in India. This came after decades of abolitionist pressure and was the first comprehensive law making slavery illegal throughout British Indian territories.

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