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Fifth report was submitted 10 British Parliament in 1813 about administration activities of ?East India Company?.
(i) There were many groups in Britain who were opposed to the monopoly of trade that ?East India Company? had with India and China. These groups wanted revocation against this rule for lifting monopoly.
(ii) Many political groups argued that the trade by ?East India Company? was benefitting them only and not the British nation as whole.
(iii) The private traders wanted a share in Indian trade and the British Industrialist were keen to open up the Indian market for British manufacturers.
(iv) Information about company misrule and maladministration was hotly debated in Britain and incidence of the greed and corruption of company officials was widely publicised in the press. The British parliament passed a series of acts in late 18th century to regulate the control of company rule in India and appointed committees to enquire into the affair of the company. The fifth report was one such report produced by a select committee.
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