The pattern of British Indian administration was set during the East India Company's rule in the controlling Presidency of Bengal. It was also here that the model of the future Indian Judiciary was evolved between the years (1800-33), through a process of trial and error and through an ultimate fusion under Bentinck of British liberalism heralded by Cornwallis, with the indigenous tradition of despotism championed by distinguished Civilians like Sir Thomas Munro ...
