The new province of Agra indicated new liability and more expenditure for the British East India Company. Moreover the operations and the functions of the new local government were rather small and minute; and were not of much significance. The Governor of the Agra Province had to depend on the Governor General for each and every important issue. Later the newly formed Agra presidency was reduced to a Lieutenant Governorship. It was decided that the authority of the British Crown was not necessary as the British Parliament had authorised the Governor General to appoint a Lieutenant Governor himself. The Governor General was to select the Lieutenant Governor from the highest officers of the British East India Company. Eventually with the alteration of the Presidency of Agra into the North Western Provinces transformed the entire political facet of the situation. This article is a stub. You may enrich it by adding more information to it. You can send your write-up at content@indianetzone.com |