A quorum (کورم) is the 'necessary minimum number' (کم از کم ضروری تعداد) of members of an assembly or society that must be present for business to be validly transacted.

A gimmick (چال) is a trick or 'stunt' (کرتب) intended to attract attention, publicity, or business.

The Company was still responsible for administration but supervised by the British government.

Corruption under the dual system of administration in Bengal brought criticism on the Company.

The Regulating Act was passed in 1773 to reform the administration of the East India Company.

During the Congress ministries (1937-39), policies like the imposition of the Vidya Mandir scheme, singing of Vande Mataram, and bias in administration alienated Muslims, proving to them that Congress rule meant Hindu Raj.

The Hindi-Urdu controversy started in 1867 in Banaras when Hindu groups demanded that Urdu be replaced by Hindi written in the Devanagari script as the official language of courts and administration.

Awadh was annexed by Lord Dalhousie in 1856 not under the Doctrine of Lapse, but on the grounds of alleged maladministration by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah.

In Shivaji's Ashtapradhan (Council of Eight Ministers), the Nyayadhish was responsible for justice, civil and criminal jurisdiction, and interpretation of laws.

After the restoration of the Wodeyars in 1799, Colonel Barry Close was appointed as the first British Resident of Mysore to oversee the administration and ensure British interests were maintained.