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Vor 3 Tagen · Statue of Lord William Bentinck in Calcutta Victoria Memorial. As Governor-General, Bentinck made English the medium of instruction in schools and phased out Persian. Raja Ram Mohun Roy, a native reformer and educationist. British rule saw the establishment of liberal arts colleges in many districts of Bengal. There were only two ...
9. Mai 2024 · Lord William Bentinck, the governor of Madras (now Chennai ), and Sir John Cradock (later John Caradock, 1st Baron Howden), the commander in chief at Madras, were both recalled.
27. Apr. 2024 · Biography. William Cavendish-Bentinck PC KG FRS is Notable. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck was born on 14 Apr 1738. He was the eldest son of Lord William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762) and his wife, Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley (1715–1785).
- Male
- April 14, 1738
- Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish
- October 30, 1809
17. Mai 2024 · William Bentinck: 4 July 1828 – 20 March 1835: Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–48 Mysore State goes under British administration (1831–81) Bahawalpur accepts British Suzerainty (1833) Coorg annexed (1834). Lord Auckland: 4 March 1836 – 28 February 1842: North-Western Provinces ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Opposition to the practice of sati by evangelists like Carey, and by Hindu reformers such as Ram Mohan Roy ultimately led the British Governor-General of India Lord William Bentinck to enact the Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829, declaring the practice of burning or burying alive of Hindu widows to be punishable by the criminal courts.
Vor einem Tag · Should there be any objections, Bentinck declared that he would not hesitate to ship off both of them—and if necessary the Hereditary Prince as well—to Malta, putting the Prince’s two-year-old son on the throne under the Regency of the Duke of Orléans. Fortunately, this last threat had its effect; but Bentinck had already sent orders to the British detachments in Messina, Milazzo and ...
4. Mai 2024 · As for governors and imperial officials, they too were clearly bored, from William Bentinck, who said so explicitly – ‘Boredom with the overwhelming load of uninteresting business’ – to Lord Dufferin, who said as much without using that exact word when he declared, ‘Dulness [sic] is the central characteristic of an Indian ...
