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Há 5 dias · 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.
Há 4 dias · Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor General of India in 1834 under the Government of India Act 1833. The Company India ruled until 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Government of India Act 1858 , the India Office of the British government assumed the task of directly administering India in the new British Raj .
Há 6 dias · 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.
Há 4 dias · Beside these Restitutions, which they thought to be corruptly procured, they gave an Account of seventy-six Grants and Custodiums, under the Great Seal of Ireland; as to the Lord Romney three Grants now in being, containing 49517 Acres; to the Earl of Albemarle in two Grants 108633 Acres in Possession and Reversion; to William Bentinck Esq; Lord Woodstock, 135820 Acres of Land; to the Earl of ...
Há 5 dias · The house in Bulstrode Park was erected by the Duke of Somerset between 1855 and 1865 on the site of a house built by the notorious Judge Jeffreys in 1686 and enlarged by William Bentinck, the first Earl of Portland. On a hill to the south-east of the house are ancient earthworks.
Há 2 dias · In 1698 William III granted the freehold of Doghouse Close, in the vicinity of D'Arblay Street (originally Portland Street), to William Bentinck, first Earl of Portland (see Chapter XV). After the death of Sir William Pulteney in 1691 his trustees, Sir Thomas Clarges and Henry Guy, were empowered to sell part of his estate to pay his ...
Há 3 dias · Lord William Bentinck, a relatively liberal Governor General at the time, supported Indian efforts at reforms, which resulted in 33 English language and 16 Indian language publications in India by the year 1830.
