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5 de fev. de 2013 · Evangelicalism and reform seemed to be united in the person of the new Governor-General, Lord William Bentinck, who was appointed in 1828. Bentinck arrived in India with little time for ‘old-India hands’ and intended to preside over the redemption of India via a series of reforms.
22 de abr. de 2024 · Legacy of William Bentinck. Lord William Bentinck and his reforms truly transformed India. While most of his actions were applauded, Bentick had his fair share of criticisms as well. He managed to eradicate centuries-old evils in Indian society and made ever-lasting changes. Bentinck left India somewhere around March 1835 and returned to England.
Comandante in capo dell'India. Pubblicazioni. Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine del Bagno. Ordine reale guelfo. Altre cariche. Governatore generale dell' India. voci di militari presenti su Wikipedia. Manuale. William Bentinck ( Buckinghamshire, 14 settembre 1774 – Parigi, 17 giugno 1839) è stato un politico e generale britannico .
Lord William Cavendish Bentinck (1774-1839), the second son in an aristocratic, landed family, had entered the British army. His influential contacts secured several major political offices for him, including the governorship of Madras from 1803 to 1807 that he assumed when he was only 28, and much later, the governor-generalship of India from ...
From "Lord William Bentinck on the Suppression of Sati, 8 November 1829," in Speeches and Documents on Indian Policy, 17501921, ed. Arthur B. Keith (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922), vol. 1, pp. 208226. This text is part of the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
Sitter associated with 5 portraits. An astute diplomat of noble Dutch birth, Bentinck was a friend of William of Orange with whom he fought alongside and nursed in illness. Before William's journey to England in 1688, he negotiated to preserve Holland from French attack during his absence. Having served the King faithfully in matters of foreign ...
23 de abr. de 2023 · In December 1829, Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of British-ruled India, banned sati, the ancient Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
