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Há 5 dias · Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley was a British statesman and government official. Wellesley, as governor of Madras (now Chennai) and governor-general of Bengal (both 1797–1805), greatly enlarged the British Empire in India and, as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1821–28, 1833–34), attempted.
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9 de abr. de 2024 · Arthur's eldest brother Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, later 1st Marquess Wellesley, had just become Governor General of India. So in addition to the 33rd, Arthur, who had now become Colonel Arthur Wellesley, was given command of the 10,000 men of the Nizam of Hyderabad . [21]
- 1 July 1702 – 6 June 2006
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Há 2 dias · This acquisition, negotiated by George Caunter on behalf of Lieutenant-Governor George Leith, gave the EIC permanent sovereignty over both Penang Island and the newly-acquired territory, which was named Province Wellesley after Governor-General of India Richard Wellesley.
Há 5 dias · The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain | Reviews in History. Book: The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain. Nicholas B. Dirks. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 2006, ISBN: 9780674021662; 416pp.; Price: £18.95. Reviewer: Professor Michael Dodson. University of Indiana, Bloomington.
31 de mar. de 2024 · Richard Colley Wellesley was a politician and colonial administrator of Anglo-Irish origin. He was Viscount Wellesley until 1781, when he became the 2nd Earl of Mornington, succeeding his father. He was the Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805, and he later served as Foreign Secretary in the British Cabinet and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
- Question: Who was Bengal's first Governor-General?Answer: Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, serving from 1772 to 1785.
- Question: Who was British India's first Governor-General?Answer: The first Governor-General of British India was William Bentick. The Governor-General of Bengal was appointed Governor-General of British I...
- Question: Who was the first Viceroy of India?Answer: Lord Canning was India's first Viceroy. His tenure lasted four years, from 1858 to 1862.
- Answer: (a) See the ExplanationThe Regulating Act of 1773 named the Governor-General of Bengal and established a four-member Executive Council to assist him. Therefore, option (a...
- Answer: (b) See the ExplanationLord William Bentinck established Persian and a vernacular language for lower court proceedings and English as the official language for Supreme Co...
27 de mar. de 2024 · Wellesley’s early military career saw him involved in campaigns in the Low Countries and India, where his brother Richard served as a governor. “India is where Wellesley really cut his teeth as a commander,” says White.
28 de mar. de 2024 · British raj, period of direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent following the uprising of 1857 and the abolition of the East India Company’s role in managing the region. It was instituted with the Government of India Act of 1858 and lasted until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947.
