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James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
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Lord Dalhousie was succeeded by his eldest son, the ninth...
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James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, GCVO, DL (born...
- Earl of Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie was succeeded by his eldest son, the ninth Earl. He was a distinguished soldier and served as Governor General of British North America (and previously Governor of Nova Scotia where he founded Dalhousie University ) and as Commander-in-Chief of India .
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), also known as Lord Dalhousie, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He has styled Lord Ramsay until 1838 and The Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849. From 1848 to 1856, he was Governor-General of India.
- Answer: In India, Dalhousie is known as the "Father of the Electric Telegraph." Calcutta was connected to Peshawar and other parts of the country b...
- Answer: Lord Dalhousie is a Scottish nobleman. Lord Dalhousie, India's youngest governor-general, served from 1848 to 1856. He introduced a series...
- Answer: Lord Dalhousie's annexation policy, known as the Doctrine of Lapse, was widely adopted during his time as India's Governor-General, from 18...
- Despite the Doctrine, Lord Dalhousie is often regarded as the "Maker of Modern India." In India, Lord Dalhousie established a number of Anglo-verna...
- The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the British East India Company in India until 1858. The policy is most commonly associate...
James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie, GCVO, DL (born 17 January 1948), styled Lord Ramsay between 1950 and 1999, is a Scottish peer, courtier and landowner. He is chief of Clan Ramsay and Deputy Captain General of the King's Body Guard for Scotland.
- Administrative Reforms: Dalhousie’s chief aim was the consolidation of British rule in India. So he adopted the principle of centralization. For the newly acquired territories he devised the ‘Non-Regulation System” under which commissioners were appointed to deal with the administrative problems.
- Military Reforms: After the conquest of Punjab, Sindh and Avadh, the frontiers of the company were extended and the military interest of India was transferred to the North.
- Railway Reforms: Dalhousie introduced a new system of internal communication in India. He was the father of Indian Railways. Dalhousies’ famous Railway Minute of 1853 convinced the home authorities of the need of the railways and laid down the main lines of their development.
- The Electric Telegraph: In 1852 Dalhousie introduced the Electric Telegraph System in India. The first telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra was opened in 1854, covering a distance of 800 miles.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie was a British governor-general of India from 1847 to 1856, who is accounted the creator both of the map of modern India, through his conquests and annexations of independent provinces, and of the centralized Indian state.
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James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
