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3 days ago · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his ...
5 days ago · But the real breakthrough came with the governor-generalship of Lord William Bentinck (served 1828–35) and with the Whig government that from 1830 carried the great Reform Bill. Bentinck was a radical aristocrat.
5 days ago · The introduction of English Education was a significant event of Lord William Bentinck's administration. He appointed a committee headed by Lord Macaulay to make recommendations for the promotion of education. So, The Process of the introduction of English Education was initiated in India by “Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay” in 1835.
Jun 21, 2024 · The Governor-General of Bengal was titled Governor-General of India. Lord William Bentinck became India’s first Governor-General as a result. As a result, the administration of the country was centralized. The governors of Bombay and Madras lost their legislative powers. The Governor-General had legislative power over all of British India.
Jun 18, 2024 · Lord William Bentinck became the Governor-General of India in 1828. He helped Raja Rammohan Roy to suppress many prevalent social evils like Sati, polygamy, child marriage and female infanticide . Lord Bentinck passed the law banning Sati throughout the British India and this act was made illegal and punishable by the courts in 1829 .
Jun 30, 2024 · Option B)Lord William Bentinck, was British Governor-General of Bengal. Among the various social reforms he is most credited for his abolition of Sati ( widow burning on the funeral pyre of her deceased husband). This is an incorrect option.
Jun 14, 2024 · P.J. Marshall. Warren Hastings was the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England. The son of a clergyman of the Church of England, Hastings was abandoned by his father at an early.
