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  1. 2 days ago · Order was restored by the firmness of Charles John Canning (later Earl Canning), first viceroy of India (governed 1858–62), whose title of “Clemency” was given in derision by angry British merchants in Calcutta, and of Sir John Lawrence in the Punjab. Ferocity led to grave excesses on both sides, distinguishing this war in horror from ...

  2. 3 days ago · Charles Canning, the Governor-General of India during the rebellion. Lord Dalhousie , the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, who devised the Doctrine of Lapse . Lakshmibai, the Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi , one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse .

  3. Sep 2, 2024 · Ledikeni, sometimes known as Lady Kenny, is a sweet that originated in Kolkata, India. It is rather popular in West Bengal, Bangladesh. It is believed to have been created in honour of Lady Charlotte Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, the first Viceroy of India.

  4. Sep 3, 2024 · Social policy. On November 1, 1858, Lord Canning (governed 1856–62) announced Queen Victoria ’s proclamation to “the Princes, Chiefs and Peoples of India,” which unveiled a new British policy of perpetual support for “native princes” and nonintervention in matters of religious belief or worship within British India.

  5. Sep 13, 2024 · Canning, method of preserving food from spoilage by storing it in containers that are hermetically sealed and then sterilized by heat. The process was invented after prolonged research by Nicolas Appert of France in 1809, in response to a call by his government for a means of preserving food for.

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  6. 5 days ago · The 1st Marquess of Bute and his grandson, the 2nd Marquess, b. 10 August 1793 (who at first bore the courtesy title of Earl of Windsor, but became Earl of Dumfries on the death of his maternal grandfather in 1803) were Lords until 1814, when the 1st Marquess died.

  7. Sep 22, 2024 · The village of Bishop's Cannings lies in the south near the Kennet and Avon Canal: the road from Swindon and Banbury to Devizes (A 361) passes ½ mile to the west of the village. Haif a mile north-east is the hamlet of Bourton and south of this Easton Farm marking the site of the hamlet of Easton.