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- John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (born March 4, 1811, Richmond, Yorkshire, England—died June 27, 1879, London) was a British viceroy and governor-general of India whose institution in the Punjab of extensive economic, social, and political reforms earned him the sobriquet “Saviour of the Punjab.”
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John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, GCB GCSI PC (4 March 1811 – 27 June 1879), known as Sir John Lawrence, Bt., between 1858 and 1869, was a prominent British Imperial statesman and served as the Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869.
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence was a British viceroy and governor-general of India whose institution in the Punjab of extensive economic, social, and political reforms earned him the sobriquet “Saviour of the Punjab.”
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Oct 17, 2011 · Lord John Lawrence served as Governor General and Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869. The important aspects of his tenure include Great famines of Odisha, Rajputana and Bundelkhand, Famine Commissions, Opening of telegraphic lines between Europe and India, enactment of Punjab Tenancy Act, War with Bhutan, the policy of “masterly inactivity ...
Dec 23, 2023 · A.S.Ganesh takes a look at how John Lawrence made his mark in the world… On December 24, 1936, a 28-year-old leukaemia patient became the first person to be treated with a radioactive isotope.
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, GCB GCSI PC (4 March 1811 – 27 June 1879), known as Sir John Lawrence, Bt., between 1858 and 1869, was an English-born Ulsterman who became a prominent British Imperial statesman and served as the Viceroy of India from 1864 to 1869.
Created the Indian Forest Department. British viceroy whose institution in the Punjab of extensive economic, social, and political reforms earned him the sobriquet “Saviour of the Punjab.”
While guarding the interests of India and its people as a member of the secre-tary of state's council, he was sent out again in 1864 as viceroy and governor-general on the resignation and death of Lord Elgin.
