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The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required to spend on education and literature in India.
Lieutenant General Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck GCB GCH PC (14 September 1774 – 17 June 1839), known as Lord William Bentinck, was a British military commander and politician who served as the governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the first governor-general of India from 1834 to 1835.
It is one of the oldest existing hospitals in Asia. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 by Lord William Bentinck during British Raj as Medical College, Bengal. It is one of the oldest medical college to teach Western medicine in Asia and the first institute to teach in English language.
William Bentinck (Royal Navy officer) (1764–1813), Royal Navy officer; Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British soldier and statesman; William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), Knight of the Garter; William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland (1709–1762), Knight of the Garter; William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland (1768–1854 ...
William Harry Edward Bentinck [a] (2 February 1784 – 29 September 1868) was an Anglican clergyman, who served as Archdeacon of Westminster. Bentinck was the oldest son of Lord Edward Bentinck (son of the 2nd Duke of Portland and younger brother of the 3rd Duke of Portland , the Prime Minister) and his wife Elizabeth Cumberland, daughter of ...
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809).
The Education Index is a component of the Human Development Index (HDI) published every year by the United Nations Development Programme. Alongside the economical indicators ( GDP ) and Life Expectancy Index , it helps measure the educational attainment .
William Bentinck was the first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the British Crown.