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The charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. 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 ...
Rangaswamy Nataraja Mudaliar (1885–1971 [dubious – discuss]), was an Indian film director. Popularly known as the father of Tamil cinema, [1] he was a pioneer in the production of silent films. Starting his career as an automobile spare parts merchant, he started the "Indian Film Company Limited" in Madras. [2]
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← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in India → 1886 1887 1888 Centuries: 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s See also: List of years in India Timeline of Indian history Events in the year 1885 in India. Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin Events National income - ₹ 3,991 million 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes ...
Between 1848 and 1853 he served as aide-de-camp to The Marquess of Dalhousie during his term as Governor-General of India. [3] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he was appointed interpreter to the Commander-in-Chief in India General Sir Colin Campbell as well as aide-de-camp and commandant to the headquarters. [3]
Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of Fort William from 1773 to 1785. Lord William Bentinck, the first governor general of India from 1834 – 1835. Many parts of the Indian subcontinent were governed by the British East India Company (founded in 1600), which nominally acted as the agent of the Mughal emperor.
He was appointed to the Bengal Civil Service in 1778, and in 1788 carried into execution the permanent settlement of Bengal.. When the Marquess of Cornwallis died in 1805, Sir George Barlow was nominated provisional governor-general, and his passion for economy and retrenchment in that capacity has caused him to be known as the only governor-general who diminished the area of British territory ...
He was the first Indian appointed to the lieutenant governor's Executive Council. [1] He was a member of the Council of India of the governor general of India in 1899 and on 21 September 1904 was appointed a non-officiating member representing the Bengal Provinces, along with Gopal Krishna Gokhale from Bombay Province. [2]