Lord William Bentinck
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Lord William Bentinck was a British statesman and colonial administrator noted for his social and legal reforms in India, including efforts to suppress practices like sati and to modernize governance under East India Company rule.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lord William Bentinck canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Lord William Bentinck Context triple: [Charter Act 1833, designatedAsFirstGovernorGeneralOfIndia, Lord William Bentinck]
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Lord Wellesley
Lord Wellesley was a prominent British statesman and colonial administrator best known for expanding British power in India at the turn of the 19th century.
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Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie was a 19th-century British statesman best known for his expansionist policies and administrative reforms in India, including the controversial Doctrine of Lapse.
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C.
Lord Canning
Lord Canning was a British statesman best known for overseeing the administration of India during the tumultuous period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the subsequent transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown.
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D.
Lord Hardinge
Lord Hardinge was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during the early 20th century, overseeing key events in the late British Raj.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lord William Bentinck Target entity description: Lord William Bentinck was a British statesman and colonial administrator noted for his social and legal reforms in India, including efforts to suppress practices like sati and to modernize governance under East India Company rule.
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A.
Lord Wellesley
Lord Wellesley was a prominent British statesman and colonial administrator best known for expanding British power in India at the turn of the 19th century.
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B.
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie was a 19th-century British statesman best known for his expansionist policies and administrative reforms in India, including the controversial Doctrine of Lapse.
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C.
Lord Canning
Lord Canning was a British statesman best known for overseeing the administration of India during the tumultuous period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the subsequent transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown.
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D.
Lord Hardinge
Lord Hardinge was a British colonial administrator who served as Viceroy of India during the early 20th century, overseeing key events in the late British Raj.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Army ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
British East India Company
ⓘ
surface form:
East India Company
|
| birthDate | 1774-09-14 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1839-06-17 ⓘ |
| education | Westminster School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName |
Bentinck family
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surface form:
Cavendish-Bentinck
|
| father | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ⓘ |
| fullName | William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Lord ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
ban on sati in territories under East India Company rule
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financial retrenchment and cost-cutting in Indian administration ⓘ introduction of English education in India ⓘ judicial and revenue reforms in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Regulation XVII of 1829 banning sati
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modernization of governance under East India Company rule ⓘ social reforms in India ⓘ |
| memberOf | Whig Party ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| mother | Lady Dorothy Cavendish ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Bentinck family
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surface form:
Cavendish-Bentinck family
|
| notableWork |
administrative and legal reforms in British India
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suppression of sati in British India ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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soldier ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| oversaw | consolidation of British rule in India in early 19th century ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Madras
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Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ Governor-General ⓘ
surface form:
Governor-General of India
|
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
British envoy in Sicily
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commander of British forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| sibling | Lord William Charles Augustus Cavendish-Bentinck ⓘ |
| spouse | Lady Mary Acheson ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Raja Ram Mohan Roy ⓘ |
| termEnd | 1835 (Governor-General of Bengal) ⓘ |
| termStart | 1828 (Governor-General of Bengal) ⓘ |
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Subject: Lord William Bentinck Description of subject: Lord William Bentinck was a British statesman and colonial administrator noted for his social and legal reforms in India, including efforts to suppress practices like sati and to modernize governance under East India Company rule.
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