Lord Dalhousie

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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.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman
Governor-General of India
colonial administrator
human
annexed Awadh
Jhansi
Nagpur
Satara
appointedBy Queen Victoria
birthDate 1812-04-22
birthPlace Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
causeOfDeath ill health
commemoratedBy hill station of Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, India
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1860-12-19
deathPlace Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Harrow School
educationPolicy supported expansion of Western-style education in India
era British Raj (Company rule in India)
father George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie
fullName James Andrew Broun-Ramsay
implementedPolicy Doctrine of Lapse
annexation of princely states lacking a male heir
influencedEvent conditions leading to the Indian Rebellion of 1857
introducedReform centralized administration in British India
modern postal system in India
public works department in India
railways in India
reform of land revenue administration
reorganization of the army in India
telegraph system in India
knownFor Doctrine of Lapse
administrative reforms in British India
expansion of British rule in India
legacy controversial due to aggressive annexations and centralization
memberOf Whig Party
mother Christian Broun
nobleTitle 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
occupation colonial governor
politician
positionHeld Governor of Jamaica
Governor-General of India
President of the Board of Trade
religion Presbyterianism
spouse Susan Hay
termEnd 1856-02-28
termStart 1848-01-12

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Dalhousie University ("George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie")
Dalhousie University ("George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie")
founder
Doctrine of Lapse ("James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie")
associatedWithPerson
Second Anglo-Burmese War
commander
Wajid Ali Shah
deposedBy
Lord Dalhousie ("George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie")
father
Doctrine of Lapse
formulatedUnder
Dalhousie University ("George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie")
namedAfter
Lord Dalhousie ("1st Marquess of Dalhousie")
nobleTitle
British East India Company
notableGovernorGeneral
Company rule in India
notableLeader
Governor-General of Bengal
officeHolder
Lord Canning
precededByAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia

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