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.

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instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
annexed Awadh ⓘ
linked to: Oudh

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 ⓘ
linked to: Lord 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 ⓘ
linked to: Lord 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 ⓘ

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Doctrine of Lapse → formulatedUnder → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Doctrine of Lapse → associatedWithPerson → James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Dalhousie University → founder → George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Dalhousie University → founder → George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Dalhousie University → namedAfter → George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Lord Dalhousie → nobleTitle → 1st Marquess of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Lord Dalhousie → father → George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ⓘ
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Company rule in India → notableLeader → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Wajid Ali Shah → deposedBy → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Second Anglo-Burmese War → commander → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Dalhousie University → founder → George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie ⓘ
subject linked to: Dal
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Battle of Gujrat → commander → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay → alsoKnownAs → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Dalhousie → namedAfter → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
Dalhousie Square → namedFor → Lord Dalhousie ⓘ