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Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, was the Marquees and 10th Earl of Dalhousie. He was born on April 22, 1812 at Dalhousie Castle in Scotland. In 1837, at the young age of 25, he entered British Parliament as an elected member. From 1843-1846, he served as President of the Board of Trade in the British government under Sir Robert Peel. In 1847, he was appointed as the Governor General of India. He was the youngest man ever appointed to the post. He was only 35 at that time. His term ended in 1856. A year after he left India, the Indian Mutiny occurred. His policies of annexation were partly blamed for the mutiny. He died in 1860 at Dalhousie Castle in Scotland. Lord Dalhousie's Tenure in India 1848-1856: When, Lord Dalhousie arrived in India in January 1848 there was relative peace in the colony. Soon after that, the British got involved in the Sikh Wars in Punjab. In 1849, Punjab was annexed and made a part of the British Empire in India. He also commanded the Second Burmese War in 1852. It resulted in British-India getting Rangoon and Page province of Burma to British India. He was also responsible for adopting the policy of "lapse and annexation." Under this policy, if a king did not have any natural heirs, the kingdom would be annexed to the British Empire. As a result of Satara was annexed in 1848. Jhansi and Nagpaur were annexed in 1854. His most unpopular action was the annexation of Oudh state without any specific reason. It created great resentment in the Muslim elite. All these actions created great resentment and contributed to the Indian mutiny of 1857 against the British colonialists. Lord Dalhousie's Accomplishments Lord Dalhousie was an able administrator, though aggressive and abrasive. His contribution in the development of communication by railways, roads, postal and telegraph services contributed greatly to modern, unified India. His greatest achievement was the creation of modern, centralized states. History involving Lord Dalhousie's role in the Indian Revolution of 1857 Lord Dalhousie's Role in Setting up the Indian Telegraph Places/Things named after the Dalhousie family Dalhousie University - Halifax, Canada Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada Dalhousie Thermal Pools in Australia
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