Monday, June 20, 2011

Lord Dalhousie (1848-56)


Lord Dalhousie (1848-56)

1-Second Sikh war (1848-49) and annexation of the Punjab.
2-Second Burmesewar (1852) and annexation of Lower Burma.
3-Charter Act of 1853.
4-Application of the Doctrine of Lapse and annexation of Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1849), Jhansi (1853) Nagpur (1854), etc.

5-Annexation of Oudh (1856).
6-Wood’s (President of the Board of Control) Education Despatch of 1854 and British assumption of the responsibility of educating the masses.
7-Introduction of the Railways (First train-Bombay to Thana), Telegraph (First line-Calcutta to Agra) and the Postal System in 1853.
8-Widow Remarriage Act (1856)
9-Establishment of a separate Public Works Department in every province.
10-Santhal uprising (1855-56).

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