Lord William
Bentinck (jul 4, 1828 – mar 20, 1835)
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- First Governor General of India
- Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829
- Suppression of Thuggee (1829–1835)
- Kol Rebellion (1831)
- Barasat Uprising (1831), led by Titumir
- Annexation of Mysore (1831), Coorg (1834), and central Cachar (1834)
- Charter Act 1833
- English Education Act 1835 and introduction of-English as a medium of instruction. English was also introduced by the Bengal government in the Calcutta Madrasa in 1829
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835)
- Abolition of the provincial courts of appeal and circuit set by Cornwallis, appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit
- Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh
-Brahmo samaj established by Ram Mohan Roy
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