Prelims · 2 Modern India · 2.3 Governors-General and Viceroys

2.3.3 William Bentinck: reforms of the first Governor-General of India

Bentinck (1828–35) was a liberal reformer who ended sati, put down thuggee, made English the medium of higher education and became the first Governor-General of India under the Charter Act of 1833.

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  • Bentinck
  • sati
  • Regulation XVII 1829
  • thuggee
  • Sleeman
  • Charter Act 1833
  • Macaulay
  • English education
  • Mysore
  • Coorg

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