HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Lord Canning
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Lord Ellenborough
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Lord Dalhousie
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First Lord Hardinge
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lord Hardinge-I (1844-1848) was the Governor-General of India that suppressed the practice of human sacrifice among the Gonds tribe in Central India.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than 180 coffins containing the remains of 186 victims were found in the tomb. The practice would continue until Duke Xian of Qin (424–362 BCE) abolished it in 384 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -MERIAH SACRIFICES ACT 1845 ACT No XXI OF 1845 (Rep., Act 16 of 1874) [13th September, 1845.] Passed by the Governor General of India Council on the 13th September, 1845. AN Act respecting the appointment and powers of Agents for the suppression of Meriah Sacrifices in the Hill Tracts of Orissa.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Hardinge was the Governor General of India who proposed the change of capital from Calcutta to New Delhi. Hardinge’s plan was approved by King George V in 1911.
Detailed explanation-5: -Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, (born March 30, 1785, Wrotham, Kent, England-died September 24, 1856, South Park, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent), British soldier and statesman who was governor-general of India in 1844–48.