Philip Mason
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Writer. Director, Institute of Race Relations, London, 1958β69. Indian Civil Service, 1928β47. Author of The Founders; The Guardians; The Birth of a Dilemma; The Men Who Ruled India; and many others.
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Lord William Bentinck was a British governor-general of Bengal (1828β33) and of India (1833β35). An aristocrat who sympathized with many of the liberal ideas of his day, he made important administrative reforms in Indian government and society. He reformed the finances, opened up judicial posts toβ¦
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