Question

Q. Consider the following pairs with reference to the Governor-General:

Governor-General	Events
1. Lord Harding I	First Anglo Sikh War
2. Lord Dalhousie	Charles Wood Dispatch
3. Lord William Bentinck	Suppression of Thugees

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

• A. 1 and 2 only
• B. 2 and 3 only
• C. 1 and 3 only
• D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

1 . Lord Harding I — First Anglo Sikh War 1845-46

• The British were closely watching the developments in the Punjab political front and had territorial ambitions there as in other parts of the subcontinent.
• The Sikh forces crossed the Sutlej in December 1845 and took offensive positions against the English forces.
• Subsequently, battles were fought in different places and the English victory at Sobraon led to the signing of the Lahore Treaty in 1846 which ended the war.

2. Lord Dalhousie— Charles Wood Dispatch

• In 1854, Charles Wood sent a despatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India. Wood’s despatch suggested that primary schools must Adopt vernacular languages.
• Through the despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium and that English should be the medium for college-level education. Hence, Wood’s Despatch is considered as the ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India.

3. Lord William Bentinck—Suppression of Thugees