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BRITISH RULERS IN INDIA - Lord Lansdowne (1888 – 1894),Lord Curzon (1899 – 1905)

Lord Lansdowne (1888 – 1894):
  • II Factory Act (1891) granted a weekly holiday and stipulated working hours for women and children, although it failed to address concerns such as work hours for men.
  • Categorization of Civil Services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate.
  • Indian Council Act of 1892 was passed.
  • Appointment of Durand Commission to define the line between British India and Afghanistan.
Lord Elgin II (1894 – 1899):
  • Great famine of 1896 – 1897. Lyall Commission was appointed.
Lord Curzon (1899 – 1905):

  • Passed the Indian Universities Act (1904) in which official control over the Universities was increased.
  • Partitioned Bengal (October 16, 1905) into two provinces 1, Bengal (proper), 2.East Bengal & Assam.
  • Appointed a Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer to enquire into the police administration of every province.
  • The risings of the frontier tribes in 1897 – 98 led him to create the North Western Frontier Province(NWFP).
  • Passed the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1904), to restore India’s cultural heritage. Thus the Archaeological Survey of India was established.
  • Passed the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) and put India on a gold standard.
  • Extended railways to a great extent.

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