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“Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” Examine this statement with reference to Lord William Bentinck.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Early Structure of the British Raj

Milton's line, borrowed to describe Lord William Bentinck's governor-generalship (1828-35), captures a deliberate break from the militarist idiom of his predecessors.

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  • The Legacy of War Bentinck Inherited
  • Financial Retrenchment as a Quiet Battlefield
  • Social Reform: The Utilitarian "Conquest" of Custom
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