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The British Indian State experienced the wind of change with the arrival of Lord William Bentinck. Comment.

  • UPSC 1999
  • Early Structure of the British Raj

Lord William Bentinck's governor-generalship (1828–35) is conventionally read as the hinge between an earlier era of conquest and consolidation and a later era of reformist, "improving" colonial governance.

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  • Ideological Roots: From Conquest to Utilitarian Reform
  • Social Reform
  • Financial and Economic Retrenchment
  • Judicial Restructuring
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  • Political Caution Amid Reform

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