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James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT PC (22 April 1812 – 19 December 1860), known as the Earl of Dalhousie between 1838 and 1849, was a Scottish statesman and colonial administrator in British India. He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856.
Dalhousie (Hindi pronunciation: [ɖəlɦɔːziː]) is a hill station, near town of Chamba in Chamba district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated on five hills and has an elevation of 1,970 m (6,460 ft) above sea level.
Jul 8, 2024 · Dalhousie, town, northwestern Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. It was named for a British viceroy of colonial India, Lord Dalhousie. Situated in the Himalayan foothills at an elevation of some 7,500 feet (2,300 metres), it is 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Pathankot, with which it is.
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie was a British governor-general of India from 1847 to 1856, who is accounted the creator both of the map of modern India, through his conquests and annexations of independent provinces, and of the centralized Indian state.
Surrounded by beautiful snow-capped mountains, Dalhousie is named after its founder Lord Dalhousie, the British Governor-General in India.
The British statesman James Andrew Broun Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-1860), served as governor general of India from 1848 to 1856. He is noted for his vigorous, often ruthless, expansion and westernization of British India.
Learn about Lord Dalhousie, Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856, famous for modern reforms like railways, telegraph, postal networks, and the controversial Doctrine of Lapse, which led to the 1857 revolt.
