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1926 Indian General Election
General elections were held in British India between 28 October and late November 1926 to elect members of the Imperial Legislative Council and the Provincial Legislative Councils. The Swaraj Party were victorious in Provincial Council elections in Bengal and Madras, and also made gains in Bihar and Orissa. However, at the national level the party saw their number of seats reduced. Results Central Legislative Assembly Members of Central Legislative Assembly Officials *Government of India: Sir James Crerar (Home Member), Alexander Muddiman (Home Member), Sir George Rainy (Railways, Commerce & Ecclesiastical Member), George Ernest Schuster (Finance Member), Sir Brojendra Mitter (Law Member), Bhupendra Nath Mitra (Industries & Labour Member), Evelyn Berkeley Howell, Alfred Alen Lethbridge Parsons, Hubert Arthur Sams, Gerard Macworth Young, Kodikal Sanjiva Row, Clement Wansbrough Gwynne, John Coatman, Sir Frank Noyce, Hattiangadi Shankar Rau *Provinces: Samuel Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929. He was a patriarch of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India. Early life and education Motilal Nehru was born on 6 May 1861, the posthumous son of Gangadhar Nehru and his wife Indrani. The Nehru family had been settled for several generations in Delhi, and Gangadhar Nehru was a kotwal in that city. During India's independence struggle of 1857, Gangadhar left Delhi with his family and moved to Agra, where some of his relatives lived. By some accounts, the Nehru family home in Delhi had been looted and burnt down during the Mutiny. In Agra, Gangadhar quickly arranged the weddings of his two daughters, Patrani and Maharani, into Kashmiri Brahmin families. He died on 4 February 1861 and his youngest child, Motilal, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhupendra Nath Mitra
Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra (Bengali: ভূপেন্দ্র নাথ মিত্র) (October 1875 – 25 February 1937) was an Indian government official and diplomat who served as the third Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1936. Early life Mitra was born in Bengal to Ashutosh Mitra and his wife. He received his early education at the Metropolitan Institution and the Hare School. Taking an MA from Presidency College, then under the University of Calcutta, in 1895, he entered government service the following year. He married and had a son and two daughters. Career In 1910, Mitra was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Government of India, in the Finance Department. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1913 King's Birthday Honours, and was promoted to acting Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department in 1915. In the same year, he was appointed Controller of War Accounts. He was appointed an Officer of the Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Gidney
Sir Henry Albert John Gidney FRSE MID (9 June 1873 – 5 May 1942) was a leader of the Anglo-Indian community of British India for 20 years, founding the All India Anglo-Indian Association in 1926. His grandfather, William Gidney, was killed at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857 but his family decided to stay in India. Life He was born in Igatpuri in India on 9 June 1873 the son of John Gidney, an Irish engine driver for the GIPR, and his Indian wife Margaret David. He was raised a Methodist. He received his education first at Baldwins Boys School in Bangalore, then at St Peters High School in Mazagaon, then sent home to Britain for final education in Edinburgh, to where his family had links. At 16, he joined the Calcutta Medical College at the University of Calcutta, graduating as a first-class gold medal winner. He returned again to Britain to take a Diploma in Public Health (DPH) at Cambridge University plus a further Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O.) at the University of Oxford. He r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariadas Ruthnaswamy
Mariadas Ruthnaswamy CIE, KCSG (1885–1977) was a leading educationalist, statesman and a writer in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India. He was educated in Secunderabad, Hyderabad and in Cuddalore in the then Madras Presidency he went on to study in Oxford and Cambridge, ultimately qualifying as a barrister at Gray's Inn, London. In his political career Ruthnaswamy was a Councillor for the Corporation of Madras, then a member of the Madras Legislative Council, being appointed President of the Council in September 1925 after the death of L. D. Swamikannu Pillai. He held office until the following election, in November 1926. He later served on the Madras Service Commission, as Member and later chairman, was nominated as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, and after independence nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha (1968–74). He was initially associated with the Justice Party, and after it was dissolved remained independent until he joined the newly formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhav Shrihari Aney
Dr. Madhav Shrihari Aney (29 August, 1880 – 26 January, 1968);Sen S.N. (1997). ''History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947)'' New Delhi: New Age. p. 354. popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney, was an ardent educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of " Loknayak Bapuji", which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father". He was one of the founders of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar, Kakasaheb Khadilkar, Gangadhar Deshpande, Dr B S Munje, Abhyankar, T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi, who walked in the footsteps of Tilak. Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall. At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty. He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Yamin Khan
Sir Muhammad Yamin Khan (; born June 1888) CIE was a barrister-at-law, statesman and politician in the period before the partition of India. Khan served as a parliamentarian and one of the senior most members of the All India Muslim League. Muhammad Yamin Khan was a close confidant of Quaid-e-Azam. He was a member of the working committee of All India Muslim League. He also remained Deputy President of the Indian legislative Council. He also presided over the third "Kamboh Conference" held in Bareilly in 1936. Yamin Khan was prominent in raising the Indianisation debate in the Central Legislatures in which he demanded the admission of increasing numbers of Indians to the officer corps of the British Indian Army. The British Government recognized him for his outstanding social and legal services by appointing him a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1931 Birthday Honours list, and knighting him in the 1936 New Year Honours list. After the independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Cosgrave
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monteath
John Monteath (9 October 1878 – 11 June 1955) was an Irish first-class cricketer and colonial official in British India. Monteath was the son of Sir James Monteath, a colonial administrator in British India. He was educated at Clifton College, before going up to King's College, Cambridge in 1897. He graduated with a first-class in 1900, before joining the Indian Civil Service (ICI) in 1902. His first post in the ICI was as an Assistant Collector at Dharwar, a position he held until 1908. During this time, he played a first-class cricket match for the Europeans against the Parsees at Bombay. Batting twice in the match, Monteath was dismissed without scoring in the European's first-innings by Kekhashru Mistry, and was dismissed by the same bowler for a single run in their second-innings. Fellow Irishman James McDonogh was also a member of the Europeans team. He served as an Assistant Political Agent in Kathiawar from 1908–1915, before taking up the post of Muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Henry Slater
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Noyce
Sir Frank Noyce, KCSI, CBE (4 June 1878 – 7 October 1948) was a member of the Indian Civil Service and member of Governor-General's Executive Council in charge of industries and labour from 1932 to 1937. Noyce was also a member of the Indian Public Schools' Society, which was set up by Satish Ranjan Das in 1928 with the aim of establishing The Doon School, an all-boys public school modelled on Eton College and Harrow School. His eldest son was the mountaineer and author Wilfrid Noyce, who was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru .... References * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Noyce, Frank 1878 births 1948 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coatman
John Coatman, CIE, (1889–1963) was director of public information for the Indian Police Service and the British government in India. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1929 and was a member of the secretariat during the first Round Table Conference (November 1930 – January 1931). His writing promoted the benefits of the British Empire. Selected publications *''Report of the administration of Lord Reading, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1921–1926: General summary'', Government of India Press, Simla, 1927. *''The Indian Riddle: A solution suggested'', Humphrey Toulmin, London, 1932. *''Years of Destiny India 1926–1932'', 1932. *''Magna Britannia'', Jonathan Cape, London, 1936. *''India the Road to Self Government'', George Allen & Unwin, 1941. *''The British Family of Nations'', George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1950. *''Volkerfamilie commonwealth: die verwirklichung eines politischen ideals'', Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, 1950. *''Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Wansbrough Gwynne
Clement or Clément may refer to: People * Clement (name), a given name and surname * Saint Clement (other)#People Places * Clément, French Guiana, a town * Clement, Missouri, U.S. * Clement Township, Michigan, U.S. Other uses * Adolphe Clément-Bayard French industrialist (1855–1928), founder of a number of companies which incorporate the name "Clément", including: ** Clément Cycles, French bicycle and motorised cycle manufacturer ** Clément Motor Company, British automobile manufacturer and importer ** Clément Tyres, Franco-Italian cycle tyre manufacturer, licensed in America since 2010 * First Epistle of Clement, of the New Testament apocrypha * ''Clément'' (film), a 2001 French drama See also * * * * Clemens, a name * Clemente, a name * Clements (other) * Clementine (other) * Klement, a name * Kliment, a name * San Clemente (other) Pope Clement I (Saint Clement, died 99AD) is called San Clemente in Spanish and Italian and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
