Sir Edward Charles Kayll Ollivant (1846–1915) was a senior member of the
Indian Civil Service
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. He had notable interactions with both
Mahatma Gandhi
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and
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
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.
Ollivant arrived in India in 1881. In 1892, he had a disagreement in
Rajkot with Gandhi,
who was then a young barrister. The incident resulted in Gandhi being pushed out of a room, and ill feelings about this dispute were apparently a factor in Gandhi's departure for
South Africa
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in 1893.
Ollivant also offered to hire
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...
at 1,500
rupees per month, and was notably turned down.
Ollivant was a judicial member of the
Council of the Governor of
Bombay
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until April 1902, and a director of the
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.
He was knighted as a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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#Knight Grand Commander (GCIE)
#Knight Commander ( KCIE)
#Companion ( CIE)
No appoi ...
(KCIE) in 1892.
[Great Britain. India Office ]
See also
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Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, (18 November 1846 – 29 September 1911) was a British Conservative politician who served as the third governor-general of Australia, in office from 1904 to 1908. He was previously the governor of B ...
, Governor of Bombay (1900–1903)
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Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
1846 births
Year of death missing
Members of the Bombay Legislative Council