Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of
Kheri
Kheri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
History
According to the 1908 British publication "The Imperial Gazetteer of India"(volume: XV):
'' . H. Butler, Settlement Report (1901) ...
. He was son of Colonel R. F. Willoughby.
The
East India Company built
Willoughby Memorial Hall in 1924 in memory of
Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby
Sir Robert William Douglas Willoughby was Deputy Commissioner of Kheri
Kheri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
History
According to the 1908 British publication "The Imperial ...
, Deputy Commissioner of Kheri who was killed on 26 August 1920. The colonial authorities apprehended independence activists
Naseeruddin Mauzi Nagar and
Rajnarayan Mishra on charges of shooting the Deputy Commissioner, and sentenced them to death by hanging.
On 26 April 1936, Willoughby Memorial Library was established. The Willoughby Memorial Hall was recently renamed the
Naseeruddin Memorial Hall.
References
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People from Lakhimpur Kheri
People from Oxford
People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
1877 births
1920 deaths