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- John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, 1st Baronet (5 October 1751 – 14 February 1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
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John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, 1st Baronet (5 October 1751 – 14 February 1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. [1]
Lord Cornwallis and his successor Sir John Shore (governor-general 1793–98) were eager to comply, but Cornwallis nevertheless found himself involved in the third Mysore war (1790–92) with Tippu Sultan, who possessed his father’s ability without his judgment.
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Shore worked in the company's Secret Political Department with Warren Hastings.Shore learned Persian and Banglawhile working in the Secret Political Department.His fascination with Persian and Bangla led him to marry an Indian woman.Shore served as Hastings' chief revenue adviser from 1772 to 1785.The revenue administration reforms of 1786 and 1790 were mostly initiated and carried out in accordance with Shore's ideas.Shore disagreed with Lord Cornwallis on the issue of permanent settlement.He was opposed to concluding a Permanent Settlement until sufficient knowledge and information about land resources and raiyat capabilities had been gathered.Shore's ideas were first expressed in a May 1785 Council minute titled 'Remarks on the Mode of Administering Justice to the Natives in Bengal and on the Collection of Revenues'.John Shore, as Governor-General, avoided war and confrontation.His policy was to consolidate and govern the colonial state well without engaging in unnecessary foreign adventures.During his presidency, there were five years of peace.The shore is especially well-known for its unwavering honesty at a time when company officials were generally corrupt.Shore was created Baron Teignmouthin the peerage of Ireland as a reward for his services on March 3, 1798, by letters patent issued in Dublin. He left India in March 1798, handing over the government to Sir Alured Clarke, and received thanks from the court of directors 'for his distinguished merit and attention in the administration of every branch...
Question: Under the Permanent Settlement, 1893, the Zamindars are required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was: (UPSC 2001) (a) the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers. (b) there was no official check upon the Zamindars. (c) it was the responsibility of the British government. (d) the farm...
John Shore was born in St. James's Street, Piccadilly, on 8 October 1751. He was the elder son of Thomas Shore of Melton Place, near Romford, sometime supercargo to the East India Company, by his wife Dorothy, daughter of Captain Shepherd of the East India Company's naval service.
John Shore was born on 8 October 1751. Appointed a writer, the clerical entry level, in the East India Company, he arrived in Bengal in 1769, just as the great trading company was taking over the collection of the land revenues, the key to political control of India.
Sir John Shore's impactful tenure in Bengal (1793-1798). Learn about his tax reforms, advocacy against slavery, and strategic governance that strengthened British influence in India.
John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Teignmouth sailed for India in 1768 as a writer for the East India Company, a trading organisation with effective political control of Britain's Asian territories. He was controversially appointed Governor-General of India in 1792.
