James Broadwood Lyall
Sir James Broadwood Lyall Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick | |
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Born | England | 4 March 1838
Died | 4 December 1916 Eastry, Kent, England | (aged 78)
Alma mater | Haileybury College |
Sir James Broadwood Lyall
Background
James Lyall was born on 4 March 1838.
Imperial Civil Service
Career
He joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1857, arriving in
Between 1883 and 1887, Lyall served in southern India as the Resident in
On 5 March 1892 he laid the foundation stone of the Khalsa College. Lyall rejected calls by some of its founders to name it Lyall Khalsa College in honour of his contribution in establishing the college.[6]
Canal Colonies
From 1882 Lyall was instrumental in formulating what would become known as the Triple Project, a bold plan to transform 6,000,000 acres (2,400,000 ha) of desert into agricultural land through the development of
Later life
Lyall was appointed as Knight Grand Commander of the Indian Empire in May 1892, after ending his tenure in the Punjab.[11] In 1893, he was appointed to the Royal Commission on Opium, which he thought was an official attempt to procrastinate in order to silence opposition to opium use and its trade. Lyall believed there was nothing untoward about moderate use of opium.[1] In 1898, he served as President of the Indian Famine Commission.[1]
He died on 4 December 1916 in Eastry, Kent and is buried in the local churchyard.[citation needed]
Publications
Lyall contributed a chapter on the Punjab to The British Empire series, published in 1899.[12]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780739112748.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34641. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-8-17533-018-4.
- ^ "University of the Punjab - Former Vice Chancellors". University of the Punjab. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "No. 9948". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 June 1888. p. 574.
- ^ Singh, Kashmir. “MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE KHALSA COLLEGE AMRITSAR: ITS RELATIONS WITH BRITISH GOVERNMENT.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 44, 1983, pp. 392–398., www.jstor.org/stable/44139867. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
- ^ Talbot, Ian A. (2007). "Punjab Under Colonialism: Order and Transformation in British India" (PDF). Journal of Punjab Studies. 14 (1): 3–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 February 2018.
- ^ Douie, J. (1914). THE PUNJAB CANAL COLONIES. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 62(3210), 611-623. Retrieved March 5, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41341616
- ^ "Brief History of Faisalabad". District Court of Faisalabad. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "The City Faisalabad". Government College University Faisalabad. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "No. 10365". The Edinburgh Gazette. 27 May 1892. p. 678.
- ^ "The Punjab". The British Empire Series. Vol. 1. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited. 1899. p. 202.
External links
- "Afghanistan 1878-1880: Sources in the India Office Records". British Library. Retrieved 22 November 2011. (Preserved Lyall papers in the records of the India Office.)