Although the tenure of Lord William Bentinck was short, it was marked by enduring reforms. Elaborate

Lord William Bentinck was the 1st Governor-General of India who took several reforms.

REFORMS UNDER LORD BENTINCK

SOCIAL REFORMS

1.1 Abolition of sati in 1829 through the edict of Raja Rammohan Roy and others, a profound social evil was legally abolished

1.2 INITIATIVE TO ABOLISH SLAVERY - in clause Act of 1832, steps were taken to abolish slavery which was officially abolished in 1843

EDUCATION - Re Haleh was to be appropriated for the promotion of education in India

LEGAL

2.1 Codification of Indian laws so that a common code of conduct applies to all and sale of laws could prevail. This resulted in IPC coming into force in 1372

2.2 CORRECTION of THOGEE (1835) - also supported the highway making handling of capital

India was under a recent stage of equal development in early 1800 century, the able of Bentinck did much shedding out social evils of past to some extent which proved useful for Indian freedom struggle in long run.