. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . ourse which he adopted thepeaceful government of the millions of India, from that time tothe present, could never have been achieved. VII. Subsequent Events.—Since the mutiny the developmentof the administration of the government has been wise and seems to have been neglected to cement the differentparts of the country and to elevate the condition of the people,excepting only the treatment of the questions of opium and in-toxicating liquors. Queen Victoria was declared Empress ofIndia hy the special management of Lord Bea
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . ourse which he adopted thepeaceful government of the millions of India, from that time tothe present, could never have been achieved. VII. Subsequent Events.—Since the mutiny the developmentof the administration of the government has been wise and seems to have been neglected to cement the differentparts of the country and to elevate the condition of the people,excepting only the treatment of the questions of opium and in-toxicating liquors. Queen Victoria was declared Empress ofIndia hy the special management of Lord Beaconsfield, thepremier of the time. Lord Kipon, the viceroy from 1880 to1883, attempted a series of reforms calculated to give largerliberty to the native aspirations. The repeal of the Vernacular IXDIA IN HISTORY. Press Act removed the last restraints on the free discussion ofpublic questions.* Lord Ripons scheme of local self-govern-ment has opened the way for a new era of political life to thenatives of the country, while his appointment of an Educal. THE MEMORIAL WELL AT CAWNPOR] Commission has resulted in a great advance of popular educa-tion. Lord Kipon, though a Roman Catholic, enjoyed the favorand confidence of the whole body of Protestanl missionaries. Hunter, Brief Bistory of the People,p 216. 80 INDIRA. The natives regard his administration as peculiarly favorable tothem, and showed their appreciation of his services by populardemonstrations of remarkable magnitude and heartiness. Theadministration of his successor, Lord Dufferin, which lasted from1885 to 1888, was wisely conducted. Its most important polit-ical event was the accession of Burma to the empire of the most far-reaching event was the founding of a movementby the Countess Dufferin for the supply of Medical Aid to theWomen of India.
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