Streynsham Master
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Streynsham Master
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Sir Streynsham Master was an English colonial administrator who was one of the 17th-century pioneers of the English East India Company. He served as the Agent of Madras from 27 January 1678 to 3 July 1681, and is credited with having introduced the first administrative reforms in the Madras Government. He banned sati and prohibited the burning of a Hindu widow in 1680 in what is the first official British response to sati. He made English the sole official language and language of court in the M
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British colonial administrator in Madras (1640–1724)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streynsham_Master
date created:
2004-02-28T14:27:55Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T07:28:31Z
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