Thomas George Rutherford
Sir Thomas George Rutherford | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Bihar | |
| In office 24 April 1944 – 12 May 1946 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Francis Mudie |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Alexander Stewart |
| In office 3 February 1943 – 6 September 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Nityanand Kanungo |
| Succeeded by | Sir Francis Mudie |
Sir Thomas George Rutherford, KCSI, CIE (25 September 1886 – 5 August 1957) was a British colonial administrator who served as the governor of Bihar from 1944 to 1946.[1][2][3] Educated at George Watson's College, the University of Edinburgh, and University College, London, Rutherford entered the Indian Civil Service in 1910.[4] He played a major role in the suppression of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, which was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "List of Governors Bihar". Governor of Bihar. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ↑ Bihar (India); Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury (1957). Bihar District Gazetteers. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 504. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ↑ Mortimer Epstein (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943. Springer. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-0-230-27072-5. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ↑ "Rutherford, Sir Thomas George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Alluri Sitarama Raju, Unique Revolutionary, Remembered On Rampa Adivasi Revolt's Centenary| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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