Editing 1830s (section)

==== India ====

{{Main|Company rule in India}}The British government appointed a series of administrative heads of British India in the 1830s ("[[Governor-General of India]]" starting in 1833): [[Lord William Bentinck]] (1828–1835), [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt]] (1835–1836), and [[George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland|The Lord Auckland]] (1836–1842). The [[Government of India Act 1833]] was enacted to remove the [[East India Company]]'s remaining trade monopolies and divested it of all its commercial functions, renewing the company's political and administrative authority for another twenty years.  It invested the Board of Control with full power and authority over the company.

The [[English Education Act 1835|English Education Act]] by the Council of India in 1835 reallocated funds from the East India Company to spend on education and literature in India. In 1837, the British East India company [[Persian language in the Indian subcontinent|replaced Persian with local vernacular]] in various provinces as the official and court language.  However, in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, [[Hindi–Urdu controversy|Urdu instead of Hindi]] was chosen to replace Persian.<ref name="Paul R. Brass">Language, Religion and Politics in North India by Paul R. Brass, Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated, {{ISBN|978-0-595-34394-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=The political awakening in India| author=John R. McLane| year=1970| pages=105| publisher=Prentice-Hall. Inc, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey}}</ref>

In 1835, [[William Henry Sleeman]] captured "Feringhea" in his efforts to suppress the [[Thuggee]] secret society. Sleeman's work led to his appointment as General Superintendent of the operations for the Suppression of [[Thuggee]]. In February 1839, he assumed charge of the office of ''[[Thagi and Dakaiti Department|Commissioner for the Suppression of Thuggee and Dacoity]]''. During these operations, more than 1400 [[Thuggee|Thugs]] were hanged or [[transported for life]].