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8 unusual facts about John Malcolm


Bhor Ghat

Later, Mountstuart Elphinstone and John Malcolm laid a railway line from Mumbai to Pune through Bhor Ghat, making it a rail route with 28 tunnels, old bridges and magnificent views.

John Malcolm

It was under this treaty that the British were given the cantonment town of Mhow which is 23 km from Indore.

Large Grey Babbler

The scientific name was given by Colonel W H Sykes in appreciation of support that he received from Major-General Sir John Malcolm.

Mahidpur

Though of some antiquity and frequented by Hindu pilgrims, it is best known for the battle fought in the neighbourhood on 20 December 1817 (Battle of Mahidpur), in which Sir John Malcolm defeated the army of Holkar.

Shendurni

This was during John Malcolm's tenure in office 1 November 1827 – 1 December 1830 .

The Dikshits were the first family in whose favour Baji Rao spoke to John Malcolm, and Shendurni was granted to them instead of Dalehkhand in Hindustan.

Shikshapatri

On February 26, 1830 a historic meeting took place between Swaminarayan and Sir John Malcolm, the then Governor of Bombay.

Sufi studies

One of the earliest sociological treatments of Sufism is to be found in Sir John Malcolm's 1825 work, The History of Persia, From the Most Early Period to the Present Time, Containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom.


Iran–United Kingdom relations

During the monarchy of Fath Ali Shah, Sir John Malcolm, Sir Harford Jones-Brydges, Allen Lindsay, Henry Pottinger, Charles Christie, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Anthony Eden, Sir John McNeill, Edmund Ironside, and James Morier were some of the British elite closely involved with Persian politics.


see also

Kimon Friar

He has written, translated, and edited innumerable works, including Modern Poetry: American and British (with John Malcolm Brinnin) in 1951, the 1960 translation of Saviors of God and the 1963 translation of Sodom and Gomorrah by Nikos Kazantzakis, and the 1973 anthology Modern Greek Poetry: from Cavafis to Elytis.