Record of the Establishment of the Indian Institute in the University of Oxford
Record of the Establishment of the Indian Institute in the University of Oxford
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Much satisfaction to receive from you on your return an account of what you have been able to eff"ect. ' OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE 33 I therefore, on reaching India, proceeded at once to Calcutta, where the Viceroy and Lady Ripon received my wife and myself as their guests with the utmost kindness and hospitality. Surely a more kind-hearted and high-minded man never filled the office of Governor-General of India. (Loud cheers. ) No sooner did Lord Ripon hear of my Scholarship project, backed up a...s it was by several able letters written by some of my friends here, as well as by a letter from the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, than he gave it his earnest attention. Nor was it long before he assured me of his entire sympathy and approval. I received also the most gratifying assurances of sympathy from Sir Auckland Colvin, the Hon. Mr. Gibbs, Sir Steuart Bayley, the Hon. Mr. Ilbert, and other members of the Executive Council. Time will not permit me to tell you all. Suffice it to say that, after long and careful deliberation, I laid my application before the Government, and I am happy now to be able to read you a telegram I have just received from a distin- guished member of the Viceroy's Council (Sir Auckland Colvin) : — * Despatch goes home by this mail, proposing the six Scholarships.
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