Telugu Historyతెలుగు చరిత్ర

Viscount Goschen

Viscount Goschen was Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929. As Governor he was the first Chancellor of the Andhra University, whose first Vice-Chancellor took office in 1926, and the university gave him an honorary doctorate. He visited Nellore after the great cyclone of 1 November 1927, when the government sanctioned 20,000 rupees for relief. A scheme of subsidised village doctors begun in his time was known in Nellore as the 'Goschen scheme'.

Viscount Goschen was Governor of Madras when the Andhra University began its work. As Governor he became the first Chancellor of the Andhra University.1 He is also remembered in Nellore, for a visit after a terrible cyclone and for a scheme of village doctors.23 See British Crown (Madras Presidency).

Governor of Madras

The India Office List shows that Goschen took charge as Governor of Madras on 14 April 1924.4 Sir George Stanley succeeded him on 12 November 1929.4

The Andhra University

The Andhra University’s register lists its officers from the start.1 Its first Chancellor was Viscount Goschen, the Governor, from 1926 to 1929.1 C. R. Reddy took office as the first Vice-Chancellor in April 1926.1 The Maharaja of Bobbili was the first Pro-Chancellor.1 The register gives Goschen an honorary doctorate of letters from the university.1

A Goschen Memorial Fund Committee later gave the university 8,700 rupees.5 It paid for two scholarships in memory of Lord Goschen, Governor from 1924 to 1929.5 See Schools and learning.

The Nellore cyclone, 1927

On 1 November 1927 a cyclone struck Nellore.6 The district gazetteer calls it the most destructive in recent years.6 Cholera followed, and relief committees were formed in the town and the taluks.2

The Governor, Lord Goschen, visited Nellore town on 10 November.2 The government sanctioned 20,000 rupees for relief, of which 14,000 were spent.2 The relief committee bought rice and sold it in the worst-hit places, and gave out medicines free to cholera patients.2 See Nellore and Famines and floods.

The Goschen scheme

The Nellore gazetteer also describes rural dispensaries “under what was called the ‘Goschen scheme’”.3 It began while Goschen was Governor.3 Under it, doctors in important villages, most of them practising ayurveda, were paid a subsidy to treat poor patients free.3

Footnotes

  1. Andhra University, The Annual Register 1935–36 (1935), p. 51, “Succession Lists of Officers” (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Cited, not reproduced. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  2. Gazetteer of the Nellore District, Vol. A (1942), p. 202 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  3. Gazetteer of the Nellore District, Vol. A (1942), p. 286 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. The India Office and Burma Office List for 1939, p. 109, “Governors of Madras” (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Cited, not reproduced. ↩ ↩2

  5. Andhra University, The Annual Register 1935–36 (1935), p. 184, “Endowments” (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). Cited, not reproduced. ↩ ↩2

  6. Gazetteer of the Nellore District, brought up to 1938, Vol. A (1942), p. 200 (archive.org (opens in a new tab)). ↩ ↩2

Dynasties

British Crown (Madras Presidency)

1858–1947 CE

The government of the Telugu districts of the Madras Presidency by the British Crown, from the transfer of the East India Company's territories in 1858 to independence in 1947. Under a Governor in Council at Madras, the coast and Rayalaseema were ruled through Collectors, a Board of Revenue, district and taluk boards and municipalities. The districts were redrawn (Godavari and Kistna in 1859, Anantapur in 1882, Guntur in 1904, Chittoor in 1911, West Godavari in 1925), and the Nizam ceded the Bhadrachalam and Rekapalli taluks in 1860. The ryotwari lands were surveyed and settled, and the inams registered by the Inam Commission. The great zamindaris of Vizianagaram, Bobbili, Pithapuram, Venkatagiri, Kalahasti and Karvetinagar kept their permanent settlements. The Godavari and Krishna deltas were irrigated, and railways reached Bezwada and Waltair. The great famine of 1876–78 emptied the Ceded Districts. The Rampa rising of 1879–80 was the last that needed regular troops in the Presidency.

References

Sources (3)
  1. India Office, The India Office and Burma Office List for 1939 (opens in a new tab), Harrison and Sons, London, 1939, pp. 109. Cited, not reproduced. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  2. Andhra University, Andhra University: The Annual Register 1935-36 (opens in a new tab), Vani Press, Bezwada, 1935, pp. 51, 184. Cited, not reproduced. [All rights reserved (cited, not reproduced)]
  3. W. E. Johns, Gazetteer of the Nellore District, brought up to 1938, Vol. A (opens in a new tab), Government Press, Madras, 1942, pp. 200, 202, 286. Public domain in India; paraphrased. [Public domain in India]

Spotted an error on this page? Tell us

Last updated: