Thomas George Rutherford: Difference between revisions

Created by Orenburg1
Last edited February 11, 2026
->Red Director
m Adding local short description: "Governor of Bihar", overriding Wikidata description "governor of Bihar" (Shortdesc helper)
updated details further and corrected details
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Governor of Bihar}}
{{Short description|Governor of Bihar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name =Sir Thomas George Rutherford
| name =Sir Thomas George Rutherford
Line 18: Line 20:
| successor = Thomas Alexander Stewart
| successor = Thomas Alexander Stewart
| office2 =   
| office2 =   
| term2 = 3 February 1943-6 September 1943
| term2 = 3 February 1943 6 September 1943
| predecessor2 = [[Nityanand Kanungo]]
| predecessor2 = [[Nityanand Kanungo]]
| successor2 = [[Francis Mudie|Sir Francis Mudie]]
| successor2 = [[Francis Mudie|Sir Francis Mudie]]
Line 32: Line 34:
}}
}}


''' Sir Thomas George Rutherford''' was the [[List of governors of Bihar|Governor of Bihar]] from 1944 to 1946.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://governor.bih.nic.in/OldGovernors.htm | title=List of Governors Bihar | publisher=Governor of Bihar | accessdate=4 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="(India)Choudhury1957">{{cite book|author1=Bihar (India)|author2=Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury|title=Bihar District Gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSpuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=5 January 2021|year=1957|publisher=Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar|page=504}}</ref><ref name="Epstein2016">{{cite book|author=Mortimer Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndbMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|accessdate=5 January 2021|date=27 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27072-5|pages=146–}}</ref>
'''Sir Thomas George Rutherford''', KCSI, CIE (25 September 1886 – 5 August 1957) was a British colonial administrator who served as the [[List of governors of Bihar|governor of Bihar]] from 1944 to 1946.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://governor.bih.nic.in/OldGovernors.htm | title=List of Governors Bihar | publisher=Governor of Bihar | accessdate=4 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="(India)Choudhury1957">{{cite book|author1=Bihar (India)|author2=Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury|title=Bihar District Gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSpuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=5 January 2021|year=1957|publisher=Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar|page=504}}</ref><ref name="Epstein2016">{{cite book|author=Mortimer Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndbMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|accessdate=5 January 2021|date=27 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27072-5|pages=146–}}</ref> Educated at [[George Watson's College]], the [[University of Edinburgh]], and [[University College, London]], Rutherford entered the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1910.<ref>{{Who's Who|id=242583|title=Rutherford, Sir Thomas George|type=was}}</ref> He played a major role in the suppression of the [[Rampa Rebellion of 1922]], which was led by [[Alluri Sitarama Raju]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-27 |title=Alluri Sitarama Raju, Unique Revolutionary, Remembered On Rampa Adivasi Revolt's Centenary{{!}} Countercurrents |url=https://countercurrents.org/2022/08/alluri-sitarama-raju-unique-revolutionary-remembered-on-rampa-adivasi-revolts-centenary/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=countercurrents.org |language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
Line 38: Line 40:


[[Category:Governors of Bihar]]
[[Category:Governors of Bihar]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Alumni of University College London]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:People educated at George Watson's College]]
[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1957 deaths]]




{{Bihar-politician-stub}}
{{Bihar-politician-stub}}

Latest revision as of 10:42, 11 February 2026


Sir Thomas George Rutherford
Governor of Bihar
In office
24 April 1944 – 12 May 1946
Preceded bySir Francis Mudie
Succeeded byThomas Alexander Stewart
In office
3 February 1943 – 6 September 1943
Preceded byNityanand Kanungo
Succeeded bySir 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 | edit source]

  1. "List of Governors Bihar". Governor of Bihar. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. Bihar (India); Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury (1957). Bihar District Gazetteers. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 504. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. ",". Who's Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  5. "Alluri Sitarama Raju, Unique Revolutionary, Remembered On Rampa Adivasi Revolt's Centenary| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.