Company and an Oriental scholar. He combined his official role and his
amateur interests to create a series of works about the history and
geography of India, particularly the area then known as Rajputana
(present-day Rajasthan). He travelled to India in 1799 as a cadet in the
Bengal Army and rose quickly in rank. After the Third Anglo-Maratha War,
during which Tod was involved in the intelligence department, he was
appointed Political Agent for some areas of Rajputana. His task was to
help unify the region under the control of the East India Company. While
Tod was initially successful, his methods were questioned. Over time,
his work was restricted and his areas of oversight were significantly
curtailed. In 1823, due to declining health and reputation, Tod resigned
and returned to England. He then published a number of academic works
about India, based on materials collected during his travels. His major
works have been criticised as inaccurate and biased. However, he is
highly regarded in some areas of India and his accounts of India in
general and the Rajputs in particular had a significant impact on
British views for many years.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tod>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1154:
Henry II was crowned King of England in London's Westminster
Abbey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England>
1828:
Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John
C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest
the Tariff of 1828.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_Exposition_and_Protest>
1843:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a novella about the miser
Ebenezer Scrooge and his conversion after being visited by three
Christmas ghosts, was first published.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
1932:
The BBC's World Service was launched as BBC Empire Service.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_World_Service>
1964:
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the ruling junta of South
Vietnam led by Nguyen Khanh, initiated a coup, dissolving and arresting
members of the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1964_South_Vietnamese_coup>
1997:
SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia in
what was determined to be a murder-suicide by the captain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SilkAir_Flight_185>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
doomsayer:
One who makes dire predictions about the future; one fond of predicting
disaster.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/doomsayer>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an
Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with
each other, with the season, or with me. in
--A Christmas Carol
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol>
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