Thomas George Rutherford Explained

Sir Thomas George Rutherford
Office:Governor of Bihar
Termstart:24 April 1944
Termend:12 May 1946
Predecessor:Sir Francis Mudie
Successor:Thomas Alexander Stewart
Term2:3 February 1943 – 6 September 1943
Predecessor2:Nityanand Kanungo
Successor2:Sir 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. He played a major role in the suppression of the Rampa Rebellion of 1922, which was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Governors Bihar . Governor of Bihar . 4 January 2021.
  2. Book: Bihar (India). Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury. Bihar District Gazetteers. 5 January 2021. 1957. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. 504.
  3. Book: Mortimer Epstein. The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943. 5 January 2021. 27 December 2016. Springer. 978-0-230-27072-5. 146–.
  4. Web site: 2022-08-27 . Alluri Sitarama Raju, Unique Revolutionary, Remembered On Rampa Adivasi Revolt's Centenary Countercurrents . 2023-07-04 . countercurrents.org . en-US.