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India · 1870Mayo's financial decentralisation, Section 124A and the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

Under Viceroy Lord Mayo, 1870 marked financial decentralisation through the December Resolution, while Section 124A on sedition was inserted into the Indian Penal Code. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha emerged as an important pre-Congress association, and the Female Infanticide Prevention Act was passed.

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Key figures

Lord Mayo (Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo) — Viceroy of India (1869-72); associated with the 1870 financial decentraliMahadev Govind Ranade — jurist and reformer; closely associated with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi (Sarvajanik Kaka) — leading organiser of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha.James Fitzjames Stephen — law member of the Viceroy's Council; associated with the amendment inserting Section 124A intoKeshab Chandra Sen — Brahmo Samaj leader; founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870.Chittaranjan Das (C.R. Das) — born 5 November 1870; future Congress president and Swarajya Party co-founder.

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