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Dharamshala and Earl of Elgin

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Difference between Dharamshala and Earl of Elgin

Dharamshala vs. Earl of Elgin

Dharamshala (also spelled Dharamsala) is the second winter capital of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and a municipal corporation in Kangra district. Earl of Elgin is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss.

Similarities between Dharamshala and Earl of Elgin

Dharamshala and Earl of Elgin have 1 thing in common (in Unionpedia): James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, in the retaliation of the torture and execution of almost twenty European and Indian prisoners, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting invaluable loss of cultural heritage. Subsequently, he submitted the Qing Dynasty to the unequal treaty of the Convention of Peking, adding Kowloon Peninsula to the British crown colony of Hong Kong.

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Dharamshala and Earl of Elgin Comparison

Dharamshala has 122 relations, while Earl of Elgin has 33. As they have in common 1, the Jaccard index is 0.65% = 1 / (122 + 33).

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