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| | Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | He hoped to be Foreign Secretary, but had to be content with the presidency of the board of control, which he retained until the fall of the ministry in 1830. |
 | | He was impressed with the growing importance of a knowledge of central Asia, in the event of a Russian advance towards the Indian frontier, and despatched Alexander Burnes to explore the district. |
 | | Dost Mahommed Khan was quietly dismissed from a prison in Calcutta to the throne in the, and Ellenborough presided over the painting of the elephants for an unprecedented military spectacle at Ferozepur, on the south bank of the Sutlej. |
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