Robert Duncan Bell, Governor of Bombay Presidency
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Robert Duncan Bell, formally addressed as Sir Robert Duncan Bell, KCSI, CIE, served as one of the Governors of Bombay Presidency in the year 1937 in British India.
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Robert Duncan Bell, formally addressed as Sir Robert Duncan Bell, KCSI, CIE, served as one of the Governors of Bombay Presidency in the year 1937, in former undivided India under the rule of the British East India Company. He was also one of the renowned a colonial administrators. Robert Duncan Bell was appointed as the Acting Governor of Bombay Presidency on 30 May 1937 and was preceded by Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC (Michael Knatchbull), who retired as the Governor of Bombay on 30 May 1937.
Bombay Presidency was one of the Presidencies and provinces of British India. It was first founded in the 17th century at Surat as a trading post for the British East India Company. The Presidency included the territories of modern states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, regions of Konkan, Kandesh and Desh and northwestern Karnataka state. Bell served in office till 18 September 1937 and was succeeded by Lawrence Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, KG, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, DL TD.
Sir Robert Duncan Bell was knighted with Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (KCSI) and Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE).
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