Sir Edward Charles Kayll Ollivant KCIE (1846–1915) was a senior member of the Indian Civil Service. He had notable interactions with both Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammed Ali Jinnah.
Ollivant arrived in India in 1881. [1] In 1892, he had a disagreement in Rajkot with Gandhi, [2] who was then a young barrister. [3] The incident resulted in Gandhi being pushed out of a room, and ill feelings about this dispute were apparently a factor in Gandhi's departure for South Africa in 1893.[ citation needed]
Ollivant also offered to hire Muhammed Ali Jinnah at 1,500 rupees per month, and was notably turned down.[ further explanation needed]
Ollivant was a judicial member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay until April 1902, [4] [5] and a director of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. [6] He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1892. [7]
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Sir Edward Charles Kayll Ollivant KCIE (1846–1915) was a senior member of the Indian Civil Service. He had notable interactions with both Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammed Ali Jinnah.
Ollivant arrived in India in 1881. [1] In 1892, he had a disagreement in Rajkot with Gandhi, [2] who was then a young barrister. [3] The incident resulted in Gandhi being pushed out of a room, and ill feelings about this dispute were apparently a factor in Gandhi's departure for South Africa in 1893.[ citation needed]
Ollivant also offered to hire Muhammed Ali Jinnah at 1,500 rupees per month, and was notably turned down.[ further explanation needed]
Ollivant was a judicial member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay until April 1902, [4] [5] and a director of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. [6] He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1892. [7]
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