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Sir Richard Temple
12017-01-03T14:20:35+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1421Glossary, Historicalplain2017-01-03T14:20:35+00:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1Sir Richard Temple was a British politician and administrator in British India. In the 1870s, he was appointed by the Viceroy to take charge of Famine relief efforts in southern India. His austere policies are widely thought to have contributed to the widespread loss of life in the Madras famine of 1875-77.