Talk:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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[edit] POV
The article is ridden with POV. See the italicized lines below:
In 1796, after a promotion to colonel, he accompanied his regiment to India. The next year his elder brother Richard was appointed Governor-General of India. When the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War broke out in 1798 against the Sultan of Mysore, Tippoo Sultan, Arthur Wellesley was given charge of an army division. After that war, his brother appointed him (despite cries of nepotism) to be Governor of Seringapatam and Mysore, positions he held with distinction until 1805. He reformed the tax and justice systems in his province, and he defeated and killed the robber chieftain Dhundia Wagh, who had escaped from prison in Seringapatam during the last battle of the Mysore War. Characteristically, he then sent Dhundia's orphaned son to England for a proper education. In the Maratha War of 1803, Wellesley commanded the outnumbered British army at Assaye and Argaum, and stormed the fortress at Gawilghur. On one occasion, he out-galloped the Mysore soldiers pursuing him and avoided being killed. (In fact, he had uncanny good luck life-long: despite exposing himself on the front lines for over twenty years, he was never wounded, injured or captured.) Through his own skill as a commander, and the bravery of his British and Sepoy troops, the Indians were defeated at every engagement. Following the successful conclusion of that campaign, he was appointed to the supreme military and political command in the Deccan.
In 1804, he was created a Knight of the Bath, the first of numerous honours he received throughout his life. When his brother's term as Governor-General of India ended in 1805, the brothers returned together to England, where they were forced to defend their imperialistic (and expensive) employment of the British forces in India. India had taught him to abandon the common habit of infrequent bathing, and he is usually credited with popularising the custom of daily bathing in his own country.[citation needed] More importantly, campaigning in the arid reaches of Central India gave Wellesley thorough practice in logistics, while dealing with cautious-to-commit Indian allies taught him diplomacy. Both skills would prove invaluable in the future fighting in Portugal and Spain.
-Ravichandar 03:05, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
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- The problem with this article is more that it is grossly undersourced, more than it is POV. And I'm not clear why you have chosen to focus on two distinctly innocuous little sections when there are worse examples, except that I could assume by your username you have an axe to grind with relation to the British in India. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agema (talk • contribs) 11:52, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Edits/improvements
Over the coming weeks I will be making significant edits to the article. Most importantly I will be adding references to the majority of the text and rewriting most sections. I will also be restructuring the article in an effort per article guidelines at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. I appreciate any help and welcome any criticisms or edits to improve my additions. Thanks. LordHarris 20:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
