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He went to Ahmedabad in 1854 to meet Mountstuart Elphinstone.
This names the wrong Elphinstone. Mountstuart Elphinstone had returned to Europe in 1827 and died in Surrey in 1859, so he could not have been met in Ahmedabad in 1854.
Full reasoning
The claim is chronologically impossible.
Mountstuart Elphinstone was Governor of Bombay from 1819 to 1827 and returned to Europe in 1827. A historical biography page from TIFR states that he "returned to Europe in 1827" and "died in Surrey on November 20, 1859." A Dictionary of National Biography entry likewise says he returned to London in 1829 after travelling in Europe and then lived in Britain, later taking a house in Surrey in 1847, where he remained until his death in 1859.
So Mountstuart Elphinstone was not in India in 1854, much less in Ahmedabad. The article appears to have confused him with John, Lord Elphinstone, who was the Governor of Bombay from 1853 to 1860. That makes the specific identification of Mountstuart Elphinstone incorrect.
3 sources
- Montstuart Elphinstone- scholar and governor of Bombay: Mumbai/Bombay pages
He was the Governor of Bombay between 1819 and 1827... He returned to Europe in 1827... He died in Surrey on November 20, 1859.
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Elphinstone, Mountstuart
From November 1827 to May 1829 Elphinstone travelled... and finally returned to London... In 1847 he took a house in Surrey... The end came... on the night of 20 Nov. 1859.
- John, Lord Elphinstone: Mumbai/Bombay pages
The last Governor of Bombay while the city was still under the East India Company, Lord Elphinstone served in this position from 1853 to 1860.