Complex sentence: Lord Ripon was the viceroy of the British Indian Empire from 1880 to 1884; he was known to be pro-Indian in his methodologies, and on good terms with A. O. Hume.
Split into simpler sentences: Lord Ripon was the Viceroy of the British Indian Empire from 1880 to 1884. He was known to be pro-Indian in his methodologies, and on good terms with A. O. Hume.