List of Governor General of India
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Viceroy governor general of India
Governor General of Bengal (1773–1833)
Term | Name | Events |
1773-85 Highest tenure of all | Warren Hastings | Regulating Act of 1773 Act of 1781 Pitt’s India Act of 1784 Supreme Council Of Bengal Asiatic Society of Bengal by him and William Jones Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II Abolished the Dual System in Bengal Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published 1st Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82) 2nd Anglo–Mysore war (1780–84) 1st Rohilla War of 1773–1774 “Ring fence policy” 2nd Rohilla War 1779 Naba Kumar episode 1775 Experimentation on land settlements. (1772-five years’ settlement, changed to 1 year in 1776) English Translation of Bhagwat Gita |
1785-86 | John Macpherson |
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1786-93
| Lord Cornwallis | Established lower courts and appellate courts Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 3rd Mysore war Introduction of Cornwallis Code Introduce Covenanted Civil Services in India Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Benares established by Johnathan Duncan(Governor of Bombay) |
1793-98 | John Shore | Policy of Non–intervention Charter Act of 1793 Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795) |
1798-1805 | Richard Wellesley | Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance Subsidiary treaty with Nizam 1798 4th Anglo Mysore War 1799 Subsidiary treaty of Bassein 1802 2nd Anglo–Maratha War (1803–05) Fort William College at Calcutta Formation of Madras Presidency after annexation of Tanjore and Carnatic |
1805-07 | George Barlow | Sepoy mutiny at Vellore 1806 Bank of Calcutta established(later Imperial Bank of India, now SBI) |
1807-1813 | Lord Minto I | Charter Act of 1813 Treaty of Amritsar 1809 with Ranjit Singh |
1813-23
| Lord Hastings | Ended the policy of Non-intervention Gorkha war at Nepal 1814-16
3rd Anglo–Maratha War (1816-1818)
Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818 Ryotwari System in Madras by governor Thomas Munro Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab and Western UP Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817 Pindari War (1817-1818) General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823 |
1823 | John Adam | Licensing Regulations Calcutta Unitarian Committee established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
1823-28 | Lord Amherst | 1st Anglo–Burmese War (1824–26)
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Governor General of India (1833-58)
1828-35 | William Bentinck | Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 Suppression of thuggee (Henry Sleeman was superintendent) Charter Act, 1833 Saint Helena Act 1833 Law Commission 1834 Annexation of
Formation of Agra province Macaulay’s Minutes 1835
Medical College, Kolkata |
1835-36 | Charles Metcalfe | Repealed 1823 Licensing Regulations Known as Liberator of India Press |
1836-42 | Lord Auckland | Tripartite Treaty between British, Shah Shuja (Afghan traitor) and Ranjit Singh against Dost Muhammad Khan 1st Anglo Afghan War(1840-42) Bank of Bombay established(later Imperial Bank of India, now SBI) |
1842-44 | Lord Ellenborough | Gwalior War (1843) (British Crush Marathas once and for all) Annexation of Sindh 1843 Bank of Madras established |
1844-48 | Henry Hardinge I | 1st Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46)
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1848-56 Highest tenure as Governor General of India | Dalhousie | Doctrine of Lapse Charles Wood Dispatch 1854 2nd Anglo-Sikh War (1848-1849) 2nd Anglo-Burmese War (1852) 1st train between Bombay and Thane 1st telegraph Line Diamond Harbour to Calcutta Post Office Act, 1854 Santhal Rebellion (1855) Widow Remarriage Act 1856 – drafted Established Public Works Department Engineering College was established at Roorkee |
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Viceroys of India (1858–1899)
1856-62 | Canning | Widow Remarriage Act 1856 – passed Queen Victoria’s proclamation and Government of India Act, 1858 University of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were set up in 1858 White Mutiny 1859 System of Budget introduced, 1860 Formation of Imperial Civil Services Indian Police Act 1861, creation of the Imperial Police Service |
1864-69 | John Lawrence | Bhutan War (1864-65) Shimla as India’s summer capital in 1863 High Court in Calcutta 1862, Bombay and Madras 1865 Imperial Forestry Service in 1867 Creation of Department of Irrigation Nicobar Islands incorporated into India 1869 |
1869-72 | Mayo | Started the Census 1871 Rajkumar college in Rajkot and Mayo College at Ajmer for political training of Indian Princes Started Financial decentralization Statistical Survey of India Department of Agriculture and Commerce Assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi in Andaman |
1872-76 | Northbrook | Visit of Prince of Wales to India, 1875 Jyotiba Phule launches Satyashodhak Samaj |
1876-80 | Lytton | Great Famine of 1876–78
1st Delhi Durbar out of 3, 1877
2nd Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80 Vernacular Press Act, 1878 Indians Arms Act, 1878 Indian Forest Act of 1878 Deccan Agricultural Relief Act, 1879 |
1880-84 | Ripon | 1st Factory Act 1881 Census of 1881 Repeal of Vernacular Press Act 1882 Ilbert Bill – 9 Feb 1883 Resolution on local self–government 1882 Education Commission under William Hunter 1882 Famine Code 1883 |
1884-88 | Dufferin | Denounced INC as “microscopic minority of India” Cross was Secretary of State 3rd Anglo-Burmese War 1885-86 |
1888-94 | Lansdowne | Factory Act 1891 Indian Council Act 1892 Setting up of Durand Commission 1893 |
1894-99 | Elgin |
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Viceroys of India (1900–1947)
1899-1905 | Curzon | Partition of Bengal 1905 2nd Delhi Durbar out of 3, 1903 Raleigh University Commission (1902)
Swadeshi Movement (1905-1911) Younghusband’s expedition to Tibet 1904 Ancient Monument Preservation Act 1904 Agriculture Research Institute in Pusa |
1905-10 | Minto II | Morley-Minto Reforms 1909 Split in Congress in 1907 Establishment of Muslim League by Aga Khan (1906) |
1910-16 | Hardinge II | 3rd Delhi Durbar, King George V, 1911 Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi 1911 Annulment of Bengal partition 1911 Ghadar Mutiny 1915 Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha 1915 Return of Gandhiji in India 1915 |
1916-21 | Chelmsford | Indian Home Rule Movement 1916 Lucknow reunion of Congress 1916
Indian Liberal Federation 1918 Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms 1919
Rowlatt Act march 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre April,1919 Imperial Bank of India Foundation of Sabarmati Ashram 2016
Khilafat movement 1920 Women University at Poona 1916 S.P Sinha as Lieutenant Governor of Bihar (1st Indian) |
1921-26 | Reading | Malabar rebellion 1921 Chauri Chaura incident 1922 Foundation of Swaraj Party 1922 Foundation of RSS 1925 Foundation of Communist Party 1925 Repeal of Rowlatt Act ICS exam in England and India 1923 Army Officer cadre to Indian people |
1926-31 | Irwin | Simon Commission Nov 1927 Butler Commission 1927 Death of Lala Lajpat Rai 1928 1st meeting of All India Youth Congress 1928 Nehru Report 1928 Fourteen Points of Jinnah 1929 Deepavali Declaration by Irwin 1929 Purna Swaraj declaration Dec,1929 Salt March 1930 1st Round Table Conferences Nov,1930 Allahabad Address by Muhammad Iqbal, 1930 Civil Disobedience Movement Gandhi–Irwin Pact 1931 Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar 1931 |
1931-36 | Willingdon | 2nd Round Table Conferences sep,1931 3rd Round Table Conferences Nov,1932 Communal Award 1932 Poona Pact Sep,1932 Pakistan Declaration by Choudhary Rahmat Ali Jan,1933 Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 Congress Socialist Party 1934 Government of India Act 1935 Separation of Burma from India 1935 All India Kisan Sabha 1936 |
1936-43 Highest tenure as Viceroy | Linlithgow | Indian provincial elections 1937 Resignation of Netaji from INC 1939 Resignation of INC ministries 1939
Lahore Resolution 1940
August offer 1940
Escape of Netaji Jan,1941 Cripps Mission March,1942 Formation of Indian Legion in Germany 1942 Quit India resolution at Bombay 8th Aug, 1942 Formation of Indian National Army 1942 Bengal famine 1943 |
1943-47 | Wavell | C. R. formula 1944 Wavell Plan and Simla Conference 1945 INA trials Nov,1945 Naval Mutiny 18th Feb,1946 Cabinet Mission March, 1946 Direct Action Day 16th Aug,1946 |
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Governor General of the Dominion of India
Feb, 1947 to Jun, 1948 | Mountbatten | Last Viceroy of India 1st Governor General of India after Independence. |
1948-50 | Rajagopalachari | Only Indian and last Governor General of India. |
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