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List of Governors General of India

                               

List of Governors General of India



Name

Start

End

Event

Warren Hastings (1732-1818)

20 October 1773

8 February 1785

        Regulating Act of 1773

        Supreme council of Bengal

        Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) Was Established

John Macpherson (1745-1821)

8 February 1785

12 September 1786

 

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)

12 September 1786

28 October 1793

*      Established Lower Courts and appellate courts

John Shore

(1751-1834)

28 October 1793

18 March 1798

*      Policy of Non Intervention

*      Charter Act of 1793

Alured Clarke

(1744-1832)

18 March 1798

18 May 1798

 

Richard Wellesley

(1760-1842)

18 May 1798

30 July 1805

*      Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance

*      Fort William college at Calcutta (1800)

The Marquess Cornwallis

(1738-1805)

30 July 1805

5 October 1805

 

Sir George Barlow, Bt

(1762-1847)

10 October 1805

31 July 1807

*      Bank of Calcutta (1806) Established

The Lord Minto

(1751-1814)

31 July 1807

4 October 1813

 

*      Charter Act of 1813

*      Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 with Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Francis Rawdon Hastings

(1754-1826)

4 October 1813

9 January 1823

*      Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras (1820)

*      Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817

John Adam

(1779-1825)

9 January 1823

1 August 1823

*      Licensing Regulations

*      Calcutta Unitarian Committee Established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy

The Lord Amherst

(1773-1857)

1 August 1823

13 March 1828

*      Establishment of Sanskrit College at Calcutta (1824)

William ButterWorth Bayley

(1782-1860)

13 March 1828

4 July 1828

 

Governor General of India, 1833-1858

Lord William Bentinck

(1774-1839)

4 July 1828

20 March 1835

*      First Governor General of India

*      English Education Act 1835

*      Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835)

Charles Metcalfe, Bt

(1785-1846)

20 March 1835

4 March 1836

*      Repealed 1823 Licensing Regulations

The Lord Auckland

(1784-1849)

4 March 1836

28 February 1842

*      Bank of Bombay (1840) Established

*      First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839

The Lord Ellenborough

(1790-1871)

28 February 1842

June 1844

 

William Wilberforce Bird

(1784-1857)

June 1844

23 July 1844

 

Henry Hardinge

(1785-1856)

23 July 1844

12 January 1848

 

The Earl of Dalhousie

(1812-1860)

12 January 1848

28 February 1856

*      Doctrine of Lapse in 1848

*      Charles Wood Despatch (1854)

*      First Passenger Train Between Bombay to Thane (1853)

The Viscount Canning

(1812-1862)

28 February 1856

31 October 1858

*      Hindu Windows Remarriage Act, 1856

*      Indian Rebellion of 1857

Governors General and Viceroys of India, 1858-1947

The Viscount Canning

1812-1862)

1 November 1858

21 March 1862

*      The Government of India Act, 1858

*      Establishment of Archaeological Survey of India

The Earl of Elgin

(1811-1863)

21 March 1862

20 November 1863

*      Establishment of Calcutta High Court

Robert Napier

(1810-1890)

21 November 1863

2 December 1863

 

William Denison

(1804-1871)

2 December 1863

12 January 1864

 

Sir John Lawrence, Bt

(1811-1879)

12 January 1864

12 January 1869

*      Establishment of Shimla as India’s Summer Capital in 1863

*      Establishment of Allahabad High Court in 1866

The Earl of Mayo

(1822-1872)

12 January 1869

8 February 1872

*      Started the Census

*      Started Financial Decentralization

Sir John Strachey

(1823-1907)

9 February 1872

23 February 1872

 

The Lord Napier

(1819-1898)

24 February 1872

3 May 1872

 

The Lord Northbrook

(1826-1904)

3 May 1872

12 April 1876

*      Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

The Lord Lytton

(1831-1891)

12 April 1876

8 June 1880

 

The Marquess of Ripon

(1827-1909)

8 June 1880

13 December 1884

*      First Factory Act (1881)

*      Ilbert Bill (1883)

The Earl of Dufferin

(1826-1902)

13 December 1884

10 December 1888

*      Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)

The Marquess of Lansdowne

(1845-1927)

10 December 1888

11 October 1894

*      Indian Council Act 1892

*      Factory Act 1891

The Earl of Elgin

(1849-1917)

11 October 1894

6 January 1899

*      Establishment of Ramkrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897

The Lord Curzon of Kedleston

(1859-1925)

6 January 1899

18 November 1905

*      Partition of Bengal (1905)

The Earl of Minto

(1845-1914)

18 November 1905

23 November 1910

*      Indian Press Act, 1910

The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

(1858-1944)

23 November 1910

4 April 1916

 

The Lord Chelmsford

(1868-1933)

4 April 1916

2 April 1921

*      Lucknow Pact (1916)

*      Rowlatt Act (1919)

The Earl of Reading

(1860-1935)

2 April 1921

3 April 1926

 

The Lord Irwin

(1881-1959)

3 April 1926

18 April 1931

*      Salt March (1930)

*      Purna Swaraj Declaration (1929)

The Earl of Willingdon

(1866-1941)

18 April 1931

18 April 1936

*      Government of Indian Act 1935

*      Pakistan Declaration (1933)

The Marquess of Linlithgow

(1887-1952)

18 April 1936

1 October 1943

*      Lahore Resolution (1940)

*      Cripps Mission (1942)

The Viscount Wavell

(1883-1950)

1 October 1943

21 February 1947

*      Direct Action Day (1946)

The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

(1900-1979)

21 February 1947

15 August 1947

*      Indian Independence Act 1947

Governor General of The Dominion of India, 1947-1950

The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

(1900-1979)

15 August 1947

21 June 1948

*      First Governor General of Independent India

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

(1878-1972)

21 June 1948

26 January 1950

*      Last Governor General of India, Before the office was permanently abolished in 1950

 

 

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