List of British Governors-General and Viceroy of India
| Governor Genral |
Timeline |
Important Facts |
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| Warrne Hastings |
1773-1785 |
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| Lord Cornwollis |
1786-1793 |
Permanent Settlement Bengal 1793 |
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Credited for Civil Services |
| Sir John Shore |
1793-1798 |
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| Lord Wellesley |
1798-1805 |
Introduced Subsidiary alliance system |
| Sir George Barlow |
1805-1807 |
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| Lord Minto I |
1807-1813 |
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| Lord Hastings |
1813-1823 |
Thomas Munro established Ryotwari system in 1820 in Madras |
| Lord Amherst |
1823-1828 |
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| Lord William Bentick |
1828-1835 |
Abolition of Sati |
| Lord Metcalfe |
1835-1836 |
Removed restriction of Press |
| Lord Auckland |
1836-1842 |
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| Lord Ellenborough |
1842-1844 |
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| Lord Hardinge I |
1844-1848 |
Abolition of female infanticide & human scarifice |
| Lord Dalhousie |
1848-1856 |
Doctrine of Lapse |
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Intrdouced Railway |
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Introduced Telegraph |
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Widow Remarriage Act 1856 |
| Lord Canning |
1856-1857 |
Revolt of 1857 |
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| Viceroy |
Timeline |
Important Facts |
| Lord Canning |
1858-1862 |
Introduced Portfolio System in Administration |
| Lord Elgin |
1862-1863 |
introduced Wahabi Movement |
| Lord John Lawerence |
1864-1869 |
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| Lord Mayo |
1869-1872 |
Introduced State Railways |
| Lord NorthBrook |
1872-1876 |
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| Lord Lytton |
1876-1880 |
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| Lord Ripon |
1880-1884 |
Introduced Local Self Government |
| Lord Dufferin |
1884-1888 |
Establishment of Indian National Congress |
| Lord Landsdowne |
1888-1894 |
Durand Commission for Durand Line |
| Lord Elgin II |
1894-1899 |
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| Lord Curzon |
1889-1905 |
Partition of Bengal |
| Lord Minto |
1905-1910 |
Establishment of Muslim league |
| Lord Hardinge II |
1910-1916 |
Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911) |
| Lord Chelmsford |
1916-1921 |
Home Rule Mov(1916) |
| Lord Reading |
1921-1926 |
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| Lord Irwin |
1926-1931 |
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| Lord Willingdon |
1931-1936 |
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| Lord Linlithgrow |
1936-1944 |
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| Lord Wavell |
1944-1947 |
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| Lord Mountbatten |
1947-1948 |
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| C. Rajagopalachari |
1948-26Jan1950 |
