Governor-General of Bengal
Warren Hastings 1772-1785
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Warren Hastings
- First Governor-General of Bengal
- End to the dual system of administration
- Regulating Act of 1773
- Supreme Court at Calcutta
- Asiatic Society of Bengal
- First Anglo-Maratha War and Treaty of Salbai
- First English translation of Bhagavad Gita
- Pitt’s India Act-1784
Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793
- Establishment of Appellate courts and lower grade courts
- Establishment of Sanskrit college
- Third Anglo-Mysore War and Treaty of Seringapatam
- Introduction of Permanent Settlement and civil services
Sir John Shore 1793-1798
- Charter act of 1793
- Policy of Non-intervention
- Battle of Kharda
Lord Wellesley 1798-1805
- Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System
- Fourth Anglo- Mysore war and the Treaty of Bassein
- Second Anglo – Maratha war
- Establishment of Madras presidency
- Establishing Fort William College at Calcutta
Sir George Barlow 1805-1807
- The Acting Governor-General of India until the arrival of Lord Minto,
- Diminished the area of British territory because of his passion for economy and retrenchment,
- The Mutiny of Vellore took place in 1806
Lord Minto I 1807-1813
- Concluded the treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1809,
- Introduced the Charter Act of 1813 ended the monopoly of East India Company in India
Lord Hastings 1813-1823
- The policy of Non-intervention came to an end
- third Anglo-Maratha war
- Abolition of Peshwaship
- Establishment of the Ryotwari System in Madras (By Thomas Munroe) and Bombay
- Mahalwari system in north-western Provinces and Bombay
Lord Amherst 1823-1828
- The annexation of Assam leading to the first Burmese war of 1824,
- The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824
Governors-General of India
Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835
- First Governor-General of India (Charter Act of 1833 made Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India.)
- Abolition of Sati
- Suppression of Thugee, infanticide and child sacrifices.
- English Education Act of 1835
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Lord Charles Metcalfe 1835-1836
- ‘Liberator of the Indian press
- detached all restraints on an open press
Lord Auckland 1836-1842
- Dedicated himself to the improvement of native schools and the expansion of the commercial industry of India
- The first Anglo-Afghan war
Lord Ellenborough 1842-1844
- Sindh was annexed
Lord Hardinge I 1844-1848
- First Anglo Sikh War
Lord Dalhousie (Governors-General of India) (1845-46)
- Introduced ‘Doctrine of Lapse‘
- Doctrine of Good
- Charles Wood Dispatch
- Post Office Act, 1854
- 1st Railway line connecting Bombay and Thane
- Established engineering college in Roorkee
- Second Anglo-Sikh War
- First telegraph line
- Establishment of the Public Works Department
- Abolition of titles and pensions.
- Started Competitive examination for Indian Civil Services
- Widow Remarriage Act
Lord Canning 1856-1857
- Three universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857 were established
- Revolt of 1857 took place
- Note – Post-1857 Revolt, Governor-General of India was made Viceroy of British India and Canning became the first Viceroy of India/British India.
Governors-General & Viceroys of India
Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
- Regulating Act of 1773
- Pitt’s India Act of 1784
- The Rohilla War of 1774
- The First Maratha War in 1775-82 and the Treaty of Salbai in 1782
- Second Mysore War in 1780-84
Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)
- Third Mysore War (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)
- Cornwallis Code (1793)
- Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793
- Lord Wellesley (1798-1805) Introduction of the Subsidiary Alliance System (1798)
- Fourth Mysore War (1799)
- Second Maratha War (1803-05)
Lord Minto I (1807-1813)
- Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809)
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
- Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16) and the Treaty of Sagauli, 1816
- Third Maratha War (1817-19) and dissolution of Maratha Confederacy
- Establishment of Ryotwari System (1820)
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
- First Burmese War (1824-1826)
Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)
- Abolition of Sati System (1829)
- Charter Act of 1833
Lord Auckland (1836-1842)
- First Afghan War (1838-42)
Lord Hardinge I (1844-1848)
- First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and the Treaty of Lahore (1846).
- Social reforms like the abolition of female infanticide
Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)
- Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49)
- The annexation of Lower Burma (1852)
- Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse
- Wood’s Despatch 1854
- Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853
- Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853
- Establishment of PWD
Lord Canning (1856-1862)
- Revolt of 1857
- Establishment of three universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857
- Abolition of East India Company and transfer of control to the Crown by the Government of India Act, 1858
- Indian Councils Act of 1861
Lord John Lawrence (1864-1869)
- Bhutan War (1865)
- Establishment of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1865)
Lord Lytton (1876-1880)
- The Vernacular Press Act (1878)
- The Arms Act (1878)
- The Second Afghan War (1878-80)
- Queen Victoria assumed the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India
Lord Ripon (1880-1884)
- Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882)
- The first Factory Act (1881)
- Government resolution on local self-government (1882)
- The Ilbert Bill controversy (1883-84)
- Hunter Commission on education (1882)
Lord Dufferin (1884-1888)
- The Third Burmese War (1885-86).
- Establishment of the Indian National Congress (1885)
Lord Lansdowne (1888-1894)
- Factory Act (1891).
- Indian Councils Act (1892).
- Setting up of Durand Commission (1893)
Lord Curzon (1899-1905)
- Appointment of Police Commission (1902)
- Appointment of Universities Commission (1902)
- Indian Universities Act (1904).
- Partition of Bengal (1905)
Lord Minto II (1905-1910)
- Swadeshi Movements. (1905-11)
- Surat Split of Congress (1907)
- Establishment of Muslim League (1906)
- Morley-Minto Reforms(1909)
Lord Hardinge II (1910-1916)
- Annulment of Partition of Bengal (1911)
- Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
- Establishment of the Hindu Mahasabha (1915)
Lord Chelmsford (1916-1921)
- Lucknow pact (1916)
- Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
- Montagu’s August Declaration (1917)
- Government of India Act (1919)
- The Rowlatt Act (1919)
- JallianwallaBagh massacre (1919)
- Launch of Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements
Lord Reading (1921-1926)
- ChauriChaura incident (1922)
- Withdrawal of Non-Cooperation Movement (1922)
- Establishment of Swaraj Party(1922)
- Kakori train robbery (1925)
Lord Irwin (1926-1931)
- Simon Commission to India (1927)
- Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission (1927)
- Nehru Report (1928)
- Deepavali Declaration (1929)
- Lahore session of the Congress (Purna Swaraj Resolution) 1929
- Dandi March and the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930)
- First Round Table Conference (1930)
- Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931)
Lord Willingdon (1931-1936)
- Communal Award (1932)
- Second & Third Round Table Conference (1932)
- Poona Pact (1932)
- Government of India Act of 1935
Lord Linlithgow (1936-1944)
- Resignation of the Congress ministries after the outbreak of the Second World War (1939)
- Tripuri Crisis & formation of Forward Bloc (1939)
- Lahore Resolution of the Muslim League (demand for a separate state for Muslims) 1940
- August Offer (1940)
- Formation of the Indian National Army (1941)
- Cripps Mission (1942)
- Quit India Movement (1942)
Lord Wavell (1944-1947)
- C. Rajagopalachari’s CR Formula (1944)
- Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference (1942)
- Cabinet Mission (1946)
- Direct Action Day (1946)
- Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (1947)
Lord Mountbatten (1947-1948)
- June Third Plan (1947)
- Redcliff commission (1947)
- India’s Independence (15 August 1947)
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1948-1950)
- Last Governor-General of India, before the office, was permanently abolished in 1950
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