List of governors-general of India
The Regulating Act of 1773 created the office with the title of Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William, or Governor-General
of Bengal to be appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of
Four (based in India) to assist the Governor-General, and the decision of the council was binding on the Governor-General during 1773–
1784.
The Saint Helena Act 1833 (or Government of India Act 1833) re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India.
Lord William Bentinck was first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under
the direct rule of the British Crown. The Government of India Act 1858 created the office of Secretary of State for India in 1858 to
oversee the affairs of India, which was advised by a new Council of India with 15 members (based in London). The existing Council of
Four was formally renamed as the Council of Governor-General of India or Executive Council of India. The Council of India was later
abolished by Government of India Act 1935.
Following the adoption of the Government of India Act of 1858, the Governor-General representing the Crown became known as the
Viceroy. The designation 'Viceroy', although it was most frequently used in ordinary parlance, had no statutory authority, and was never
employed by Parliament. Although the Proclamation of 1858 announcing the assumption of the government of India by the Crown
referred to Lord Canning as "first Viceroy and Governor-General", none of the Warrants appointing his successors referred to them as
'Viceroys', and the title, which was frequently used in Warrants dealing with precedence and in public notifications, was one of
ceremony used in connection with the state and social functions of the Sovereign's representative. The Governor-General continued to be
the sole representative of the Crown, and the Government of India continued to be vested in the appointments of Governor-General of
India which were made by the British Crown upon the advice of Secretary of State for India. The office of Governor-General
continued to exist as a ceremonial post in each of the new dominions of India and Pakistan, until they adopted republican constitutions in
1950 and 1956 respectively.
List of governors-general
Before 1773 The Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) was named as Governor of Bengal, which was in existence from 1757 to 1772. For the
list of Governors of Bengal see List of governors of Bengal.
Portrait
Name
Term of office
(Birth–Death)
Notable events
Appointed by Court of Directors of the East India Company
Governors-General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833
Regulating Act of 1773
Supreme Council of Bengal
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was established
Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784)
Pitt's India Act (1784)
Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II
Warren
Hastings
(1732–1818)
20
October
1773
[nb 1]
8
February
1785
Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was introduced by Robert Clive).[1]
Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta
James Augustus Hicky's Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published (in 1780)
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82)
Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84)
First Rohilla War of 1773–1774
Ring fence policy
Founded Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University) in 1780.
Creation of collector post
The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment. (As a consequence of
his involvement in First Rohilla War)[2]
Experimentation on land settlements. (1772-five years settlement, changed to 1 year
in 1776)
He formed Amini Commission in 1776.[3]
Abolished Dastak system (which was introduced by Robert Clive)
English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins[4]
Sir John
Macpherson,
Bt
(acting)
(1745–1821)
8
February
12
September
1785
1786
Established lower courts and appellate courts
The Earl
Cornwallis[nb 2]
(1738–1805)
12
September
28
October
1786
1793
Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793
3rd Anglo-Mysore war (1790–92)
Introduction of Cornwallis Code in 1793.
Introduction of Civil Services in India
Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Benares (now Varanasi) established by Johnathan Duncan
(then Governor of Bombay) in 1791.
Introduced Sunset Law
John Shore
(1751–1834)
28
October
1793
Policy of Non-intervention
18 March
1798
Charter Act of 1793
Second Rohilla War 1794
Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)
Lt. Gen Sir
Alured Clarke
(acting)
(1744–1832)
18 March
18 May
1798
1798
Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance (1798)
Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799
The Marquess
Wellesley[nb 3]
(1760–1842)
18 May
30 July
1798
1805
The Subsidiary Treaty of Bassein in 1802[5] and Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–
05)[6]
Fort William College at Calcutta (1800)
Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803
Censorship Act, 1799
Took over the administration of Tanjore(1799), Surat(1800) and Carnatica(1801)
The Marquess
Cornwallis
30 July
5 October
1805
1805
(1738–1805)
Sir George
Barlow, Bt
(acting)
(1762–1847)
The Lord
Minto
(1751–1814)
10
October
1805
31 July
1807
31 July
4 October
1807
1813
Sepoy mutiny at Vellore (The prelude to the First War of Independence of India)
Bank of Calcutta (1806) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of
India)
Treaty of Amritsar (1809) with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Charter Act of 1813
Ended the policy of Non-intervention
Third Anglo-Maratha War (1816–1818) and the abolition of Peshwaship
Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16) ended with the signing of Treaty of Sugauli (1816)[7]
The Marquess
of Hastings
[nb 4]
4 October
9 January
1813
1823
Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818
Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras Presidency in 1820 by the governor Sir
Thomas Munro.
Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India by Holt Mackenzie (1822)
Hindu College (now Presidency University) at Calcutta in 1817
(1754–1826)
The Pindari War (1817–1818) (Complete Destruction of the Pindari Clan of India)
Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in 1822.
General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823
John Adam
(acting)
(1779–1825)
9 January
1 August
1823
1823
Licensing Regulations
Barrackpore mutiny of 1824
The Earl
Amherst[nb 5]
(1773–1857)
William
Butterworth
Bayley
(acting)
(1782–1860)
1 August
13 March
1823
1828
13 March
4 July
1828
1828
First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26) (East India Company defeats Burmese King
Bagyidaw and annexes Assam, Manipur, Arakan and Tenasserim)
Establishment of Sanskrit College at Calcutta (1824)
Treaty of Yandabo, 1826 (East India Company humiliates and extracts 1 million
Pounds from the Burmese King Bagyidaw)
Governors-General of India, 1833–1858
First Governor General of India
Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829
Brahmo samaj established by Ram Mohan Roy
Lord William
Bentinck
(1774–1839)
4 July
20 March
1828
1835
Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab And Western UP.
Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act 1833 (Christian Missionaries get Exclusive
rights to spread Christianity in British India which included the present day
Pakistan)
Kol Rebellion in 1831
Barasat Uprising in 1831, led by Titumir
English Education Act 1835 and introduction of English as a medium of instruction
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835)
Suppression of Thuggee (1829–35)
Annexation of Mysore(1831), Coorg(1834), and central Cachar(1834)
Abolition of the provincial courts of appeal and circuit set by Cornwallis, appointment
of commissioners of revenue and circuit
Sir Charles
20 March
4 March
Metcalfe, Bt
1835
1836
(acting)
(1785–1846)
Repealed 1823 Licensing Regulations
Known as Liberator of India Press
Establishment of Calcutta Public Library in 1836 (currently known as National Library
of India)
Tripartite Treaty in 1838 between British, Shah Shuja and Maharaja Ranjit Singh
against Dost Muhammad Khan.
The Earl of
Auckland[nb 6]
(1784–1849)
4 March
1836
28
February
1842
The First Anglo Afghan War(1840–1842) (British Army massacred by the strong
Afghan army and militia during the 1842 Retreat from Kabul-worst British Military
disaster (https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2013/01/26/lessons-unlearned))
Bank of Bombay (1840) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of
India)
First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839
Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839
Gwalior War (1843) (British defeat Marathas)
The Lord
Ellenborough
28
February
(1790–1871)
1842
June
1844
Bank of Madras (1843) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of
India)
Conquest and annexation of Sind Province by British (1843)[8]
Indian Slavery Act, 1843
William
Wilberforce
Bird
(acting)
(1784–1857)
Henry
Hardinge[nb 7]
(1785–1856)
June
23 July
1844
1844
23 July
1844
12
January
1848
The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) (British Empire defeats the Sikh Empire and
confiscate major portion of its territory)
Treaty of Lahore (1846) (British confiscated Kashmir from the Sikhs and sold it to Raja
of Jammu for 75 lakh rupees)
Treaty of Bhairowal (1846) (http://www.anglosikhwars.com/tag/treaty-of-bhairowal-184
6/)
Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847)[9]
Doctrine of Lapse in 1848
Charter Act, 1853
Bethune Collegiate School (1849) (was also known as Calcutta Female School) was
established by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
Charles Wood Despatch (1854)
Establishment of summer capital at Shimla
The Earl of
Dalhousie[nb 8]
(1812–1860)
12
January
28
February
1848
1856
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) (The sole aim of Dalhousie was to humiliate and
annex more of Burmese Territories. Burma was attacked unprovoked)
First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853)
First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour to Calcutta. (1851)
Post Office Act, 1854
Established Public Works Department (1854)
The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) (The British totally defeated the Sikh
Empire and annexed Punjab)
Santhal Rebellion (1855) (15,000 Santhals were killed by the British Army during the
rebellion. Elephants were used to destroy Santhal Dwellings)
Religious Disabilities Act, 1856
Annexation of Oudh on the grounds of alleged internal misrule (1856)
Banned Female Infanticide completely and Human Sacrifice in Central province,
Odisha and Maharashtra
The Viscount
Canning[nb 9]
(1812–1862)
28
February
31
October
1856
1858
Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 (The law was drafted by The Earl of
Dalhousie)
Indian Rebellion of 1857
University of Calcutta, University of Bombay, and University of Madras were set up in
1857
Portrait
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Notable events
Secretary of State for
India
Prime Minister
Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947
Appointed by Victoria (1837–1901)
Queen Victoria's
Proclamation (on 1
November, 1858) and
The Government of India
Act, 1858[10]
System of Budget was
introduced
Formation of Imperial
Civil Services
Indigo Revolt in Bengal in
1859–60
The Viscount
Canning[nb 9]
(1812–1862)
1
November
1858
White mutiny by the
European troops in 1859
21 March
1862
Enactment of Indian
Penal Code in 1860
Lord Stanley
Sir Charles Wood
The 14th Earl of Derby
Viscount Palmerston
Indian High Courts Act
1861
Indian Councils Act, 1861
Indian Civil Service Act,
1861
Police Act, 1861[11]
Establishment of
Archaeological Survey of
India in 1861
Introduced Portfolio
System which gave
foundation for Cabinet
System
The Earl of
Elgin
(1811–1863)
21 March
1862
20
November
1863
Establishment of Calcutta
High Court (2 July),
Bombay High Court (14
August) and Madras High
Court (15 August) in 1862
Wahabi movement
suppressed
Robert Napier
21
November
2
December
1863
1863
2
December
12
January
1863
1864
Sir John
Lawrence, Bt
12
January
12
January
(1811–1879)
1864
1869
(acting)
(1810–1890)
William
Denison
(acting)
(1804–1871)
Bhutan War (1864–65)
(The British defeated an
undefended Bhutan and
annexed Assam and
Bengal Duars)
Establishment of Shimla
as India's summer capital
in 1863
The Tabernacle of New
Dispensation (http://www.t
hebrahmosamaj.net/histo
ry/chronology.html), a
new Church established
by Keshub Chandra Sen
Establishment of
Allahabad High Court in
1866
Famine Commission was
constituted in 1867 under
Henry Campbell due to
Orissa famine of 1866
Sir Charles Wood
Viscount Palmerston
Sir Charles Wood
Viscount Palmerston
The Earl de Grey
The Earl Russell
Viscount Cranborne
The 14th Earl of Derby
Sir Stafford Northcote
Benjamin Disraeli
The Duke of Argyll
William
Gladstone
Ewart
Tenancy Act was passed
in Punjab and Oudh in
1868
Assassinated by a Pathan
Sher Ali Afridi in 1872[12]
Started the Census in
India in 1872
The Earl of
Mayo
12
January
8
February
(1822–1872)
1869
1872
Opening of Rajkumar
college in Rajkot and
Mayo College at Ajmer for
political training of Indian
Princes
Keshub Chandra Sen
establishes Indian
Reform Association
(1870)
Started Financial
decentralization in
1870[13]
Enacted IPC amendmentSedition Act 1870 to
tackle Wahabi Movement
He established the
Department of Agriculture
& Commerce in 1872[13]
The Duke of Argyll
William Ewart Gladstone
Established Statistical
Survey of India in
1872[13]
Sir John
Strachey
(acting)
(1823–1907)
The Lord
Napier
(acting)
(1819–1898)
The Lord
Northbrook
(1826–1904)
9
February
23
February
1872
1872
24
February
3 May
1872
1872
3 May
12 April
1872
1876
Jyotiba Phule launches
The Satyashodhak Samaj
in Maharashtra in 1873
against the caste system
and Untouchability.
Dramatic Performances
Act, 1876
He suppressed Kuka
rebellion in Punjab led by
Ram Singh in 1872
Trial of Gaekwad of
Baroda in 1874
Muhammadan AngloOriental College founded
by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(1875)
Prince of Wales Edward
VII visited India in 1875
The Duke of Argyll
The
Marquess
Salisbury
William Ewart Gladstone
of
Benjamin Disraeli
He resigned in 1876,
being asked by the British
Prime Minister Benjamin
Disraeli to make a treaty
with Emir of Afghanistan
Sher Ali Khan
The Lord Lytton
12 April
8 June
(1831–1891)
1876
1880
Royal Titles Act, 1876 by
which Queen Victoria
assumed the title of
'Empress of India'
1st Delhi Durbar (out of 3)
in 1877
Great Famine of 1876–
1878 and a Famine
Commission was
constituted under Richard
Strachey in 1878
The Marquess of Salisbury
The
Cranbrook
Viscount
Marquess
Hartington
of
Benjamin Disraeli
William
Gladstone
Ewart
Vernacular Press Act,
1878
Arms Act, 1878[14]
Decreased the maximum
age of appearing in civil
services from 21 to 19
Second Anglo-Afghan
War, (1878–80)
Treaty of Gandamak
signed in 1879
First Factory Act (1881)
Negotiable Instruments
Act, 1881
Repeal of the Vernacular
Press Act in 1882
Ilbert Bill (1883)
The Marquess
of Ripon
(1827–1909)
8 June
1880
13
December
1884
Establishment of Panjab
University in 1882
Government resolution on
local self-government
(1882)[15]
Appointment of Education
Commission under Sir
William Wilson Hunter in
1882[16]
First complete Census in
India in 1881
Marquess of Hartington
The Earl of Kimberley
William Ewart Gladstone
He passed Famine codes
in 1883
Increased the maximum
age of appearing in civil
services from 18 to 21
William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of
Dufferin
13
December
10
December
(1826–1902)
1884
1888
Lord
Churchill
In 1886, Burma was
made a province of India,
with Rangoon as its
capital[17]
The Viscount Cross
Age of Consent Act, 1891
was passed to prohibit
the marriages of girl child
under the age of 12
Indian Council Act 1892
The Marquess
of Lansdowne
10
December
11
October
(1845–1927)
1888
1894
The Earl of Kimberley
Formation of Indian
National Congress (1885)
Bengal Tenancy Act
(1885)
Third Anglo-Burmese War
(1885)
Second Factory Act 1891
(https://www.examrace.co
m/Study-Material/History/
National-Movement-in-In
dia/Factories-Acts-Industri
al-Disputes-Famine-Co-o
perative-Society.html)
Setting up of Durand
Commission in 1893
(India-Afghanistan)
Randolph
The Earl of Kimberley
The Viscount Cross
The Earl of Kimberley
Henry Fowler
The
Marquess
Salisbury
William
Gladstone
of
Ewart
The
Marquess
Salisbury
of
The Marquess of Salisbury
William
Gladstone
Ewart
The Earl of Rosebery
Indian famine of 1896–
1897
The Earl of
Elgin (1849–
11
October
1917)
1894
6 January
1899
Spread of Bubonic
plague in Bombay (1896)
Establishment of
Ramakrishna Mission by
Swami Vivekananda at
Belur Math in 1897
Henry Fowler
Lord George Hamilton
The Earl of Rosebery
The
Marquess
Salisbury
of
Assassination of two
British officials (Walter
Charles Rand and Ayerst)
by the Chapekar brothers
in 1897
The Lord
Curzon of
6 January
1899
18
November
1905
Indian famine of 1899–
1900
Lord George Hamilton
The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Kedleston[nb 10]
Munda (Ulgulan)
rebellion led by Birsa
Munda in 1899–1900
(1859–1925)
William
Brodrick
St
John
Department of Agriculture
was constituted in 1901
Agricultural Research
Institute at Pusa in Bihar
was established in 1905
Partition of Bengal
(1905)
Appointment of Raleigh
University Commission
(1902) (Indian
Universities Act, 1904
was passed as per the
recommendation of this
commission)
Ancient Monuments
Preservation Act 1904
Official Secrets Act 1904
to curb free press
Second Delhi Durbar (out
of 3) in 1903
Appointment of Police
Commission under Sir
Andrew Frazer in 1902
Creation of North-West
Frontier Province in 1901
2nd Swadeshi Movement
(1905–1911) against
Partition of Bengal by Lal
Bal Pal-Aurbindo Ghosh)
Benaras Hindu Girls
School (Kanya Vidyalaya)
was established by Annie
Besant in 1904
Younghusband
expedition to Tibet under
Francis Younghusband in
1903–04
Appointed by Edward VII (1901–1910)
Morley–Minto reforms
1909, or the Indian
Councils Act 1909
Split in Congress in 1907
(in Surat session)
The Earl of
Minto
18
November
23
November
(1845–1914)
1905
1910
Satyendra Prasanna
Sinha became first Indian
member to be appointed
in Viceroy's Executive
Council
Seditious meetings
(prohibition) Act 1907 to
curb the extremist
movement
Establishment of Muslim
League by Aga Khan III
and Khwaja Salimullah
(Nawab of Dhaka) in
1906
Foundation of Jugantar
revolutionary group in
Bengal (1906)
Indian Press Act, 1910
William St John Brodrick
John Morley
The Earl of Crewe
Arthur Balfour
Sir Henry CampbellBannerman
H. H. Asquith
Jamsetji Tata established
TISCO in 1907
foundation stone of
'Victoria Memorial' laid in
1906
Newspapers Act 1908
Appointed by George V (1910–1936)
The Lord
Hardinge of
Penshurst
(1858–1944)
23
November
1910
4 April
1916
Third Delhi Durbar (1911)
Annulment of Partition of
Bengal by King George V
in 1911
The Earl of Crewe
The Viscount Morley
of Blackburn
H. H. Asquith
Transfer of capital from
Calcutta to Delhi (1911)
Partition of Bengal to form
Bihar and Orissa province
(1912)
World War I (1914–18)
The
Marquess
Crewe
of
Austen Chamberlain
Komagata Maru incident
(1914)
McMahon border line was
created between India
and China in 1914
Ghadar Mutiny (1915)
Mahatma Gandhi came
back to India from South
Africa in 1915
Foundation of Hindu
Mahasabha by Madan
Mohan Malviya (1915)
Foundation of Banaras
Hindu University in 1916
Formation of Indian Home
Rule movement by Bal
Gangadhar Tilak and
Annie Besant (1916)
First Women's University
(SNDT Women's
University) at Pune was
founded by Dhondo
Keshav Karve (1916)
Lucknow Pact (1916)
(between Indian National
Congress and Muslim
League)
Champaran Satyagraha
(1917), the first
satyagraha movement led
by Mahatma Gandhi in
British India
August Declaration, 1917
The Lord
Chelmsford
(1868–1933)
4 April
2 April
1916
1921
Saddler University
Commission or Calcutta
Commission (1917)
Kheda Satyagraha of
1918
Austen Chamberlain
H. H. Asquith
Edwin Montagu
David Lloyd George
Montagu–Chelmsford
Reforms (1919)
Government of India Act
1919
Rowlatt Act (1919)
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre (1919)
Khilafat Movement
(1919–20) (later merged
with Non-cooperation
movement in 1920)
Non-cooperation
movement (1920–22)
Foundation of Aligarh
Muslim University in 1920
Imperial Bank of India
(now State Bank of India
established in 1921)
The Earl of
Reading
(1860–1935)
2 April
3 April
1921
1926
Malabar rebellion (also
known as Moplah
Rebellion), first Ethnic
Rebellion (1921)
Rabindranath Tagore
founded Visva-Bharati
University in 1921
Chauri Chaura incident
(1922) and withdrawal of
Non-cooperation
movement by Mahatma
Gandhi
Formation of Swaraj Party
in 1923
Appointment of Lee
Commission in 1923 on
Edwin Montagu
David Lloyd George
The Viscount Peel
Bonar Law
The Lord Olivier
Stanley Baldwin
The
Earl
Birkenhead
of
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
public services
reforms[18]
Railway budget was
separated from general
budget since 1924 (this
tradition continued till
2016)
Kakori train robbery in
1925
Foundation of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh by K. B. Hedgewar
in 1925
Foundation of the
Communist Party of India
in Kanpur in 1925
Annulment of Press Act of
1910 and Rowlatt Act of
1919
Simon Commission
(1928)
Nehru Report (1928)
Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
(1928)
The Lord Irwin
3 April
18 April
(1881–1959)
1926
1931
Fourteen Points of Jinnah
(1929)
Purna Swaraj
declaration (1929)
Meerut Conspiracy Case
(1929)
Bombing in Central
Legislative Assembly on
8 April 1929 by Bhagat
Singh and Batukeshwar
Dutt
"Deepavali Declaration"
on 31 October 1929 (to
grant India dominion
status in due course)
Appointment of "Hartog
Committee" (1929) to
survey the growth of
education in British
India[19]
Launching of Civil
disobedience movement
with Salt March (1930)
Dharasana Satyagraha
(1930)
First Round Table
Conferences (1930)
The Earl of Birkenhead
Stanley Baldwin
The Viscount Peel
William
Benn
Wedgwood
Ramsay MacDonald
Allahabad Address by Sir
Muhammad Iqbal (1930)
Chittagong armoury raid
in 1930
Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931)
Execution of Bhagat
Singh, Shivaram Rajguru,
and Sukhdev Thapar
(1931)
The Earl of
Willingdon
(1866–1941)
18 April
18 April
1931
1936
Second Round Table
Conference (1931)
Announcement of
Communal Award by
Ramsay MacDonald
(1932)
Poona Pact between
Mahatma Gandhi and B.
R. Ambedkar in 1932
Third Round Table
Conference (1932)
Pakistan Declaration
(1933)
Foundation of Congress
Socialist Party in 1934
Government of India Act
1935
Formation of All India
Kisan Sabha in 1936
William Wedgwood Benn
Sir Samuel Hoare
The
Marquess
Zetland
Ramsay MacDonald
Stanley Baldwin
of
Reserve Bank of India
established by passing
The Reserve Bank of
India Act 1934.
Appointed by Edward VIII (1936)
Indian provincial
elections (1937)
Indian entry into World
War II (1939)
Day of Deliverance
(1939)
The Marquess
of Linlithgow
Formation of All India
Forward Bloc (1939)
18 April
1 October
1936
1943
(1887–1952)
Lahore Resolution (1940)
August Offer (1940)
Stanley Baldwin
The Marquess of Zetland
Leo Amery
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Cripps Mission (1942)
Formation of Indian
Legion (1942)
Quit India Movement
(1942)
Formation of Indian
National Army (1942)
Bengal famine (1943)
Appointed by George VI (1936-1947) (As Emperor of India)
C. R. formula (1944)
Simla Conference (1945)
The Viscount
Wavell
21
February
1 October
1943
(1883–1950)
1947
WW II ended (1945)
Indian National Army
(INA) trials in 1945-1946
Cabinet Mission (1946)
Direct Action Day (16
August 1946)
Leo Amery
The Lord
Lawrence
Pethick-
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Interim Government was
formed in 1946
Royal Indian Navy mutiny
(1946)
The Viscount
Mountbatten of
Burma
21
February
(1900–1979)
Portrait
15 August
1947
1947
Name
Indian Independence Act
1947 was passed on 18
July 1947.
Radclife Commission was
appointed under the
chairmanship of Cyril
Radcliffe to demarcate
the border line of Bengal
Presidency and Punjab
Province
Term of office
(Birth–Death)
The Lord Pethick-Lawrence
The Earl of Listowel
Notable events
Clement Attlee
Prime
Minister
Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950
Appointed by George VI (1947-1950) (As King of India)
The Viscount Mountbatten of
Burma[nb 11]
(1900–1979)
15
August
1947
21 June
1948
First Governor-General of Independent India
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972)
21
June
26
January
1948
1950
Last Governor-General of India, before the office was
permanently abolished in 1950
Notes
1. Originally joined on 28 April 1772
2. Earl Cornwallis from 1762; created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792.
3. Created Marquess Wellesley in 1799.
4. Earl of Moira prior to being created Marquess of Hastings in 1816
5. Created Earl Amherst in 1826.
6. Created Earl of Auckland in 1839.
7. Created Viscount Hardinge in 1846.
8. Created Marquess of Dalhousie in 1849.
9. Created Earl Canning in 1859.
10. The Lord Ampthill was acting Governor-General in 1904
11. Created Earl Mountbatten of Burma on 28 October 1947.
See also
List of governors of Bengal Presidency
Council of India
Secretary of State for India
List of presidents of India
Governor-general
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