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Governor general of India

Posted on 13/03/202102/10/2021 By GK Questions No Comments on Governor general of India
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1 List of the governor-general of India
1.1 Governor-general & viceroy of India list
1.2 Years of rule
1.3 Important events in their rule
1.3.1 FAQ on Governor-general of India:
1.3.1.1 Q1.) Who was the first governor-general of India?
1.3.1.2 Q2.) Who was the first governor-general of British India?
1.3.1.3 Q3.) Who was the last governor-general of India?
1.3.1.4 Q4.) Who was the last governor-general of British India?
1.3.1.5 Q5.) Who was the first Indian governor-general of India?
1.3.1.6 Q6.) Who was the first governor-general of free India?
1.3.1.7 Q7.) Who was the first woman governor-general of India?

List of the governor-general of India

 

Governor-general & viceroy of India list

Years of rule

Important events in their rule

Warren Hastings 1773-1785
  • Enactment of Regulating Act 1773
  • Ended the dual system of administration in 1772 set up by Robert Clive
  • Enactment Pitt’s India Act 1784
  • The Rohilla War between Rohillas and Nawab of Awadh in 1774
  • First Anglo-Maratha War in 1775-82 and the Treaty of Salbai in 1782
  • 2nd Mysore War in 1780-84
Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793
  • Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)
  • Enactment of Cornwallis Code in 1793
  • Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793
Lord Wellesley 1798-1805
  • Introduction of the Subsidiary Alliance System in 1798, first alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad.
  • Fourth (4th) Anglo-Mysore War (1799)
  • The second (2nd) Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05) and the treaty of Bassien. between Baji Rao II and English in 1802
  • Formation of Madras presidency in 1801
Lord Minto I 1807-1813 Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh in 1809
Lord Hastings 1813-1823
  • Ended the policy of non-intervention
  • Gurkha war or Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16) and the Treaty of Sagauli, 1816
  • Third (3rd) Maratha War (1817-19) and dissolution of Maratha Confederacy
  • Establishment of Ryotwari System in 1820
  • Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818
Lord Amherst 1823-1828 First (1st) Burmese War (1824-1826)
Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835
  • Governor-General of Bengal from 1828 to 1833
  • Abolition of Sati System in 1829
  • Suspension of Thugi
  • Enactment 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 in 1846
  • Social reforms like abolition of female infanticide
Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856
  • The second (2nd) Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49)
  • The annexation of Lower Burma in 1852
  • Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse
  • Enactment Wood’s Despatch in 1854
  • The first railway line connecting Bombay with Thane in 1853
  • Establishment of Public work department (PWD)
Lord Canning 1856-1862
  • First Viceroy of India
  • Revolt of 1857
  • Establishment of 3 universities at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay in 1857
  • He was appointed as the secretary of India
  • The East India Company was abolished and control was transferred to the British Crown by the enactment of the Government of India Act, 1858
  • Indian Councils Act of 1861
Lord John Lawrence 1864-1869
  • Bhutan War in 1865
  • High Courts were established at Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras in 1865
Lord Lytton 1876-1880
  • Enactment of the Vernacular Press Act (1878)
  • Enactment the Arms Act (1878)
  • The Second (2nd) Afghan War (1878-80)
  • ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India title to Queen Victoria
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)
  • Jallianwalla Bagh massacre (1919)
  • Launch of Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements
Lord Reading 1921-1926
  • Chauri Chaura 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)
  • Purna Swaraj Resolution at Lahore session of the Congress in 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)
  • The demand for a separate state for Muslims by the “Lahore Resolution” of the Muslim League in 1940
  • ‘August Offer’ (1940)
  • Formation of the Indian National Army (1941)
  • Cripps Mission (1942)
  • “Divide and Quit” slogan at Karachi session of Muslim League in 1944
  • Quit India Movement (1942)
Lord Wavell  1944-1947
  • C. Rajagopalachari’s CR Formula (1944)
  • Wavell Plan and the Shimla Conference (1942)
  • Cabinet Mission (1946)
  • Direct Action Day (1946)
  • Announcement for end of the British rule in India
Lord Mountbatten 1947-1948
  • June Third Plan (1947)
  • Redcliff commission (1947)
  • India’s Independence (15 August 1947)
C. Rajagopalachari 1948-1950 Last Governor-General of India

 

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FAQ on Governor-general of India:

 

Q1.) Who was the first governor-general of India?

Ans. Lord William Bentinck was the first (1st) governor-general of India

 

Q2.) Who was the first governor-general of British India?

Ans. In 1833 after the Charter Act of 1833, Governor of Bengal Lord Willliam Bentinck became the first governor-general of British India. Lord Willliam Bentinck also the first British governor-general of India.

 

Q3.) Who was the last governor-general of India?

Ans. C. Rajagopalachari was the last governor-general of India.

 

Q4.) Who was the last governor-general of British India?

Ans. Lord Mountbatten was the last governor-general of British India.

 

Q5.) Who was the first Indian governor-general of India?

Ans. C. Rajagopalachari was the first Indian governor-general of India.

 

Q6.) Who was the first governor-general of free India?

Ans. C. Rajagopalachari first governor-general of independent India. He was also the first Indian governor-general of independent India.

 

Q7.) Who was the first woman governor-general of India?

Ans. There was no women governor-general of India in Indian history.

 

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