List of the governor-general of India
Governor-general & viceroy of India list |
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Warren Hastings | 1773-1785 |
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Lord Cornwallis | 1786-1793 |
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Lord Wellesley | 1798-1805 |
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Lord Minto I | 1807-1813 | Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh in 1809 | |
Lord Hastings | 1813-1823 |
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Lord Amherst | 1823-1828 | First (1st) Burmese War (1824-1826) | |
Lord William Bentinck | 1828-1835 |
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Lord Auckland | 1836-1842 | First Afghan War (1838-42) | |
Lord Hardinge I | 1844-1848 |
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Lord Dalhousie | 1848-1856 |
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Lord Canning | 1856-1862 |
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Lord John Lawrence | 1864-1869 |
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Lord Lytton | 1876-1880 |
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Lord Ripon | 1880-1884 |
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Lord Dufferin | 1884-1888 |
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Lord Lansdowne | 1888-1894 |
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Lord Curzon | 1899-1905 |
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Lord Minto II | 1905-1910 |
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Lord Hardinge II | 1910-1916 |
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Lord Chelmsford | 1916-1921 |
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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 Linlithgow | 1936-1944 |
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Lord Wavell | 1944-1947 |
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Lord Mountbatten | 1947-1948 |
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C. Rajagopalachari | 1948-1950 | Last Governor-General of India | |
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.