Name	From	To	Important Events during their time
Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) 1773 to 1833
Warren Hastings	1773	1785	Regulating Act of 1773 Supreme Council Of Bengal and other judicial reforms Asiatic Society of Bengal Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II Stopped Diarchy in Bengal New Sanskrit School by Jonathan Deccan Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82)Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84)First and second Rohilla War Experimentation on land settlements. (1772-five years settlement, changed to 1 year in 1776) English Translation of Bhagwat Gita
Lord Cornwallis	1786	1793	Zamindari System and Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 3rd Anglo - Mysore war, Treaty of Seringapatnam Cornwallis Code introduced and other judicial reforms (lower and appellate courts Introduction of Civil Services in India and maintained Police force for law &order
Sir John Shore	1793	1798	Policy of Non-intervention Charter Act of 1793 Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)
Lord Wellesley	1798	1805	Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance (first alliance with Hyderabad) Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799 Second Anglo-Maratha War ( 1803–05 )Fort William College at Calcutta Formation of Madras Presidency in 1801 Censorship of Press Act 1799 (fearing of French Invasion)
Sir George Barlow	1805	1807	Sepoy mutiny at Vellore took place during his tenure
Lord Minto I	1807	1813	Charter Act of 1813 Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (Perpetual friendship by William Bentick)
Lord Hastings	1813	1823	Ended the policy of Non-intervention Third Anglo-Maratha War (1816-1818) 1816,Treaty of Sagauli (With Katmandu Rulers) Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818 Ryotwari System
The Lord Amherst	1823	1828	First Anglo-Burmese War ( 1824–26 )Treaty of Yandabo, 1826
Governors-General of India, 1833–1858
Lord William Bentinck	1828	1835	First Governor General of India Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 Charter Act, 1833 Saint Helena Act 1833 English Education Act 1835 Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Mahalwari System Macaulay Law commission 1833 Persian or vernacular language can be used in courts while in SC English replaced Persian Suppression of thugi (who deceive people) 1830 Treaty of Perpetual Friendship with Ranjit Singh (Treaty of Amritsar by Minto I) Vested police power and judiciary with Collector/Magistrate of district
Lord Metcalfe	1835	1836	Liberator of Indian Press (Press Act of 1835)
The Lord Auckland	1836	1842	First Afghan War Tripartite treaty 1. Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh 2. English Gov Gen Auckland 3. Afghan ruler aspirant Shah Shuja
The Lord Ellenborough	1842	1844	Sindh annexed
Lord Hardinge I	1844	1848	The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46)Treaty of Lahore Social reforms including abolition of female infanticide and human sacrifice
Lord Dalhousie	1848	1856	Doctrine of Lapse Charles Wood Dispatch The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–49) and annexation of PunjabSecond Anglo-Burmese War ( 1852 ) 1st Railway line connecting Bombay and Thane (Railway Minute 1853) Post Office Act, 1854 (Telegraph lines) Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 Established Public Works Department (Ganges canal open) Macaulay Committee on Indian Civil Service recommendations Charter Act of 1853
Governors-General/Viceroys of India, 1858–1947
Lord Canning	1856	1862	University of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras were set up in 1857 The revolt of 1857 The Government of India Act, 1858, Indian Council Act 1861 Portfolio System (1861 Act) White Mutiny - by European troops in 1859 Indian Civil Services Act, 1861 Indian Police Act, 1861 Civil Procedure Code 1859 (now using 1908) Indian Penal Code 1860 (Still, we are using this) Criminal Procedure Code 1861 (now using 1973)
Lord Elgin I	1862	1863	Wahabi movement
Sir John Lawrence	1864	1869	Bhutan War
Lord Mayo	1869	1872	Assassinated by a Pathan Sher Ali Afridi Establishment of Dept of Agriculture and Commerce
The Lord Northbrook	1872	1876	Kuka movement in Punjab
The Lord Lytton	1876	1880	Vernacular Press Act 1878, Arms Act 1878 Second Anglo-Afghan War The Indians Act(1878) Royal Titles Act 1878 - Queen Empress of India/Kaiser-i-Hind Statutory civil service First Delhi Durbar
Lord Ripon	1880	1884	First Factory Act(1881) Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882) Ilbert Bill controversy Hunter Education Commission Govt resolution on local self-government
Lord Dufferin	1884	1888	Formation of Indian National Congress Called congress as a factory of Sedition Third Anglo-Burmese War 1886 Aitchison Committee on Public Services
Lord Lansdowne	1888	1894	Indian Council Act 1892 Durand Commission 1893 (India and Afghanistan border) Second Factory Act, 1891
Lord Elgin II	1894	1899
Lord Curzon	1899	1905	Partition of Bengal (1905) 2nd Delhi Darbar (1903) Frazer Commission on Police reforms 1902 CID in provinces, CBI at Centre Universities Commission Established Department of Commerce and Industry
Lord Minto II	1905	1911	Separate electorate for Muslims (Aga Khan-Shimla Deputation) Indian Council Act 1909
The Lord Hardinge II	1911	1916	Annulled Bengal Partition. Bengal presidency created Royal Commission on Civil Services Third Delhi Durbar Establishment of Hindu Mahasabha 1915 by MM Malaviya
The Lord Chelmsford	1916	1921	Montagu Chelmsford reforms 1918. Govt of India Act 1919; August Statement Jallianwala Bagh Massacre SP Sinha as Governor of Bihar (First Indian to become Governor)
Lord Reading	1921	1926	Royal Commission -Lord Reading - Civil Services Examination started to be held in India - Remove defects of Civil Service Lee Commission 1924- Civil Services Chauri Chaura Incident, Moplah rebellion, Kakkori Train robbery Repeal of Rowlatt Act of 1919 and Press Act of 1910
Lord Irwin	1926	1931	Simon Commission Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission� 1927 Irwin statement - RTC. Dominion status for India. ; Gandhi-Irwin Pact Dandi March First RTC
Lord Wilingdon	1931	1936	GOI 1935 Act, Civil Disobedience Movement Second and Third RTC Communal Award/Ramsay McDonald Award
Lord Linlithgow	1936	1943	Linlithgow statement- Dominion status, Crips India Mission Lahore resolution Forward Bloc Quit India Movement, August Revolution
Lord Wavell	1944	1947	Wavell/Shimla Plan;
Lord Mountbatten	1947	1947	Mountbatten Plan Appointment of two boundary commission under Radcliff for partition of Bengal and Punjab
Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950
Lord Mountbatten	1947	1948
C. Rajagopalachari	1948	1950

Summary

Father of Communal Electorate - Lord Minto

Madras Presidency – 1801- Lord Wellesley Bombay Presidency – 1818 - Lord Hastings (not warren hastings)Bengal Presidency - 1911- Hardinge

Assam Province - 1911

Policy of Ring fence - Warren Hastings (1765-1813)

Policy of Non Intervention - John Shore (ended by Lord Hastings)

Subsidiary alliance – Lord Wellesley Doctrine of Lapse - Lord Dalhousie

Zamindari System – CornwallisRyotwari System – Lord Hastings, Alexander Read, Thomas MunroMahalwari System – William Bentick

Civil services, Police - Cornwallis

Portfolio System - Lord Canning

Bengal Sati Regulation 1829 - William Bentick

Female Infanticide and Human Sacrifice - Lord Hardinge I

Hindu Widow Remarriage 1856- Lord Dalhousie

First Governor General of Bengal - Lord Warren Hasting- 1773

First Governor General of India- Lord William Bentick - 1833

First Viceroy of India - Lord Canning - 1858

First Indian to join Viceroy Executive council - Satyendra Prasad Sinha (also first Indian as Governor of Bihar)

Last Viceroy of India - Lord Mountbatten - 1947 until 21 June 1948

Governor General of Independent India - Lord Mountbatten - 1947

Only Indian Governor General - C Rajagopalachari - 21 June 1948 to 26 Jan 1950

First Indian Speaker of Central Legislative Assembly - Vitthalbhai Patel

SP Sinha as Governor of Bihar (First Indian to become Governor)

Delhi Darbar/Imperial Darbar

It was an Indian imperial style mass assembly organized by the British, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India

First Delhi Durbar	1877	Lord Lytton
Second Delhi Durbar	1903	Lord Curzon
Third Delhi Darbar	1911	Lord Hardinge

It was only in third Delhi Darbar, a sovereign, George V attended

Robert Clive

Second Anglo Carnatic War 1749-54
Battle of Plassey 1757 and
Battle of Buxar 1764 - Fought by Major Hector Munro
Treaty of Allahabad 1765
Hero of Arcot

Eyre Coote

Success of 3rd Anglo Carnatic War 1758-63

*16 May 2021

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