The document lists the names and terms of 22 Viceroys of British India from 1858 to 1947 and 3 Governors-Generals of the Indian Union from 1947 to 1950. It provides the names and years of each Governor-General and Viceroy who administered British rule and early independent India.
The document lists the names and terms of 22 Viceroys of British India from 1858 to 1947 and 3 Governors-Generals of the Indian Union from 1947 to 1950. It provides the names and years of each Governor-General and Viceroy who administered British rule and early independent India.
The document lists the names and terms of 22 Viceroys of British India from 1858 to 1947 and 3 Governors-Generals of the Indian Union from 1947 to 1950. It provides the names and years of each Governor-General and Viceroy who administered British rule and early independent India.
2. 1786 1793 .. Lord Cornwallis 3. 1793 1798 .. Sir John Shore 4. 1798 1805 .. Lord Wellesley 5. 1807- 1813 Lord Minto 6. 1813 -1823 Lord Hastings 7. 1823 1828 .. Lord Amherst 8. 1828 1835 .. Lord William Bentinck 9. 1835 1842 Baron Ellenborough 10. 1842 1844 ..William Wilberfore Bird 11. 1844 1848 Lord Hardinge 12. 1848 1856 . . Lord Dalhousie 13. 1856 1858 Lord Canning Viceroys of British India 1. 1858 1862 .. Lord Canning 2. 1862 1863 .. 8th Earl Elgin I. 3. 1863 Sir Robert Napier 4. 1863 1864 .. Sir William T. Dension 5. 1864 1869 .. Earl of Mayo 6. 1872 . Sir John Strachey 7. 1872 1876 . Baron North Brook 8. 1876 1880 .. Lord Lytton 9. 1880-1884 . .. Lord Ripon 10. 1884 -1888 .Lord Dufferin
11. 1888-1894 .
Lord Lansdowne
12. 1894 -1899 .. Lord Elgin II
13. 1899 1905 .. Lord Curzon 14. 1905 1910 Lord Minto II 15. 1910 1916 .. Lord Hardinge II 16. 1916 1921 .. Lord Chelmsford 17. 1921 -1926 .Lord Reading 18. 1926-1931 . Lord Irwin 19. 1931 -1936 .Lord Wellington 20. 1936 -1942 Lord Linlithgow 21. 1942-1947 ..Lord Wavell 22. 1947 (March 13 August 14) Lord Louis Mounbatten Governors Generals of Indian Union 1947 (August 15)- 1948 (June 20) ..Lord Louis Mountbatten 1948 (June 20)- 1950 (Jan. 25 ).. C. Rajagopalachari