Name Notable events

Governors-General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833

• Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was established
• Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784)
• Pitt's India Act (1784)
• Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was introduced by Robert
Clive)
• James Augustus Hicky's Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper
published (in 1780)
• First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82)
Warren Hastings • Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84)
(1773-85) • First Rohilla War of 1773–1774
• Ring fence policy
• Founded Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University)
• Creation of collector post
• The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment. (As a
consequence of his involvement in First Rohilla War)
• Experimentation on land settlements. (1772-five years settlement,
changed to 1 year in 1776)
• English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins
• Established lower courts and appellate courts
• Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793
Cornwallis
• 3rd Anglo-Mysore war (1790–92)
(1786–1793)
• Introduction of Civil Services in India
• Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Benares established by Johnathan Duncan
John Shore • Policy of Non-intervention
(1793–1798) • Second Rohilla War 1794
• Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance (1798)
Wellesley
• Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799
(1798–1805)
• Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–05)
George Barlow • Sepoy mutiny at Vellore (The prelude to the First War of Independence
(1805–1807) of India)
The Lord Minto
• Treaty of Amritsar, 1809 with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
(1807–1813)
• Ended the policy of Non-intervention
• Third Anglo-Maratha War (1816–1818)
• Treaty of Sugauli (1816)
• Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818
The Marquess of
• Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras (1820)
Hastings
• Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India (1822)
(1813–1823)
• Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817
• The Pindari War (1817–1818) (Complete Destruction of the Pindari Clan
of India)
• General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823
Amherst • First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26)
(1823–1828) • Treaty of Yandabo, 1826

 Governors-General of India, 1833–1858

• Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829
• Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab And Western UP.
Lord William • Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act 1833 (Christian Missionaries get
Bentinck Exclusive rights to spread Christianity in British India which included the
(1828–1835) present day Pakistan)
• Kol Rebellion in 1831
• English Education Act 1835
Metcalfe
• Known as Liberator of India Press
(1835–1836)
• Tripartite Treaty in 1838 between British, Shah Shuja and Maharaja Ranjit
Singh against Dost Muhammad Khan.
• The First Anglo Afghan War(1840–1842) (British Army massacred by the
The Earl of
strong Afghan army and militia during the 1842 Retreat from Kabul-
Auckland
worst British Military disaster)
George Eden
• Bank of Bombay (1840) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now
(1836–1842)
State Bank of India)
• First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839
• Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839
Henry Hardinge • The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46): Treaty of Lahore(1846)
(1844–1848) • Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847
• Bethune Collegiate School (1849) (was also known as Calcutta Female
School) was established by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune
• Establishment of summer capital at Shimla
• Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) (The sole aim of Dalhousie was to
humiliate and annex more of Burmese Territories. Burma was attacked
unprovoked)
• First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour to Calcutta.
(1851)
Dalhousie
• Post Office Act, 1854
(1848–1856)
• Established Public Works Department (1854)
• The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) (The British totally defeats the
Sikh Empire)
• 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
• Banned Female Infanticide completely and Human Sacrifice in Central
province, Odisha and Maharashtra
Canning • Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
(1856–1858) • University of Calcutta, University of Bombay, and University of Madras
were set up in 1857

 Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947

• System of Budget introduced
• Formation of Imperial Civil Services
• Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60
Canning • Enactment of Indian Penal Code in 1860
(1858–1862) • Indian Councils Act 1861
• Indian civil service act 1861
• Establishment of Archaeological Survey of India
• Introduced Portfolio System which gave foundation for Cabinet System
Sir John • Bhutan War (1864–65)
Lawrence • The Tabernacle of New Dispensation, a new Church established by
(1864–1869) Keshub Chandra Sen
• Started the Census.
The Earl of Mayo
• Started Financial decentralization
(1869–1872)
• Keshub Chandra Sen establishes Indian Reform Association
The Lord
• Jyotiba Phule launches The Satyashodhak Samaj in Maharashtra in 1873
Northbrook
• Kuka rebellion led by ram Singh in Punjab
(1872–1876)
• Great Famine of 1876–1878
• decreased the maximum age of ICS from 21 to 19
• Famine commission under Starchy was appointed by him
• Deccan agrarian relief act was passed in 1876
The Lord Lytton • Vernacular Press Act, 1878
(1876–1880) • Arms Act, 1878
• Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878–80)
• 1st Delhi Durbar out of 3
• Royal Titles Act, 1876 by which Queen Victoria assumed the title of
'Empress of India'
• First Factory Act (1881)
• Negotiable Instruments Act (1881)
• Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882)
• Ilbert Bill (1883)
Ripon
• Foundation of Punjab university
(1880–1884)
• Government resolution on local self-government (1882)
• Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Hunter
• First complete Census
• Father of local self-government in India (Ripon's Resolution of 1882)
• Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)
The Earl of
• Bengal tenancy act 1885
Dufferin
• INC was called a "microscopic minority" by Dufferin
(1884–1888)
• Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
• 1891, age of consent act in which the marriage of below 12 years girl is
The Marquess of
prohibited
Lansdowne
• Factory Act 1891
(1888–1894)
• Setting up of Durand Commission in 1893

 • Indian famine of 1896–97

• Establishment of Ramkrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur
Math in 1897
The Earl of Elgin • Santhal uprisings 1899
(1894–1899) • Munda uprisings 1899
• Lyall commission appointed after famine
• plague spread in Bombay
• Assassination of two British officials by the chapekar brothers 1897
• 2nd Delhi Durbar out of 3 (1903)
• Appointment of Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer
• Appointment of Raleigh University Commission (1902)
• Famine commission under Macdonell
• new department commerce and industry was established
The Lord Curzon • Created the Northwestern frontier province
(1899–1905) • PUSA agriculture institute in 1903
• Passing of Indian Universities Act 1904
• Benaras Hindu Girl's School was established by Annie Besant in 1904
• He said, "India is the pivot of our Empire.... If the Empire loses any
other part of its Dominion we can survive, but if we lose India, the sun of
our Empire will have set."
• Establishment of Muslim League by Aga Khan III (1906)
Minto
• Indian Press Act, 1910
(1905–1910)
• Jamsetji Tata established TISCO in 1907
• Third Delhi Durbar (1911)
• Gandhiji came back to India from South Africa in 1915
The Lord • Bomb was thrown at him near Chandni chowk but escaped unhurt
Hardinge • Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911)
(1910–1916) • Partition of Bengal to form Bihar province (1912)
• McMahon border line was created between India and China in 1914
• Ghadar Mutiny (1915)
• Formation of Indian Home Rule Movement (1916)
• Lucknow Pact (1916)
Chelmsford • Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919)
(1916–1921) • Saddler commission on education reforms
• Rowlatt Act (1919)
• Imperial Bank of India (now State Bank of India established in 1921)
• Malabar rebellion (also known as Moplah Rebellion), first Ethnic
Rebellion (1921)
• Non-cooperation movement (1921–22)
Reading • Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati University in 1921
(1921–1926) • Lee commission for public services
• RSS founded in 1925
• Royal commission on agriculture
• Chauri Chaura incident (1922)

 • Simon Commission (1928)

• Nehru Report (1928)
• Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (1928)
• Fourteen Points of Jinnah (1929)
• Purna Swaraj declaration (1929)
• Salt March (1930)
The Lord Irwin
• Dharasana Satyagraha (1930)
(1926–1931)
• First Round Table Conferences (1930)
• Allahabad Address (1930)
• Chittagong armoury raid in 1930
• Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931)
• Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar
(1931)
• Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932
Willingdon
• Pakistan Declaration (1933)
(1931–1936)
• Foundation of Congress Socialist Party in 1934
• Indian provincial elections (1937)
• Indian entry into World War II (1939)
• Day of Deliverance (1939)
• Lahore Resolution (1940)
Linlithgow
• Cripps Mission (1942)
(1936–1943)
• Formation of Indian Legion (1942)
• Quit India movement (1942)
• Formation of Indian National Army (1942)
• Bengal famine (1943)
• C. R. formula (1944)
• Simla Conference (1945)
Wavell • Cabinet Mission (1946)
(1943–1947) • Direct Action Day (1946)
• Interim Government was formed in 1946
• Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946)