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List of Viceroys in India
List of Viceroys in India
List of Viceroys in India
This article consists of the list of viceroys in India from 1858 to 1947. The title of viceroy was introduced
post the battle of 1857. The British government witnessed the mismanagement by the East India company
and therefore the government introduced a representative head titled as the Viceroy of India.
Lord Elgin II 1894 – ● First British Officer called Rands was killed.
1899 ● He was killed by Chapekar (Ramkrishna & Damodar)
Brothers. This was the first political murder.