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British Governor Generals/Viceroys

Name Year Work
Warren Hastings 1774 - First Governor General
1785 in
India. (He was the
appointed
as the Governor
General of
Fort William, but he
exercised
control over East India
Company officials all
over
India.) He was
impeached in
England for his wrong-
doings,
namely The Rohilla
War, Trial
and execution of Nand
Kumar,
Case of Raja Chait
Singh and
Begums of Oudh.
Lord Cornwallis 1786 - Permanent Settlement,
1793 an
agreement between the
East
India Company and
Bengali
landlords to fix
revenues to be
raised from land was
introduced during his
period.
Lord Wellesley 1798 - He introduced the
1825 Subsidiary
Alliance, under which
the
Indian ruler agreed to
keep

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British forces in his

territory.
The first state to accept
the
Subsidiary Alliance was
the
State of Hyderabad.
Lord William 1828 - First to be designated
Bentick 1835 as the
Governor General of
India in
1828. He outlawed the
practice
of Sati and also
introduced
English education in
India
Lord Dalhousie 1848 - He introduced the
1856 infamous
'Doctrine of Lapse'. He
also
brought Railways and
Telegraph to India. He
is also
known as the maker of
modern India.
Lord Canning 1856 - He was the Governor
1862 General
during the mutiny of
1857. He
was appointed the first
Viceroy
after the war.
Lord Mayo 1869 - He was the Viceroy of
1872 India,
who was killed by a
convict in
the Andaman Islands.
The first
census of India was
conducted
which did not however
include

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some territories in
India.
1876 - The Delhi durbar or the
Lord Lytton 1880 Imperial Durbar in
which
Queen Victoria was
proclaimed
Kaisar-i-Hind was held
during
his period on 01 Jan
1877.
Lord Rippon 1880 - He introduced the dual
1884 system
of governance. The first
complete and
synchronous
census of British
Territories in
India was conducted in
1881
during his period. He
was also
associated with Ilbert
Bill
which sought to allow
Indian
judges to try British
offenders.
He is hailed as the
Father of
Local Self Government
in
India.
Lord Dufferin 1884 - The Indian National
1888 Congress
was formed during his
period.
Lord Curzon 1899 - Partition of Bengal and
1905 launch
of Swadeshi Movement
Lord Hardinge 1910 - The Capital of India
1916 was
shifted from Calcutta to
Delhi

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during his tenure in

1911.
George V, the King of
England
visited India to attend
the
Delhi durbar in 1911.
An
assassination attempt
was
made on his life by
Rash Bihari
Bose and others.
Lord Chelmsford 1916 - The Jallianwala Bagh
1921 tragedy
of 1919 occured during
his
period. Montague
Chelmsford
reforms, Rowlatt Act,
Khilafat
movement are other
events
associated with his
period
Lord Reading 1921 - Chauri Chaura incident
1926 occurred during his
period.
Mahatma Gandhi was
imprisoned for the first
time in
India.
Lord Irwin 1926 - His period is associated
1931 with
First Round Table
Conference,
Simon Commission,
Gandhi
Irwin pact and the
famous
Dandi March.
Lord Willingdon 1931 - Second and Third
1936 Round Table

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Conferences were held

during
his period. Communal
award
was given by British PM
Ramsay Macdonald and
the
Poona Pact between
Mahatma
Gandhi and Dr.
Ambedkar was
signed during his
period.
Lord Linlithgow 1936 - Cripps Mission visited
1943 India
and the Quit India
resolution
was passed during his
tenure.
Lord Wavell 1943 - Shimla conference and
1947 Cabinet
mission are associated
with his
period.

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