List of All Governor General of India
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List of All Governor General of India
List Of All Governor Generals Of India Year Wise
Here is the list of governor generals of India before and after Independence.
Governor General Of India List With Year
Year Of Governor General of
Major Reforms & Events
Service India
End to the dual system of administration
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was
Warren Hastings (First
1772-1785 Governor General of established
India)
First English translation of Bhagavad Gita
Establishment of Appellate courts and lower-grade courts
Establishment of Sanskrit college
1786-1793 Lord Cornwallis
Introduction of Permanent Settlement and Civil Services
He followed the Policy of Non-intervention in the Battle of
1793-1798 Sir John Shore Kharda.
Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System
Fourth Anglo- Mysore war and the Treaty of Bassein
Second Anglo–Maratha war
1798-1805 Lord Wellesley
Establishment of Madras presidency
Establishing Fort William College at Calcutta
The Acting Governor-General of India until the arrival of
Lord Minto,
Diminished the area of British territory because of his passion
1805-1807 Sir George Barlow
for economy and retrenchment,
The Mutiny of Vellore took place in 1806
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Concluded the treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
in 1809,
1807-1813 Lord Minto I
Introduced the Charter Act of 1813
The policy of Non-intervention came to an end
third Anglo-Maratha war
Abolition of Peshwaship
1813-1823 Lord Hastings Establishment of the Ryotwari System in Madras (By
Thomas Munroe) and Bombay
Mahalwari system in north-western Provinces and Bombay
The annexation of Assam led to the first Burmese War of
1824
1823-1828 Lord Amherst
The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824
First Governor-General of India (Charter Act of 1833 made
Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India.)
1828-1835
Abolition of Sati
(Governor Lord William Bentinck Suppression of Thugee, infanticide, and child sacrifices.
General of India
English Education Act of 1835
in 1829)
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Liberator of the Indian press
1835-1836 Lord Charles Metcalfe detached all restraints on an open press
Dedicated himself to the improvement of native schools and
the expansion of the commercial industry of India
1836-1842 Lord Auckland
The first Anglo-Afghan war
Sindh was annexed
1842-1844 Lord Ellenborough
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)
1844-1848 Lord Hardinge I
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introduced the ‘Doctrine of Lapse‘
Doctrine of Good
Charles Wood Dispatch
Post Office Act, 1854
1st Railway line connecting Bombay and Thane
Established engineering college in Roorkee
1848 to 1856 Lord Dalhousie (Governor Second Anglo-Sikh War
General of India)
First telegraph line
Establishment of the Public Works Department
Abolition of titles and pensions.
Started Competitive examination for Indian Civil Services
Widow Remarriage Act
Three universities at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay 1857
were established
1856-1857
The Revolt of 1857 took place
(Governor
Lord Canning Note – Post-1857 Revolt, the Governor General of India was
General of
India during made Viceroy of British India and Canning became the first
1857)
Viceroy of India/British India.
Queen Victoria's Proclamation (on 1 November 1858)
and The Government of India Act, of 1858
A system of Budget was introduced
Formation of Imperial Civil Services
Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60
White mutiny by the European troops in 1859
1858- 1862 The Viscount Canning Enactment of the Indian Penal Code in 1860
Indian High Courts Act 1861
Indian Councils Act, 1861
Indian Civil Service Act, 1861
Police Act, 1861
Establishment of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1861.
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Introduced Portfolio System which gave the foundation for
Cabinet System
Establishment of Calcutta High Court (2 July), Bombay High
Court (14 August), and Madras High Court (15 August) in
1862- 1863 The Earl of Elgin 1862
Wahabi movement suppressed
He was an Acting Governor and temporarily posted for the new
21st Nov - 2nd
Robert Napier
December Governor to arrive.
2nd December He was an Acting Governor and temporarily posted for the new
1863 - 12th William Denison
Governor to arrive.
January 1864
Jyotiba Phule launched The Satyashodhak Samaj in
Maharashtra in 1873 against the caste system and
Untouchability.
Dramatic Performances Act, 1876
He suppressed the Kuka rebellion in Punjab led by Ram
Singh in 1872
3rd May 1872 - Trial of Gaekwad of Baroda in 1874
The Lord Northbrook
12th April 1876 Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by Sir
Syed Ahmed Khan (1875)
Prince of Wales Edward VII visited India in 1875
He resigned in 1876, being asked by the British Prime
Minister Benjamin Disraeli to make a treaty with the Emir of
Afghanistan Sher Ali Khan
Royal Titles Act, 1876 by which Queen Victoria assumed the
12 April title of 'Empress of India'
1876 - 8th June The Lord Lytton 1st Delhi Durbar (out of 3) in 1877
Great Famine of 1876–1878 and a Famine Commission was
1880
constituted under Richard Strachey in 1878
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Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Arms Act, 1878
Decreased the maximum age of appearing in civil
services from 21 to 19
Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878–80)
The Treaty of Gandamak signed in 1879
First Factory Act (1881)
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act in 1882
Ilbert Bill (1883)
Establishment of Panjab University in 1882
Government resolution on local self-government (1882)
8th June1880 -
13th December The Marquess of Ripon Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William
1884
Wilson Hunter in 1882
The first complete Census in India was in 1881
He passed Famine codes in 1883
Increased the maximum age of appearing in civil
services from 18 to 21
Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)
Bengal Tenancy Act (1885)
Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885)
1884 - 1888 The Earl of Dufferin
In 1886, Burma was made a province of India,
with Rangoon as its capital
Age of Consent Act, of 1891 was passed to prohibit the
marriages of a girl child under the age of 12
Indian Council Act 1892
The Marquess of
1884 - 1894 Second Factory Act 1891
Lansdowne
Setting up of Durand Commission in 1893 (India-
Afghanistan)
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Indian famine of 1896–1897
Spread of Bubonic plague in Bombay (1896)
Establishment of the Ramakrishna Mission by Swami
1894- 1899 The Earl of Elgin Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897
The assassination of two British officials (Walter Charles
Rand and Ayerst) by the Chapekar brothers in 1897
Indian famine of 1899–1900
Munda (Ulgulan) rebellion led by Birsa Munda in 1899–1900
Department of Agriculture was constituted in 1901
The Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa in Bihar was
established in 1905
Partition of Bengal (1905)
Appointment of Raleigh University Commission
(1902) (Indian Universities Act, 1904 was passed as per the
recommendation of this commission)
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904
The Lord Curzon of Official Secrets Act 1904 to curb free press
1899 - 1905
Kedleston Second Delhi Durbar (out of 3) in 1903
Appointment of Police Commission under Sir Andrew
Frazer in 1902
Creation of North-West Frontier Province in 1901
Swadeshi Movement (1905–1911) against Partition of
Bengal by Lal Bal Pal-Aurbindo Ghosh)
Benaras Hindu Girls School (Kanya Vidyalaya) was
established by Annie Besant in 1904
Younghusband's expedition to Tibet under Francis
Younghusband in 1903–04
Morley–Minto reforms 1909, or the Indian Councils Act 1909
Split in Congress in 1907 (in Surat session)
1905- 1910 The Earl of Minto
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha became the first Indian member to
be appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council
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Seditious Meetings (prohibition) Act 1907 to curb the
extremist movement
Establishment of the Muslim League by Aga Khan
III and Khwaja Salimullah (Nawab of Dhaka) in 1906
Foundation of Jugantar revolutionary group in Bengal (1906)
Indian Press Act, 1910
Jamsetji Tata established TISCO in 1907
the foundation stone of 'The Victoria Memorial' was laid in
1906
Newspapers Act 1908
Third Delhi Durbar (1911)
Annulment of Partition of Bengal by King George V in 1911
Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911)
Partition of Bengal to form Bihar and Orissa province (1912)
World War I (1914–18)
Komagata Maru incident (1914)
The McMahon border line was created between India and
The Lord Hardinge of
1910 - 1916 China in 1914
Penshurst
Ghadar Mutiny (1915)
Mahatma Gandhi came back to India from South Africa in
1915
Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan
Malviya (1915)
Foundation of Banaras Hindu University in 1916
Formation of the Indian Home Rule movement by Bal
Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant (1916)
The First Women's University (SNDT Women's University)
1916 - 1921 The Lord Chelmsford at Pune was founded by Dhondo Keshav Karve (1916)
Lucknow Pact (1916) (between Indian National
Congress and Muslim League)
Champaran Satyagraha (1917), the first satyagraha movement
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led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India
August Declaration, 1917
Saddler University Commission or Calcutta Commission
(1917)
Kheda Satyagraha of 1918
Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms (1919)
Government of India Act 1919
Rowlatt Act (1919)
Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919)
Khilafat Movement (1919–20) (later merged with the Non-
cooperation movement in 1920)
Non-cooperation movement (1920–22)
Foundation of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920
Imperial Bank of India (now State Bank of India established
in 1921)
Malabar Rebellion (also known as Moplah Rebellion), the
first Ethnic Rebellion (1921)
Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati University in
1921
Chauri Chaura incident (1922) and withdrawal of the Non-
cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi
Formation of the Swaraj Party in 1923
Appointment of Lee Commission in 1923 on public services
1921 - 1926 The Earl of Reading
reforms
The railway budget was separated from the general
budget since 1924 (this tradition continued till 2016)
Kakori train robbery in 1925
Foundation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by K. B.
Hedgewar in 1925
Foundation of the Communist Party of India in Kanpur in
1925
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Annulment of Press Act of 1910 and Rowlatt Act of 1919
Simon Commission (1928)
Nehru Report (1928)
Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (1928)
Fourteen Points of Jinnah (1929)
Purna Swaraj Declaration (1929)
Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929)
Bombing in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April
1929 by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt
"Deepavali Declaration" on 31 October 1929 (to grant India
dominion status in due course)
Appointment of "Hartog Committee" (1929) to survey the
1926 - 1936 The Lord Irwin
growth of education in British India
Launching of the Civil disobedience movement with Salt
March (1930)
Dharasana Satyagraha (1930)
First Round Table Conferences (1930)
Allahabad Address by Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1930)
Chittagong armory raid in 1930
Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931)
Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev
Thapar (1931)
Second Round Table Conference (1931)
Announcement of Communal Award by Ramsay
MacDonald (1932)
Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in
1931 - 1936 The Earl of Willingdon
1932
Third Round Table Conference (1932)
Pakistan Declaration (1933)
Foundation of Congress Socialist Party in 1934
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Government of India Act 1935
Formation of All India Kisan Sabha in 1936
The Reserve Bank of India was established by passing The
Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.
Indian provincial elections (1937)
Indian entry into World War II (1939)
Day of Deliverance (1939)
Formation of All India Forward Bloc (1939)
Lahore Resolution (1940)
The Marquess of August Offer (1940)
1936 - 1943
Linlithgow Cripps Mission (1942)
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)
WW II ended (1945)
Indian National Army (INA) trials in 1945-1946
1943 - 1947 The Viscount Wavell Cabinet Mission (1946)
Direct Action Day (16 August 1946)
Interim Government was formed in 1946
Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946)
After Independence
Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed on 18 July 1947.
Radcliffe Commission was appointed under the chairmanship
The Viscount
21st February -
Mountbatten of of Cyril Radcliffe to demarcate the borderline of Bengal
15th August
Burma
Presidency and Punjab Province
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The Viscount First Governor-General of Independent India
15th August 1947 -
Mountbatten of
21 June 1948
Burma
The last Governor-General of India, before the office, was
21 June 1948 - 26th Chakravarti
permanently abolished in 1950.
January 1950 Rajagopalachari
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