Chief Agents (1681-1684)

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September 3, 1681 - July 17, 1684: William Hedges (1632-1701) July 17, 1684 - 1685: John Beard

Presidents (1684-1694)
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August 8, 1684 - January 26, 1685: William Gyfford January 26, 1685 - January 10, 1693: Job Charnock January 10, 1693 - August 12, 1693: Francis Ellis (acting) August 1693 - January 1694: Charles Eyre

Chief Agents (1694-1700)

1. 2. 3.

Jan 1694 - 1698: Charles Eyre 1698 - Dec 1699: John Beard Dec 1699 - 26 May 1700: Charles Eyre

Presidents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

17001701: Charles Eyre 17011705: John Bead 1705: Edward Littleton 17051710: Ruled by a council 17101711: Anthony Weltden 17111713: John Russell 17131718: Robert Hedges 17181723: Samuel Flake 17231726: John Deane 17261728: Henry Frankland 1728: Edward Stephenson

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17281732: John Deane 17321739: John Stackhouse 17391746: Thomas Broddyll 17461748: John Forster 17481749: William Barwell 17491752: Adam Dawson 1752: William Fytche 17521756: Roger Drake

Under the leadership of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British troops and their local allies defeated the nawab on 23 June 1757 at the Battle of Plassey. The nawab was assassinated in Murshidabad, and the British installed their own replacement. Clive became governor.

Governors, 1757-1854
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17571760: Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive 17601764: Henry Vansittart 17651766: Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive 17671769: Harry Verelst 17691772: John Cartier [1] 17721774: Warren Hastings 17741786: 17861793: Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis 17971805: Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley 1805: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis 18481854: James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie

Under the Charter Act 1853 the Governor General of India was relieved of his concurrent duties as Governor of Bengal and empowered to appoint a lieutenantgovernor from 1854.

Lieutenant-Governors 1854-1912
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

18541859: Frederick James Halliday 18591862: John Grant 18621866: Sir Cecil Beadon 18661871: Sir William Grey 18711874: George Campbell 18741877: Sir Richard Temple 18771879: Sir Ashley Eden 18791882: Steuart Bayley 18821885: Sir Augustus Thompson 18851887: Horace Cockerell 18871890: Sir Steuart Bayley 18901893: Sir Charles Elliot 18931895: Anthony MacDonnell 18951897: Alexander Mackenzie 18971898: Sir Charles Stevens 18981902: Sir John Woodburn 19021903: James Bourdillon 19031906: Sir Andrew Fraser 1906: Lancelot Hare 19061908: Francis Slacke 19081911: Sir Edward Baker 19111912: Sir William Duke

Lieutenant Governors of Bihar and Orissa

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1912-1915: Sir Charles Stuart Bayley 1915-1918: Sir Edward Albert Gait 1918: Sir Edward Vere Levinge (acting) 1918-1920: Sir Edward Albert Gait

Governors of Bihar and Orissa

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1920 - 1921: Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha 1921 - 1922: Havilland Le Mesurier (acting) 1922 - 1927: Sir Henry Wheeler 1927 - 1932: Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson 1932 - 1936: Sir James David Sifton

Governors of Bihar
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sir James Sifton 1 April 1936 11 March 1937 11 March 1937 5 August 1939 9 January 1943 5 August 1939 9 January 1943 March 1943 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart Sir Thomas George Rutherford

Sir Francis Mudie (acting) March 1943 1944 Sir Thomas George Rutherford Sir Hugh Dow 1944 13 May 1946

13 May 1946 15 August 1947 15 August 1947 12 January 1948 5 July 1957 11 January 1948 14 June 1952

Jairamdas Daulatram Madhav Shrihari Aney

R R Diwakar 15 January 1952

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Zakir Hussain

6 July 1957

11 May 1962

M. A. S. Ayyangar 12 May 1962 6 December 1967 Nityanand Kanungo Devkant Barooah 7 December 1967 20 January 1971

1 February 1971

4 February 1971 4 February 1973 15 June 1976

Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare

Jagannath Kaushal 16 June 1976 31 January 1979 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 20 September 1979 15 March 1985 P. Venkatasubbaiah Govind Narain Singh R.D. Pradhan 15 March 1985 26 February 1988 25 February 1988 24 January 1989

29 January 1989

2 February 1989 2 February 1990 13 February 1991 13 August 1993

Jagannath Pahadia 3 March 1989 Mohammad Saleem

16 February 1990

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 19 March 1991 A R Kidwai 14 August 1993 S S Bhandari 27 April 1998 26 April 1998

15 March 1999

V. C. Pande 23 November 1999 12 June 2003 M R Jois Buta Singh 12 June 2003 31 October 2004 5 November 2004 29 January 2006 21 June 2006

Gopalkrishna Gandhi R. S. Gavai

31 January 2006

22 June 2006 10 July 2008

R. L. Bhatia 10 July 2008 23 July 2009 Devanand Konwar 24 July 2009 present