India

(The coverage of the precolonial history of India is soon to be further expanded)

Moghul Empire 1526, annexation by Great Britain as "British India" 1858, British
monarch becomes "Emperor of India" 01.01.1877, Independent Monarchy
15.08.1947, Republic 26.11.1949/26.01.1950

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(Moghul emperors)

27.04.1526-
Babur (1483-1530)
26.12.1530

28.12.1530-
  Humajun (1508-1556)
17.05.1540
  Sher Shah 1540-1545
  Islam Shah 1545-1555
  Adil Shah 1554-1555
23.07.1555-
  Humajun (2nd time)
27.01.1556

14.02.1556-
Akbar the Great (1542-1605)
26.10.1605

03.11.1605-
Dschahangir (1569-1627)
28.10.1627

11.1627-
  Dawar Baksh (-1627)
31.12.1627

24.02.1628-
Schah Dschahan (1592-1666)
26.06.1658

26.06.1658-
Aurangzeb (=Alamgir I) (1618-1707)
02.03.1707

27.04.1707-
  Alam I. (=Bahadur I) (1643-1712)
28.02.1712
  Farruch Sijar (1687-01.03.1719 21.01.1713-
 13.02.1713
01.03.1719-
  Rafi ad Daradschat (1704-1719)
08.06.1719
08.06.1719-
  Daschahan II (1702-)
07.09.1719
29.09.1719-
  Mohammed Nasir (1701-1748)
23.04.1748
  Ahmad Bahadur (1725-1775) 1748-1754
  Alamgir II (1688-1759) 1754-1759
  Dschahan II (2nd time) 1759
  Dschahan III 1759
Jalal ad-Din Abu´l Mozaffar Mohammad Shah `Alam
  1759-10.11.1806
Padshah "Ham-e Din" (1728-1806)
Mo`in ad-Din Abu´n Nasr Mohammad Akbar Padshah 10.11.1806-
 
Saheb Qiran-e Sani 29.09.1837
Seraj ad-Din Abu´l Mozaffar Mohammad Bahadur Shah 29.09.1837-
 
Padshah 23.03.1858

(Empress and Emperors of British-India)

Victoria (1819-1901) since 1877 as

01.11.1858-22.01.1901
Empress

Edward VII (1841-1910) 22.01.1901-06.05.1910

George V (1865-1936) 06.05.1910-20.01.1936

Edward VIII (1894-1972) 20.01.1936-11.12.1936

 George VI (1895-1952), since 1948
11.12.1936-26.01.1950
without the titulation as "emperor"

(Viceroys and Governors-General (since 15.08.1947))

01.11.1858-
  Charles John Canning, Viscount Canning (1812-1862)
21.03.1862
21.03.1862-
  James Bruce, Earl of Elgin (1811-1863)
21.11.1863
21.11.1863-
  Sir Robert Cornelis Napier (1810-1890)
02.12.1863
02.12.1863-
  Sir William Thomas Denison (1804-1871)
12.01.1864
12.01.1864-
  Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence (1811-1879)
12.01.1869
12.01.1869-
  Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of Mayo (1822-1872)
09.02.1872
09.02.1872-
  Sir John Strachey (1823-1907)
23.02.1872
24.02.1872-
  Francis Napier, Baron of Ettrick (1819-1898)
03.05.1872
Thomas George Baring, Viscount Baring of Lee (1826- 03.05.1872-
 
1904) 12.04.1876
12.04.1876-
  Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton (1831-1891)
08.06.1880
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of 08.06.1880-
 
Ripon (b. 1827 - d. 1909) 13.12.1884
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of 13.12.1884-
 
Dufferin (1826-1902) 10.12.1888
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne 10.12.1888-
 
(1845-1927) 11.10.1894
11.10.1894-
  Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of Elgin (1849-1917)
06.01.1899
06.01.1899-
  George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925)
18.11.1905
  Gilbert John Elliot-Murray- Kynynmound, Earl of 18.11.1905-
 Minto (1845-1914) 23.11.1910
Charles Hardinge, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858- 23.11.1910-
 
1944) 04.04.1916
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford 04.04.1916-
 
(1868-1933) 02.04.1921
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, Baron Reading of Erleigh (1860- 02.04.1921-
 
1935) 10.04.1925
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl 10.04.1925-
 
of Lytton (1876-1947) 03.04.1926
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Baron Irwin (1881- 03.04.1926-
 
1959) 29.06.1929
George Joachim Goschen, Viscount Goschen of 29.06.1929-
 
Hawkhurst (1866-1952) 18.04.1936
George Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Earl of Willingdon 18.04.1931-
 
(1866-1941) 18.04.1936
Victor Alexander John Hope, Marquess of Linlithgow 18.04.1936-
 
(1887-1952) 01.10.1943

Archibald Percival Wavell, Viscount Wavell (1883- 01.10.1943-

1950) 21.02.1947

Louis Francis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of 21.02.1947-

Burma (1900-1979) 15.08.1948

15.08.1948-
Chhakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1878-1972)
26.01.1950

(Presidents)

Radjendra Prasad (1884-1963) 26.01.1950-13.05.1962

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 13.05.1962-13.05.1967

 Zakir Hussein (1897-1969) 13.05.1967-03.05.1969

Vaharagiri V. Giri (1894-1980) 24.08.1969-24.08.1974

Fakruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977) 24.08.1974-11.02.1977

  Basappa Danappa Jatti 11.02.1977-25.03.1977

Neelam Sanjavi Reddy (1913) 25.03.1977-25.07.1982

Giani Zail Singh (1916) 25.07.1982-25.07.1987

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910) 25.07.1987-25.07.1992

Shaukar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) 25.07.1992-25.07.1997

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1920-2005) 25.07.1997-27.07.2002

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931) 25.07.2002-25.07.2007

Pratibha Patil (1934)  25.07.2007-

      

(Prime Ministers)

Jawaharal Nehru (1889-1964) 15.08.1947-27.05.1964

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) 09.06.1964-11.01.1966

Indira Ghandhi (1917-1984) 24.01.1966-24.03.1977

Morarji Desai (1897) 24.03.1977-15.07.1979

Charan Singh (1903-1987) 28.07.1979-10.01.1980

Indira Ghandhi (2nd time) 14.01.1980-31.10.1984

Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) 31.10.1984-29.11.1989

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931) 29.11.1989-07.11.1990

Chandra Shekar (1927-2007) 10.11.1990-16.05.1991

 Pamulaparpi Venkata Narasimha Rao
21.06.1991-16.05.1996
(1921-2004)

Atal Behari Vajpayee (1926) 16.05.1996-28.05.1996

Dewe Gowda 01.06.1996-21.04.1997

Inder Kumar Gujral (1919) 21.04.1997-18.03.1998

Atal Behari Vajpayee (2nd time) 19.03.1998-22.05.2004

Manmohan Singh (1932) 22.05.2004-