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Governor-General Time Period Significant Events

Warren Hastings 1773-1785 Regulating Act 1773, Pitt’s

India Act 1784, First
Maratha war(1775-1782),
Second Mysore War (1780-
1784)

Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793 Third Mysore War(1790-

92), Permanent Settlement
of Bengal 1793

Sir John Shore 1793-98 Charter Act of 1793

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805 Introduction of Subsidiary

Alliance System 1798,
Fourth Mysore War 1799,
Second Maratha War (1803-
1805)

Sir George Barlow 1805-1807 Vellore Mutiny 1806

Lord Minto I 1807 - 1813 Treaty of Amritsar with

Ranjit Singh 1809

Lord Hastings 1813-1823 Third Maratha War 1817-

1819, Establishment of
Ryotwari System by
Thomas Munro, governor of
Madras (1820)

Lord Amherst 1823-1828 First Burmese War (1824-

26)

Lord William Bentick 1828-35 Abolition Of Sati(1829),

Charter Act of 1833,
Introduction of English as

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the Official language,

Lord Metcalfe 1835-36 New Press Law removing

restrictions on the press

Lord Auckland 1836-1842 First Afghan War (1838-42)

Lord Ellenborough 1842-1844 Annexation Of Sindh

Lord Hardinge I 1844-48 First Anglo-Sikh War

(1845-46)

Abolition of Female
infanticide & Human
Sacrifice

Lord Dalhousie 1848-56 Second Anglo Sikh

War(1848-49), Introduction
of Doctrine of Lapse,
Wood’s Educational
Despatch, Laying down of
first railway line connecting
Bombay and Thane in 1853,
Widow Remarriage Act
1856.

Lord Canning 1856-57 Establishment of three

Universities at Calcutta,
Bombay & Madras, Revolt
1857

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Viceroy Time Period Significant Events

Lord Canning 1858-62 Transfer of control from

East India Company to the
Crown, Government of India
Act 1858, Indian Councils
Act 1861
Lord Elgin I 1862-63 Wahabi Movement
Lord John Lawrence 1864-69 High Courts at Calcutta,
Bombay & Madras werw
set up
Lord Mayo 1869-72 Establishment of Statistical
Survey Of India,
Department of Agriculture
and Commerce
Lord Northbrook 1872-76 Kuka Movement in Punjab,
Prince of Wales visit in
1875
Lord Lytton 1876-1880 Famine of 1876-78, Royal
Titles Act 1878, The
Vernacular Press Act 1878,
The Arms Act 1878, The
Second Afghan War (1878-
1880)
Lord Ripon 1880-84 Repeal of the Vernacular
Press Act (1882),
Appointment of Education
Commission under Sir
William Hunter(1882), The
Ilbert Bill Controversy
(1883-84)
Lord Dufferin 1884-88 Establishment of Indian
National Congress
Lord Lansdowne 1888-94 Indian Councils Act 1892,

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Setting up Durand
Commission to define the
Durand line
Lord Elgin II 1894-99 Two British officials
assassinated by Chapekar
brothers
Lord Curzon 1899-1905 Partition of Bengal, Indian
Universities Act 1904,
Calcutta Corporation Act
1899, Police Commission
under Andrew Frazer
Lord Minto II 1905-1910 Split in the Congress in the
annual session of
1907,Establishment of
Muslim league by Agha
Khan 1906
Lord Hardinge II 1910-16 Transfer of capital from
calcutta to Delhi 1911,
Coronation Durbar of King
George V in Delhi 1911
Lord Chelmsford 1916-21 Formation of Home rule
league by Annie Beasant
and Tilak(1916), Lucknow
Pact, GOI Act 1919, Rowlatt
Act 1919, Jallianawala Bagh
Massacre 1919, Death of
Tilak Aug 1, 1920, launch of
Non-cooperation & Khilafat
Movement
Lord Readind 1921-1926 Chauri-Chaura incident,
Kerala Mophla rebellion,
Repeal of Rowlatt Act 1919,
Establishment Of Swarajya
Party by C.R.Das & Motilal

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Nehru 1922, Kakori train

robbery, Holding of
Simultaneous examinations
for ICS both in Delhi and
London from 1923
Lord Irwin 1926-1931 Simon Commission arrival
to India, Murder of
Saunders , the assistant
superintendent of police of
Lahore, Dandi March 1930,
Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931, 1st
Round Table Conference
Lord Willingdon 1931-36 2nd & 3rd Round Table
Conference, announcement
of communal award 1932,
Burma separated from India
1935.
Lord Linlithgow 1936-44 First General Elections
1936-37, formation of
Forward Bloc 1939, August
Offer 1940 by the Viceroy,
Cripps Proposals, Quit India
Movement.
Lord Wavell 1944-47 C.Rajagopalachari Formula,
Cabinet Mission 1946,
Announcement of end of
British rule in India by
Clement Atlee on Feb 20,
1947
Lord Mountbatten 1947-48 June third plan, Cyril
Radcliffe Commission,
Indian Independence Bill in
the House of Commons

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