List of Viceroys and Governor-Generals

Name Portrait Term of office Happenings Appointer

(Birth–Death)

Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833

 Regulating Act of
1773
 Supreme Council
Of Bengal
 Asiatic Society of
Bengal
 Stopped Mughal
pension to Shah
Alam II
 Stopped Diarchy in
Bengal
 New Sanskrit
School by Jonathan
Deccan
 Moved Treasury
from Murshidabad East India
20 October to Calcutta Company
1773  Bengal Gazette-
Warren Hastings (originally 1 February First Indian
(1772–1818) joined on 1785 newspaper
28 April published
1772)  First Anglo-
(1773–1858)
Maratha War
(1775–82)
 Second Anglo-
Mysore war (1780–
84)
 First Rohilla
War of 1773–1774
 Second Rohilla War
1779
 Experimentation on
land settlements.
(1772-five years
settlement, changed
to 1 year in 1776)
 English Translation
of Bhagwat Gita[2]
John Macpherson 12
1 February
(acting) September
(1745–1821)
1785
1786

 Established lower
courts and appellate
courts
 Permanent
Settlement in
Charles 12 28 Bihar and Bengal
Cornwallis, The September October in 1793
Earl Cornwallis[3] 1786 1793  3rd Mysore war
(1738–1805)
 Introduction of
Cornwallis Code
 Introduction of
Civil Services in
India

 Policy of Non-
intervention
 Charter Act of 1793
John Shore 28 October 18 March
 Battle of
(1751–1834) 1793 1798
Kharda between
Nizam and
Marathas (1795)

Alured Clarke 18 March 18 May

(acting)
(1744–1832)
1793 1798

 Introduction of
Subsidiary
Alliance
 Fourth Anglo
Richard Mysore War 1799
Wellesley, Earl of 18 May 30 July
 Second Anglo-
Mornington [4] 1798 1805
Maratha War
(1760–1842)
(1803–05)
 Fort William
College at Calcutta
 Formation of
 Madras Presidency
in 1801

The Marquess 30 July 5 October

Cornwallis 1805 1805
(1738–1805)

George Barlow, Bt 10 October 31 July  Sepoy mutiny at

(acting)
(1762–1847)
1805 1807 Vellore

 Charter Act of 1813

 Treaty of
The Lord Minto 31 July 4 October
Amritsar,
(1751–1814) 1807 1813
1809 with Ranjit
Singh

 Ended the policy of

Non-intervention
 Third Anglo-
Maratha War
(1816-1818)
 1816,Treaty of
Francis Rawdon- Sagauli with Nepal
Hastings, The Earl  Creation of
of Moira 4 October 9 January
Bombay Presidency
[5] 1813 1823
in 1818
(1754–1826)  Establishment of
Ryotwari System in
Madras and
 Mahalwari System
in Central
India,Punjab And
Western UP.

John Adam 9 January 1 August

(acting)
(1779–1825)
1823 1823
  First Anglo-
The Lord Burmese War
1 August 13 March (1824–26)
Amherst[6] 1823 1828
(1773–1857)  Treaty of Yandabo,
1826

William
Butterworth 13 March 4 July
Bayley 1828 1828
(acting)
(1782–1860)
Governors-General of India, 1833–1858
 First Governor
General of India
 Bengal Sati
Regulation, 1829
 Charter Act, 1833
Lord William 20 March  Saint Helena Act
Bentinck 4 July 1828
1835 1833
(1774–1839)
 English Education
Act 1835
 Medical College
and Hospital,
Kolkata East India
Company

Charles Metcalfe,
Bt 20 March 4 March
(acting) 1835 1836
(1785–1846) (1773–1858)

The Lord 28
4 March
Auckland[7] February
1836
(1784–1849) 1842
 The Lord 28
Ellenborough February June 1844
(1790–1871) 1842

William
Wilberforce Bird 23 July
June 1844
(acting) 1844
(1784–1857)

 The First Anglo-

Sikh War (1845–
46)
Henry Hardinge[8] 23 July 12 January
 The Second Anglo-
(1785–1856) 1844 1848
Sikh War (1848–
49)
 Treaty of Lahore

 Doctrine of Lapse
 Charles Wood
Despatch
 Second Anglo-
Burmese War
(1852)
 First Railway line
connecting Bombay
and Thane
 First telegraph Line
was laid between
The Earl of 28
12 January Diamond Harbour
Dalhousie[9] February
1848 to Calcutta.
(1812–1860) 1856
 Post Office Act,
1854
 Hindu Widows'
Remarriage Act,
1856
 Established Public
Works Department
 Engineering
College was
established at
Roorkee
Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947
  University of
Bombay, Calcutta
and Madras were
set up in 1858
The Viscount 28  The revolt of 1857
21 March
Canning[10] February
1862  The Government
(1812–1862) 1856
of India Act, 1858
 Hindu Widows'
Remarriage Act,
1856

20
The Earl of Elgin 21 March
November
(1811–1863) 1862
1863

Victoria

Robert Napier 21 2
(acting) November December
(1810–1890) 1863 1863
(1858–1901)

William Denison 2
12 January
(acting) December
(1804–1871)
1864
1863

 Bhutan War
Sir John  Establishment
12 January 12 January
Lawrence, Bt of Shimla as India's
1864 1869
(1811–1879) summer capital in
1863
  Assassinated by a
The Earl of Mayo 12 January 8 February
Pathan Sher Ali
(1822–1872) 1869 1872
Afridi

Sir John Strachey 23

9 February
(acting) February
(1823–1907)
1872
1872

The Lord Napier 24

3 May
(acting) February
(1819–1898)
1872
1872

The Lord 3 May 12 April

Northbrook 1872 1876
(1826–1904)

 Vernacular Press
Act
The Lord Lytton 12 April 8 June  Second Anglo-
(1831–1891) 1876 1880 Afghan War
 The Indians Act
(1878)[11]

 First Factory Act

(1881)
The Marquess of 13
8 June  Repeal of the
Ripon December
1880 Vernacular Press
(1827–1909) 1884
Act (1882)
 Ilbert Bill
  Formation of Indian
The Earl of 13 10 National Congress
Dufferin December December
 Third Anglo-
(1826–1902) 1884 1888
Burmese War

The Marquess of 10 11
Lansdowne December October
(1845–1927) 1888 1894

The Earl of Elgin 11 October 6 January

(1849–1917) 1894 1899

 Partition of Bengal
The Lord Curzon 18 (1905)
6 January
of Kedleston[12] November
1899  Second Delhi
(1859–1925) 1905
Darbar (1903)

Edward VII

18 23
The Earl of Minto November November
(1845–1914)
1905 1911

(1901–1910)

The Lord 23
Hardinge of 4 April
November George V
Penshurst 1916
1911
(1858–1944)
 The Lord 4 April 2 April
Chelmsford 1916 1921
(1868–1933)

(1910–1936)

The Earl of 2 April 3 April

Reading 1921 1926
(1860–1935)

The Lord Irwin 3 April 18 April

(1881–1959) 1926 1931

The Earl of 18 April 18 April

Willingdon 1931 1936
(1866–1941)

Edward VIII

The Marquess of 18 April 1 October

Linlithgow 1936 1943
(1887–1952)

(1936)

The Viscount 21
1 October
Wavell February George VI
1943
(1883–1950) 1947
 The Viscount 21
Mountbatten of 15 August
February
Burma 1947
1947
(1900–1979)
(1936–1950)

Governors-General of the Dominion of India, 1947–1950

The Viscount
Mountbatten of 15 August 21 June
Burma[13] 1947 1948 George VI
(1900–1979)

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C. 21 June January (1936–1950)
Rajagopalachari 1948 1950
(1878–1972)