Governor-General Warren Hastings Time Period 11773-1785 Significant Events | Regulating Act 1773, Pitt’s India Act 1784, First Maratha war(1775S-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 Lord Hastings 1807 - 1813 | 1813-1823 ‘Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh 1809 /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the Official language, Lord Metcalfe ‘Lord Auckland 1835-36 | 1836-1842 New Press Law removing restrictions on the press | First Afghan War (1838-42) | Lord Ellenborough 1842-1844 | Annexation Of Sindh Lord Hardinge I Lord Dalhousie 1844-48 | 1848-56 First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) Abolition of Female infanticide & Human | Sacrifice |'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 11856-57 Establishment of three Universities at Calcutta, Bombay & Madras, Revolt 1857Viceroy | Lord Canning Lord Elgin | Time Period 11858-62 1862-63 Significant Events Transfer of control from East India Company to the Crown, Government of India Act 1858, Indian Councils Act 1861 ‘| Wahabi Movement Lord John Lawrence | Lord Mayo | Lord Northbrook ‘Lord Lytton | Lord Ripon 1864-69 11869-72 | 1872-76 | | 1876-1880 { 880-84 High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay & Madras werw setup | Establishment of Statistical | Survey OF India, Department of Agriculture and Commerce ~~ | Kuka Movement in Punjab, \ Prince of Wales visit in | 1875 ~~ | Famine of 1876-78, Royal Titles Act 1878, The Vernacular Press Act 1878, ‘The Arms Act 1878, The Second Afghan War (1878- 1880) | Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882), Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Hunter(1882), The Ibert Bill Controversy (1883-84) Lord Dufferin 1884-88 Establishment of Indian National Congress Lord Lansdowne 1888-94 Indian Councils Act 1892,Setting up Durand Commission to define the Durand line Lord Elgin I ‘Lord Curzon 1894-99 | 1899-1905 Two British officials assassinated by Chapekar brothers | Partition of Bengal, Indian Universities Act 1904, Caleutta 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 4 11916-21 Formation of Home rule Ieague 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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, 1* | Round Table Conference Lord Willingdon 1931-36 /2™! & 3 Round Table Conference, announcement of communal award 1932, | Burma separated from India 1935 | First General Elections 1936-37, formation of Forward Bloc 1939, August | Offer 1940 by the Viceroy, Cripps Proposals, Quit India Movement. | C.Rajagopalachari Formula, | Cabinet Mission 1946, Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Atlee on Feb 20, 1947 ‘Lord Linlithgow 1 1936-44 | Lord Wavell Lord Mountbatten 1947-48 June third plan, Cyril Radcliffe Commission, Indian Independence Bill in the House of Commons