List of Governor-Generals of British India or India (1772 - 1857):

List of Governor-Generals of British India or India (1772 - 1857)

Year	Governor- Generals of Bengal/ Governor-Generals of British India	Major Events and Reforms
1772-1785	Warren Hastings	·         He was the First Governor of Bengal   ·         End to the dual system of administration   ·         Established Supreme court at Calcutta   ·         Asiatic Society of Bengal   ·         First Anglo-Maratha War and Treaty of Salbai   ·         First English translation of Bhagavad Gita.   ·         Pitt’s India Act-1784.
1786-1793	Lord Cornwallis	·         Introduction of Permanent Settlement and civil services.   ·         Third Anglo-Mysore War and Treaty of Seringapatam.   ·         Establishment of Appellate courts.   ·         Establishment of Sanskrit college.
1793-1798	Sir John Shore	·         1st Charter act in 1793.   ·         Battle of Kharda.
1798-1805	Lord Wellesley	·         Started Subsidiary Alliance System to achieve British paramountcy in India.   ·         Fourth Anglo- Mysore war in 1799 and the Treaty of Bassein in 1802.   ·         Second Anglo – Maratha war in (1803-05).   ·         Establishment of Madras presidency.   ·         Establishing Fort William College at Calcutta.
1805-1807	Sir George Barlow	·         The Mutiny of Vellore took place in 1806.
1807-1813	Lord Minto- I	·         Concluded the treaty of Amritsar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1809.   ·         Introduced the Charter Act of 1813.
1813-1823	Lord Hastings	·         The policy of Non-intervention came to an end.   ·         third Anglo-Maratha war in 1817 to 1818.   ·         Anglo- Napelese War (1813-23).   ·         Abolition of Peshwaship.   ·         Establishment of the Ryotwari System in Madras (By Thomas Munroe) and Bombay.   ·         Introduced Mahalwari system in north-western Provinces and Bombay.
1823-1828	Lord Amherst	·         The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824.   ·         First Burmese War (1823-26).   ·         Captured of Bharatpur in 1826.   ·         Acquisition of territories in Malay Peninsula.

 

Governor-Generals of India:-

Year	Governor-Generals of India	Major Events and Reforms
1828-1835	Lord William Bentinck	·         First Governor-General of India (Charter Act of 1833 made Governor-General of Bengal as Governor-General of India.)   ·         Abolition of Sati and other cruel rites in 1829.   ·         Suppression of Thugee in 1830.   ·         English Education Act of 1835.   ·         Establishment of Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.   ·         Wars:- Annexed Mysore in 1831, Coorg in 1834, Central Cachar in 1834 on the plea of misgovernment. Concluded with a treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh.
1835-1836	Lord Charles Metcalfe	·         Liberator of the Indian press.   ·         Passed the famous Press Law which liberated the Press in India.
1836-1842	Lord Auckland	·         Dedicated himself to the improvement of native schools and the expansion of the commercial industry of India.   ·         The first Anglo-Afghan war in 1836 to 1842.
1842-1844	Lord Ellenborough	·         Sindh was annexed in 1843.   ·         War with Gwalior in 1843.
1844-1848	Lord Hardinge - I	·         First Anglo Sikh War (1845-46) and Treaty of Lahore in 1846.   ·         Preference given to English education in employment.
1848-1856	Lord Dalhousie	·         Introduced ‘Doctrine of Lapse‘.   ·         Abolition of Title and Pensions.   ·         Charles Wood Dispatch in 1854.   ·         Post Office Act, 1854.   ·         1st Railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853.   ·         Established engineering college in Roorkee.   ·         Second Anglo-Sikh War.   ·         Second Burmese war (1852) and annexed of Lower Burma in Pegu.   ·         Raised Gurkha regiments.   ·         Started First telegraph electric line.   ·         Establishment of the Public Works Department.   ·         Started Competitive examination for Indian Civil Services.   ·         Widow Remarriage Act (1856).
1856-1857	Lord Canning	·         The last Governor General of India and the First Viceroy of India.   ·         Passed the Act of 1858, which ended the rule of the East India Company.   ·         Doctrine of Lapse was withdrawn.   ·         Income tax was first introduced in 1858.   ·         Three universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857 were established.   ·         Revolt of 1857 took place.   Note – After 1857 Revolt, Governor-General of India was became the Viceroy of British India and Canning became the first Viceroy of India or British India.

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