Governor Generals
Days & Years · गवर्नर जनरल · 15 facts
Warren Hastings was first Governor General of Bengal 1773
Lord Cornwallis introduced Permanent Settlement in 1793
Lord Wellesley introduced Subsidiary Alliance system
Lord William Bentinck abolished Sati system in 1829
Lord Dalhousie introduced Doctrine of Lapse policy
Lord Canning was first Viceroy of India after 1857
Lord Ripon introduced Local Self-Government in 1882
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905
Lord Mountbatten was last Viceroy of British India
Lord Irwin signed Gandhi-Irwin Pact in 1931
Lord Minto introduced separate electorates for Muslims 1909
C Rajagopalachari was last Governor General of India
Lord Hastings annexed Maratha territories during Pindari War 1817-18
Lord Lytton passed Vernacular Press Act 1878 to curb Indian press
Lord Hardinge shifted Indian capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911