list of Governor General and important event during their term
list of Governor General and important event during their term
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Name of Governor
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Important event |
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Ø Supreme
Court (1774) was established. Ø Asiatic
Society of Bengal (1784) Ø Pitt's India Act (1784) Ø Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was
introduced by Robert Clive). Ø English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins |
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Ø Permanent
Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 Ø Introduction of Cornwallis Code Ø Introduction of Civil
Services in India Ø Introduced Sunset
Law |
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Ø Fort
William College at Calcutta (1800) Ø Raj
Bhavan at Calcutta was
established in 1803 |
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Ø Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras (1820) Ø Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India (1822) Ø Hindu
College (1817) |
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Ø Treaty of Yandabo, 1826 |
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Ø First Governor
General of India Ø Bengal
Sati Regulation, 1829 Ø Mahalwari System in Central India, Ø Saint
Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act 1833 Ø English
Education Act 1835(Macaulay minute) Ø Calcutta Medical
College, Kolkata (1835) |
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Ø First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839. Ø Tattwabodhini
Sabha was formed by Debendranath
Tagore in 1839 |
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Ø Bank of Madras (1843) established |
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Ø Establishment of Roorkee
Engineering College (1847) |
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Ø Charter Act, 1853 Ø Bethune Collegiate School (1849). Ø Charles Wood Despatch (1854). Ø Establishment of summer capital at Shimla Ø First
Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853) Ø First
telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour to Calcutta. (1851) Ø Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 |
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Ø The
Government of India Act, 1858 Ø System
of Budget introduced. Ø Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60 Ø Indian Penal Code in 1860 Ø Establishment of Archaeological
Survey of India |
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Ø Establishment of Calcutta
High Court, Bombay High Court and Madras High Court ) in 1862 |
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Ø Establishment of Allahabad
High Court in 1866 |
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Ø Started the Census. |
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Ø Vernacular
Press Act, 1878 |
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Ø First Factory Act (1881) Ø Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882) Ø Ilbert Bill (1883) Ø Commission under Sir William Hunter Ø First complete Census(1881) Ø Father of local self-government in India (Ripon's
Resolution of 1882) |
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Ø Factory Act 1891 ,1991 |
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Ø Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897 |
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Ø Appointment of Raleigh
University Commission (1902) Ø Passing of Indian Universities Act 1904 Ø Banaras
Hindu Girl's School was
established by Annie Besant in 1904 |
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Ø Morley-Minto
Reforms 1909 or
The Indian
Councils Act 1909 Ø Establishment of Muslim
League by Samiullah (1906) Ø TISCO in 1907 |
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Ø Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911) Ø Partition of Bengal to form Bihar province (1912) Ø McMahon border line was created between India and China in 1914 |
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Ø Formation of Indian
Home Rule Movement (1916) Ø Lucknow Pact (1916) Ø Montagu-Chelmsford
Reforms (1919) Ø Government
of India Act 1919 Ø Rowlett Act (1919) Ø Jallianwala
Bagh Massacre (1919) |
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Ø Non-cooperation
movement (1921–22) Ø Visva-Bharati
University in 1921 Ø Chauri Choura
incident (1922) |
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Ø Simon Commission (1928) Ø Nehru Report (1928) Ø Fourteen
Points of Jinnah (1929) Ø Purna Swaraj declaration (1929) Ø Salt March (1930) Ø First Round
Table Conferences (1930) Ø Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931) Ø Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar (1931) |
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Ø Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932 Ø Pakistan
Declaration (1933) Ø Government
of India Act 1935 Ø Reserve
Bank of India established 1934. |
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Ø Indian
entry into World War II (1939) Ø Lahore Resolution (1940) Ø Cripps Mission (1942) Ø Formation of Indian Legion (1942) Ø Quit
India movement (1942) Ø Formation of Indian
National Army (1942) |
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Ø C. R. formula (1944) Ø Cabinet
Mission (1946) Ø Interim
Government was formed
in 1946. Ø Direct Action Day (16 aug 1946) Ø Royal
Indian Navy mutiny (1946) |
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