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List of Governor General and important event during their term

 list of Governor General and important event during their term

list of Governor General and important event during their term
 list of Governor General and important event during their term





Name of Governor general

Duration

Important event

Warren Hastings


1773


1785

Ø  Regulating Act of 1773

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


Cornwallis
 


1786


1793

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

John Shore


1793


1798

Ø  Charter Act of 1793

 Wellesley 


1798


1805

Ø  Fort William College at Calcutta (1800)

Ø  Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803

The Lord Minto


1807


1813

Ø  Charter Act of 1813

The Marquess of Hastings 


1813


1823

Ø  Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras (1820)

Ø  Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India (1822)

Ø  Hindu College (1817)

 Amherst


1823


1828

Ø  Treaty of Yandabo, 1826

Lord William Bentinck


1828


1835

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  Kol Rebellion in 1831

Ø  English Education Act 1835(Macaulay minute)

Ø  Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata (1835)

 Auckland


1836


1842

Ø  First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839.

Ø  Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839

The Lord Ellenborough


1842


1844

Ø  Bank of Madras (1843) established

Henry Hardinge


1844


1848

Ø  Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847)

 Dalhousie


1848


1856

Ø  Doctrine of Lapse in 1848

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  Post Office Act, 1854

Ø  Santhal Rebellion (1855) 

Ø  Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856

Canning


1856


1858

Ø  Indian Rebellion of 1857

Ø  University of Calcutta,

 Canning


1858


1862

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

 Elgin


1862


1863

Ø  Establishment of Calcutta High CourtBombay High Court and Madras High Court ) in 1862

Sir John Lawrence


1864


1869

Ø  Establishment of Allahabad High Court in 1866

 Mayo


1869


1872

Ø  Started the Census.

 Northbrook


1872


1876

Ø  Jyotiba Phule

 Lytton


1876


1880

Ø  Vernacular Press Act, 1878

Ø  Arms Act, 1878

 Ripon


1880


1884

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)

Dufferin


1884


1888

Ø  Formation of Indian National Congress (1885)

 Lansdowne


1888


1894

Ø  Factory  Act 1891 ,1991

 Elgin 


1894


1899

Ø  Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897

The Lord Curzon


1899


1905

Ø  Partition of Bengal (1905)

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

 Minto


1905


1910

Ø  Morley-Minto Reforms 1909 or The Indian Councils Act 1909

Ø  Establishment of Muslim League by Samiullah (1906)

Ø  Indian Press Act, 1910

Ø  TISCO in 1907

 Harding


1910


1916

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

The Lord Chelmsford


1916


1921

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)

Ø  Imperial Bank of India

 Reading


1921


1926

Ø  Non-cooperation movement (1921–22)

Ø  Visva-Bharati University in 1921

Ø  Chauri Choura incident (1922)

The Lord Irwin


1926


1931

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 SinghShivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar (1931)

 Willingdon


1931


1936

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.

 Linlithgow


1936


1943

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)

 Wavell


1943


1947

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)

 Mountbatten


1947


1947

Ø  Indian Independence Act 1947

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