Viceroyalty Governors General - We outline the important events that occurred during the Viceroyalty Governors General in the period of India.
Viceroyalty Governors General - Representative General and Viceroy of India Governors of Bengal (1757–74) Robert Clive (Bengal was more extravagant than Britain around then). Vansittart (1760–65): The Battle of Buxar (1764). Cartier (1769–72): Bengal Famine (1770).
Composed a prologue to the principal English interpretation of the 'Gita' by Charles Wilkins Master Cornwallis (1786–93) Established lower courts and redrafting courts Sanskrit College built up by Jonathan Duncan Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 Introduction of Cornwallis Code Introduction of Civil Services in India Sir John Shore (1793–98) Policy of Non-mediation Charter Act of 1793 Master Wellesley (1798–1805) Stronghold William College at Calcutta. Development of Madras Presidency in 1801. Auxiliary Alliance in India towards the expense of these soldiers. The last stage was the following coherent advance. the Scindia, the Rajputs of Jodhpur, Jaipur, and so on. George Barlow (1805–1807): Vellore Mutiny (1806) Lord Minto I (1807–1813) He closed the Treaty of Amritsar (1809) with Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Contract Act of 1813 was passed. Ruler Hastings (1813–1823) Making of Bombay Presidency in 1818. Foundation of Ryotwari System in Madras. Somewhat English Nepalese War (1813–23); third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–18).
Ruler William Bentick (1828–33) Addition of Mysore (1831). plunge and shading. Built up first Medical College in Calcutta.
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Lord Canning (1856 - 62)
1. Became the first Viceroy under the Crown.
2. His dealing with mutineers marked by justice without event.
3 Indian Council act of 1861.
4. Reorganisation of Administration with the portfolio system in 1861.
5. Establishment of High Courts at Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras in 1861.
6. Establishment of universities of Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras.
7. Reorganisation of the military.
8. Enactment of the IPC and The Criminal Procedure Code.
Lord Elgin( 1862 - 63)
1. The only main event the expedition against the the Wahabis in the Northwest .
2. Died suddenly.
Sar John Lawrence (1864 - 69)
1. War with Bhutan .
2. The terrible famine in Orissa in 1866.
3. His Afghan policy of masterly inactivity .
4. His interest in the Welfare of the Pheasant irrigation scheme Punjab and on the Tenancy Acts.
Lord Mayo (1869 - 72 )
1. His Afghan policy succeed in making Afghanistan buffer state.
2. Stabbed to death by a Convict in the Andaman Island.
Lord Northbrook (1872 - 76)
1. The Trial and the deposition of the Gaikwad of Baroda.
Lord Lytton (1876 - 80 )
1. Durbar at Delhi in in 1877.
2. Appointment of Famine Commission.
3. His aggressive Afghan policy second Afghan war (1879 -81 )
4. Vernacular Press Act to control newspaper in 1878.
5. Founded the statutory civil service to encourage the recruitment of Indians.
Lord Ripon (1880 - 84 )
1. Repeal of Vernacular Press Act in in 1881, rendition of Mysore in 1881.
2. Resolution on local self government in 1882.
3. Commission on educational reforms in 1882.
4.Ilbert Bill controversy in 1883.
5. The most popular among the viceroy of India.
Lord Dufferin (1884 - 88)
1. His Afghan policy resulting in friendly relations with the Amir.
2. The third Burmese war( 1885 - 86) and annexation of upper Burma in 1886.
3. Foundation of the Indian National Congress on 18 December 1885.
Lord Lansdowne (1888 - 94)
1. His Northwest frontier policy delimitation of Durand Line.
2. His interference in the affair of Manipur.
3. His interference in the Kashmir affair.
4. Indian Council act of 1892.
Lord Elgin (1894 - 99)
1. His interference in Chitral affair in 1895.
2. Famine and plague of 1896.
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Lord Carjan (1899 -1905)
1.Settlement of the tribal problem in the north west front Frontier.
2. Mission to Tibet treaty with the Tibetan in 1904
3. Partition of Bengal in 1905 and agitation against it.
4. Universities act of 1904.
5. His resignation over the controversy on the status of the military member vis-a-vis the commander-in-chief.
Lord Minto (1905 - 10)
1. Anglo Russian convention of 1907.
2. Surat split of the Congress in 1907.
3. Tilak sentence to -6 years imprisonment in 1908.
4. Minto Morley reforms Indian Council act of 1909.
5. Repressive measures to suppress Nationalist agitation against the partition of Bengal.
Lord Hardinge (1910 - 16)
1. Visit of king George V in 1911 - annulment of the partition of Bengal -transfer of capital to Delhi announced at the Delhi Durbar .
2. Indian Press Act of 1910.
3. A bomb thrown at him during his state entry into Delhi in 1912.
Lord Chelmsford (1916 - 21 )
1. Unification of the Congress factions and Lucknow Pact in 1916 .
2. Montagu - Chelmsford reforms announced in 1918.
3. Government of India Act of 1919.
4. Rowlatt act repressive measures Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919.
5. The Non-Cooperation Movement launched in 1920.
Lord Reading (1921 - 26)
1. Visit of the Prince of Wales to India and peoples by people's buycott 1921.
2. Arrest of Mahatma Gandhi in 1922.
3. Formation of swarajist party in 1923.
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Lord Irwin (1926 - 31)
1. Appointment of the Simon Commission in 1927 .
2. Boycott of the Simon Commission assault on Lala Lajpat Rai in 1928.
3. 26 January 1930 declared as the Independence Day by the Congress Dandi March.
4. Round Table Conference at London in 1930 , 1931 and 1932.
5. Gandhi Irwin pact in 1931.
Lord willington (1931 - 36)
1. Ban on the Congress in 1931 the second civil disobedience movement.
2. Communal award and Poona pact in 1932.
3. Government of India Act of 1935.
Lord Linlithgow (1936 - 44)
1. Elections held in India in 1937 formation of Ministries in the provinces.
2. Formation of Forward bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 .
3. Resignation of Congress minister in 1939.
4. Cripps Mission in 1942 - Quit India Movement - arrest of Gandhi and others.
Lord Wavell (1944 - 47)
1. Shimla conference and wavell plan in 1945 .
2. Cabinet mission to India in 1946.
3. Formation of the interim Government opening of the constituent assembly of the India in 1946.
4 . British Government's announcement of transfer of power to Indians 1947.
Lord Mountbatten (1947 - 48)
1. Mountbatten plan for partition of India 1947.
2. Indian Independence Act 1947.
3. Independence Day and partition( 15 August 1947).
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Above all are the Viceroyalty Governors General respectively with their all details.
