Question

1. Who was the first Governor General?
2. Who was the last Viceroy?
3. Name the book published by James
Mill? In which year was it published?
4. How did James Mill classify Indian
History?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.The first governor-general in India was Warren Hastings, the first official governor-general of British India was Lord William Bentinck, and the first governor-general of the Dominion of India was Lord Mountbatten.

2.Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma became governor-general and oversaw the transition of British India to independence. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) became the only Indian and last governor-general after independence.

3.Author James Mill

Author James MillGenre history, political philosophy

Author James MillGenre history, political philosophyPublisher Baldwin, Cradock and Joy

Author James MillGenre history, political philosophyPublisher Baldwin, Cradock and JoyPublication date 1817

4. In 1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India . In this, he divided Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim and British. This periodisation came to be widely accepted.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. Warren hastings

2. Louis mount batten

3. the history of British india....1817

4.1817, James Mill, a Scottish economist and political philosopher, published a massive three-volume work, A History of British India . In this, he divided Indian history into three periods – Hindu, Muslim and British. This periodisation came to be widely accepted. However, it was later rejected by the nationalist historians.