collect the names of Governor Generals and Viceroy of India.
Answers
From 1773–1950 there have been 31 Governors-General and Viceroys of India.
Explanation:
- When the East India Company arrived in India, it established an office called "Governor of Bengal."
- The office of Governor of Bengal was renamed "Governor-General of Bengal" with the passing of the Regulating Act in 1773. The Governors of Bombay and Madras were accountable to the Governor-General of Bengal under this Act.
- Because of the 1833 Charter Act, the office of Governor-General of Bengal was renamed "Governor-General of India."
- The Government of India Act of 1858 was passed, changing the post-Governor General of India's title to Viceroy of India.
- The office was permanently abolished in 1950.
1772-1785 Warren Hastings
1786-1793 Lord Cornwallis
1793-1798 Sir John Shore
1798-1805 Lord Wellesley
1805-1807 Sir George Barlow
1807-1813 Lord Minto I
1813-1823 Lord Hastings
1823-1828 Lord Amherst
1828-1835 Lord William Bentinck
1835-1836 Lord Charles Metcalfe
1836-1842 Lord Auckland
1842-1844 Lord Ellenborough
1844-1848 Lord Hardinge I
1848-1856 Lord Dalhousie
1856-1862 Lord Canning
1864-1869 Lord John Lawrence
1876-1880 Lord Lytton
1880-1884 Lord Ripon
1884-1888 Lord Dufferin
1888-1894 Lord Lansdowne
1899-1905 Lord Curzon
1905-1910 Lord Minto II
1910-1916 Lord Hardinge II
1916-1921 Lord Chelmsford
1921-1926 Lord Reading
1926-1931 Lord Irwin
1931-1936 Lord Willingdon
1936-1944 Lord Linlithgow
1944-1947 Lord Wavell
1947-1948 Lord Mountbatten
1947-1950 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari