Names of viceroys of british india in chronological sequence
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List of British Viceroys during British India (1858-1947)
Lord Canning
1. Queen Victoria’s proclamation and India Act of 1858
2. White Mutiny
3. Indian Councils Act of 1861
4. Indian Penal Code in 1860
5. Suppressed Wahabis movement
Lord John Lawrence (1864 -69)
1. Bhutan War ( 1865)
2. Establishment of High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865
Lord Mayo (1869-72)
1. Establishment of statistical survey of India
2. Dept. of Agriculture and commerce
3. State railways
4. He was assassinated in Andamans in 1872
List of British Governors Generals during British Period in India
Lord Lytton I (1876-80)
1. Royal Titles Act of 1876
2. Assumption of title of empress of India by Queen Victoria
3. Vernacular Press Act
4. Arms Act of 1878
5. Second Afghan War (1878-80)
6. Appointment of first famine commission in 1878
Lord Ripon (1880-84)
1. First Factory Act and First census
2. Local Self Government in 1882
3. Division finances of the centre in 1882
4. Hunter commission on Education
5. Ilbert Bill Controversy
Lord Dufferin (1884-88)
1. Burmese War (1885-86)
2. Foundation of Indian National Congress
Lord Landsdowne (1888-94)
1. Factory Act of 1891
2. Division of Civil services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate
3. Indian councils Act of 1892
4. Appointment of Durand Commission and its definition of Durand line between India (Now Pakistan) and Afghanistan
Lord Elgin II
1. Assassination of British By Chapekar
Lord Curzon (1899-1905)
1. Thomas Raleigh commission
2. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904
3. Establishment of Agriculture research Institute at Pusa in Bihar
4. Partition of Bengal in 1905
Lord Minto II (1905-10)
1. Anti Partition and swadeshi movements
2. Surat session and Split in the congress
3. Minto Morley reforms
4. Foundation of Muslim League by Aga Khan Nawab of Dacca in 1906
Lord Hardinge II (1910-16)
1. Annulment of partion of Bengal
2. Transfer imperial capital to Delhi
3. Death of G.K. Gokhale in 1915
4. Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha in 1915
List of Committees and Commissions in India before Independence
Lord Chelmford (1916 -21)
1. Return of Ghandhji
2. Home Rule leagues
3. Luknow Session and reunion of congress in 1916
4. Lucknow pact in 1916 by the efforts of B.G.Tilak
5. August Declaration of Montague
6. Formation of Indian Liberal Federation by S.N.Banerjee
7. Jallian Walla Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919)
8. Khilafat movement (1919-20)
9. Appointment of Sir S.P.Sinha as Lieutenant Governor of Bihar (First Indian)
Lord Reading (1921-26)
1. Chauri-Chaura incident ( 5th Feb 1922)
2. Formation of Swaraj party by C.R.Das Motilal Nehru in Dec 1922
3. Foundation of Rastriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) by K.B.Hedgewar (1925)
4. Repeal of Rowlatt Act
5. Holding of simultaneous examinations in India and England
6. Beginning of Indianisation of officer’s cadre of the Indian Army.