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Acts and Reforms in British India — SSC & RRB Notes · Chapter 33

Table 3: Governors-General and Viceroys — Title Changes

Table 3: Governors-General and Viceroys — Title Changes

Title Introduced by Holder
Governor of Bengal — (pre-1773) —
Governor-General of Bengal Regulating Act, 1773 Warren Hastings (first)
Governor-General of India Charter Act, 1833 Lord William Bentinck (first)
Governor-General of India AND Viceroy Government of India Act, 1858 Lord Canning (first Viceroy)
Governor-General of independent India (last Viceroy → first G-G) Indian Independence Act, 1947 Lord Mountbatten

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