Study Guide · Chapter 6
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| Name | Tenure | Most Important Event/Act |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Hastings | 1773–1785 | First Governor-General; Asiatic Society founded |
| Lord Cornwallis | 1786–1793 | Permanent Settlement (1793) |
| Sir John Shore | 1793–1798 | Policy of non-intervention |
| Lord Wellesley | 1798–1805 | Subsidiary Alliance system |
| Lord Minto I | 1807–1813 | Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh |
| Lord Hastings (Marquess) | 1813–1823 | Anglo-Nepal War; Treaty of Sugauli |
| Lord Amherst | 1823–1828 | First Anglo-Burmese War |
| Lord William Bentinck | 1828–1835 | Abolition of Sati (1829); Macaulay's Minute (1835) |
| Lord Auckland | 1836–1842 | First Anglo-Afghan War (disaster) |
| Lord Ellenborough | 1842–1844 | Annexation of Sindh (1843) |
| Lord Hardinge I | 1844–1848 | First Anglo-Sikh War |
| Lord Dalhousie | 1848–1856 | Doctrine of Lapse; first railway & telegraph |
| Lord Canning | 1856–1862 | 1857 Revolt; first Viceroy from 1858 |
| Lord Lawrence | 1864–1869 | "Masterly inactivity" policy |
| Lord Mayo | 1869–1872 | Assassinated in the Andamans (1872) |
| Lord Lytton | 1876–1880 | Vernacular Press Act; Delhi Durbar 1877 |
| Lord Ripon | 1880–1884 | Local self-government; Ilbert Bill |
| Lord Dufferin | 1884–1888 | INC founded (1885) |
| Lord Lansdowne | 1888–1894 | Indian Councils Act 1892; Durand Line 1893 |
| Lord Curzon | 1899–1905 | Partition of Bengal (1905) |
| Lord Minto II | 1905–1910 | Morley-Minto Reforms 1909; separate electorates |
| Lord Hardinge II | 1910–1916 | Capital shifted to Delhi (1911) |
| Lord Chelmsford | 1916–1921 | Montford Reforms 1919; Jallianwala Bagh |
| Lord Reading | 1921–1926 | Chauri Chaura aftermath; Swaraj Party |
| Lord Irwin | 1926–1931 | Dandi March; Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931) |
| Lord Willingdon | 1931–1936 | Communal Award; Poona Pact; GoI Act 1935 |
| Lord Linlithgow | 1936–1943 | Longest tenure; Quit India Movement; Bengal Famine 1943 |
| Lord Wavell | 1943–1947 | Shimla Conference; Cabinet Mission; Interim Govt. |
| Lord Mountbatten | 1947 | Partition and Independence (15 Aug 1947) |
| C. Rajagopalachari | 1948–1950 | Only Indian and last Governor-General |
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