Study Guide · Chapter 3
KEY FACTS / QUICK REVISION — MASTER LIST
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KEY FACTS / QUICK REVISION — MASTER LIST
- First Governor-General of Bengal: Warren Hastings (1773)
- First Governor-General of India: Lord William Bentinck (1833)
- Last Governor-General of India / First Viceroy: Lord Canning (1858)
- First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning
- Last Viceroy of India: Lord Mountbatten
- First Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten (1947)
- First AND only Indian Governor-General: C. Rajagopalachari (1948–50)
- Only Viceroy assassinated in office: Lord Mayo (1872, in Andaman Islands, by Sher Ali Afridi)
- Only Governor-General/Viceroy to die in office (natural causes): Lord Elgin I (1863, illness)
- Governor-General under whom the Revolt of 1857 occurred: Lord Canning
- Governor-General/Viceroy present at Partition and Independence: Lord Mountbatten
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