Governor - Generals of India - Tenure and Highlights

Governor - Generals of India - Tenure and Highlights

Governor-GeneralTenureHighlights
Warren Hastings1773-1785-Founded the Calcutta Madrasa for promotion of Islamic studies, first educational institute in 1781.
Sir John Macpherson1785-1786- Held temporary post.
Lord Cornwallis1786-1793- Establishment of the thanas.
Sir John Shore1793-1798- Followed a policy of non-intervention.
Lord Wellesley1798-1805- Introduced the Subsidiary Alliance.
Sir George Barlow1805-1807- The Indian soldiers killed many English officials in the Mutiny of Vellore.
Lord Minto I1807-1813- Treaty with Shah of Persia and Treaty of Amritsar.
Lord Hastings1813-1823- Published the first vernacular newspaper Samachar Patrika.
Lord Amherst1823-1828- First Anglo Burmese war and mutiny of Barrackpur.
Lord William Bentinck1828-1835- Introduced English education in India and abolished sati.
Sir Charles Metcalfe1835-1836- Removed the restriction on the vernacular press.
Lord Auckland1836-1842- The outbreak of first Anglo-Afghan war.
William Bilforce Bird1842-1843- Held temporary post.
Lord Ellenborough1843-1844- The end of the first Afhgan was and incorporation of Sindh to the British Empire.
Lord Hardinge I1844-1848- The First Sikh War
Lord Dalhousie1848-1856- Introduced 'Doctrine of Lapse', brought Railways and Telegraph to India.
Lord Canning1856-1858- Enactment of Hindu Widow Remarriage Bill, establishment of universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
Lord Louis Mountbatten1947-1948- Governor-General of Indian Union, declared Indian Independence Act.
C. Rajagopalachari1948-1950- First Indian Governor-General of Indian Union.
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