Governors General & Viceroys of India

1773–1785

Regulating Act 1773 (first GG of Bengal). Pitt's India Act 1784. Rohilla War (1774). First Anglo-Mar…

1786–1793 (1st); 1805 (2nd, died in office)

Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793) — fixed revenue for zamindars permanently. Created Indian Civi…

1798–1805

Subsidiary Alliance system (states accept British troops and advisor in exchange for protection). Fo…

1828–1835

Abolished Sati (1829) — Lord William Bentinck's Regulation XVII. Suppressed Thuggee (Thagi) — Sleema…

1848–1856

Doctrine of Lapse — annexed Satara (1848), Jhansi (1853), Nagpur (1854), Awadh (1856). Railways: fir…

1856–1862

1857 Revolt — suppressed and issued "Queen's Proclamation" (Nov 1858) transferring power from EIC to…

1876–1880

Vernacular Press Act 1878 (Gagging Act — restricted Indian-language newspapers). Arms Act 1878. Delh…

1880–1884

Local Self-Government Resolution 1882 — introduced elected local bodies (considered father of local …

1899–1905

Partition of Bengal (16 Oct 1905) — divided Bengal into East Bengal and Assam (Muslim majority) + Be…

1905–1910

Morley-Minto Reforms (Indian Councils Act 1909) — increased Indian representation in legislatures; i…

1910–1916

Delhi Durbar (1911) — coronation of King George V; announced transfer of capital from Calcutta to De…

1916–1921

Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (Government of India Act 1919) — introduced Dyarchy in provinces (some su…

1921–1926

Non-Cooperation Movement (1920–22) under Gandhi — withdrawn after Chauri Chaura incident (Feb 1922).…

1926–1931

Simon Commission boycott (1928). Gandhi's Dandi March (12 Mar–6 Apr 1930) — Civil Disobedience Movem…

1936–1943

LONGEST-SERVING Viceroy (7+ years). Government of India Act 1935 implemented. WWII (India declared w…

1947 (Mar–Aug)

LAST VICEROY. Indian Independence Act 1947 (passed 18 Jul 1947). Partition Plan (Mountbatten Plan, 3…