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🇮🇳 Governor Generals of India (Before 1858)

NameTenureMajor Contributions
Warren Hastings1773–1785First Governor-General; Regulating Act 1773; Asiatic Society of Bengal
Lord Cornwallis1786–1793Cornwallis Code; Permanent Settlement of Bengal
Lord Wellesley1798–1805Subsidiary Alliance system
Lord William Bentinck1828–1835Abolition of Sati; English education introduced
Lord Dalhousie1848–1856Doctrine of Lapse; Railways and Telegraph; Widow Remarriage Act 1856

👑 Viceroys of India (After 1858)

NameTenureMajor Contributions
Lord Canning1856–1862First Viceroy; Revolt of 1857; Indian Councils Act 1861
Lord Lytton1876–1880Vernacular Press Act; Second Afghan War
Lord Ripon1880–1884Local Self-Government; Ilbert Bill controversy
Lord Curzon1899–1905Partition of Bengal (1905); Archaeological Survey revived
Lord Minto1905–1910Minto-Morley Reforms (1909)
Lord Hardinge1910–1916Capital shifted to Delhi (1911)
Lord Chelmsford1916–1921Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms (1919); Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Lord Irwin1926–1931Gandhi-Irwin Pact; Civil Disobedience Movement
Lord Linlithgow1936–1944Quit India Movement (1942); Longest tenure
Lord Wavell1944–1947Wavell Plan; Simla Conference
Lord Mountbatten1947Last Viceroy; Oversaw Partition and Independence



Viceroy/ Governor General
Work done
Warren Hasting
1st Governor General Bengal, Ended dual system of gov (Dyarchy) in bengal
Lord Canning
1st Viceroy, Widow Remarriage
Dalhosie
Doctorine of lapse, Father of Indian Railway
Cornwalis
Father of Indian Civil Services, Permanent settlement
Irwin
Child Marraige Restraint Act passed
Ripon
Ilbert Bill
William Bentick
Abolished Sati
Lord Curzon
Partition of bengal 1905, restored Monuments
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