British Viceroys in India 1858-1947

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List of Viceroys

S.No.	Name	Duration	Comments
1	Lord Canning	1858-64	Queen Victoria’s proclamation and India Act of 1858 White Mutiny Indian Councils Act of 1861 Indian Penal Code in 1860 Suppressed Wahabis movement
2	Lord John Lawrence	1864 -69	Bhutan War ( 1865) Establishment of High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1865
3	Lord Mayo	1869-72	Establishment of statistical survey of India Dept. of Agriculture and commerce State railways He was assassinated in Andamans in 1872
4	Lord Lytton I	1876-80	Royal Titles Act of 1876Assumption of title of empress of India by Queen Victoria Assumption of title of empress of India by Queen Victoria Vernacular Press Act Arms Act of 1878 Second Afghan War (1878-80) Arms Act of 1878 Second Afghan War (1878-80) Second Afghan War (1878-80) Appointment of first famine commission in 1878
5	Lord Ripon	1880-84	First Factory Act and First censusLocal Self Government in 1882Division finances of the centre in 1882 Local Self Government in 1882Division finances of the centre in 1882 Division finances of the centre in 1882 Hunter commission on EducationIlbert Bill Controversy Ilbert Bill Controversy
6	Lord Dufferin	1884-88	Burmese War (1885-86) Foundation of Indian National Congress
7	Lord Landsdowne	1888-94	Factory Act of 1891 Division of Civil services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate Indian councils Act of 1892 Appointment of Durand Commission and its definition of Durand line between India (Now Pakistan) and Afghanistan
8	Lord Elgin II		Assassination of British By Chapekar
9	Lord Curzon	1899-1905	Thomas Raleigh commission Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904 Establishment of Agriculture research Institute at Pusa in Bihar Partition of Bengal in 1905
10	Lord Minto II	1905-10	Anti Partition and swadeshi movements Surat session and Split in the congress Minto Morley reforms Foundation of Muslim League by Aga Khan Nawab of Dacca in 1906
11	Lord Hardinge II	1910-16	Annulment of partion of Bengal Transfer imperial capital to Delhi Death of G.K. Gokhale in 1915 Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha in 1915
12	Lord Chelmford	1916 -21	Return of Ghandhji Home Rule leagues Luknow Session and reunion of congress in 1916 Lucknow pact in 1916 by the efforts of B.G.Tilak August Declaration of Montague Formation of Indian Liberal Federation by S.N.Banerjee Jallian Walla Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919) Khilafat movement (1919-20) Appointment of Sir S.P.Sinha as Lieutenant Governor of Bihar (First Indian)
13	Lord Reading	1921-26	Chauri-Chaura incident ( 5th Feb 1922) Formation of Swaraj party by C.R.Das Motilal Nehru in Dec 1922 Foundation of Rastriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) by K.B.Hedgewar (1925) Repeal of Rowlatt Act Holding of simultaneous examinations in India and England Beginning of Indianisation of officer’s cadre of the Indian Army.
14	Lord Irwin	1926-31	Simon commission and its Boycott Harcourt Butler Indian States commission (1927) Nehru report and its rejection by Muslim League Hindu Mahasabha etc. Deepavali declaration Lahore session (1929) Poornaswaraj declaration Launching of Civil Disobedience Movement and Dandi march First Round Table Congress Gandi Irwin Pact
15	Lord Willingdon	1931-36	Second and Third Round Table conferences Communal award (1932) by Ramsay Mac Donald Poona pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar(1932) Govt. of India Act 1935 Foundation of Socialist Party by Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan (1934)
16	Lord Linlithgow	1936-43	Formation of congress ministries Resignation of Subash Chandra Bose from the President ship of congress Formation of Forward Block August offer by Linlithgow and its rejection by congress Deliverance day by Muslim League (1939) Cripps Mission Quit India movement
17	Lord Wavell	1943-47	C.R Formula by C.Rajagopalchari Wavell Plan and Simla Conference INA Trials Naval Mutiny (1946) Cabinet Mission ( Lawrence, Cripps and Alexander) Formation of Interim Government and Launching of Direct Action Day
18	Lord Mountbatten	1947	Partition of India and Independence

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