Governor Generals & Viceroys of India: Name List, Evolution & Power (1600-1947)

Governor Generals & Viceroys of India

• The Government of India Act of 1858 removed the East India Company’s rule and transferred authority to the Crown.
• During his tenure, three universities were founded in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay; the Revolt of 1857; and the 1861 Indian Councils Act.

• He was in power when the Wahabi Movement began.

• During his service, the Bhutan War (1865) took place, and 1865 saw the establishment of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras.

• The financial distribution between the federal government and the state was established.
• In 1872, India conducted its first census.
• The establishment of the Mayo College for the royal elite; and the creation of the India Statistical Survey.
• Lord Mayo was the only Governor-General to pass away in India. He was assassinated in Port Blair by Sher Ali Afridi.

• In 1872, the Universal Marriage Act introduced civil marriage. Inter-caste marriage was permitted by this law, and Arya Samaj was founded.
• In Punjab, the Kuka Movement was seen.

• The Vernacular Press Act (1878) and the Arms Act (1878) were among the laws that were passed; the Second Afghan War lasted from 1878 to 1880;
• Kaiser-i-Hind became the title of Queen Viceroys of india. which means “Queen Empress of India”

• The Vernacular Press Act (1882) was abolished in response to criticism. 1881 saw the introduction of the first Factory Act.
• The Ilbert Bill dispute (1883–1844), the Hunter Commission on Education (1882), and a government resolution on the formation of local self-governance were all passed in 1882.

• The Third Burmese War (1885–1866). The founding of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was among the most notable occasions.

• Indian Councils Act, 1892. Another Factory Act was introduced in 1891.
• In 1893, the Durand Commission was established.

• The first British officer, Rands, was killed by the Chapekar brothers, Ramkrishna and Damodar. It was India’s first political assassination under British rule.

• The Universities Commission was established in 1902, while the Police Commission was established the same year.
• The 1904 Indian Universities Act was introduced.
• Curzon’s masterful contribution to the British Policy of Divide and Rule was the partition of Bengal in 1905.

• Congress split in Surat (1907), The Muslim League was founded in 1906, and Morley-Minto Reforms were implemented in 1909.

• The Hindu Mahasabha was established in 1915, the Partition of Bengal was revoked in 1911, and the British capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi in the same year.

• India in Chelmsford experienced much upheaval and tragedy.
• In 1916, the Lucknow Pact was concluded.
• In 1917, the Champaran Satyagraha began.
• The August Declaration of Montagu (1917).
• The Introduction of the Government of India Act (1919).
• The Black Laws or the Rowlatt Act (1919) were put into effect. protests were held across the country.
• The Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre (1919), one of the most horrific incidents in Indian history, resulted from this.
• Beginning of the Khilafat and non-cooperation movements

• The Chauri Chaura event, which forced Mahatma Gandhi to end the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922, the founding of the Swaraj Party, the Kakori Conspiracy the train robbery of 1925 all took place.

• In 1927, the Simon Commission visited India.
• Indian States Commission, Harcourt Butler (1927).
• 1928 Nehru Report
• 1929 Deepavali Declaration
• The Purna Swaraj Resolution was adopted during the 1929 Congress session in Lahore.
• The Civil Disobedience Movement was effectively launched that same year as a result of the revolutionary Dandi March, which took place from March 12 to April 6, 1930.
• 1930 saw the first Round Table Conference.
• 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact

• Second and Third Round Table Conferences (1932). creation of the Communal Award (1932).
• The disagreements between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar about separate Dalit electorates were settled by the Poona Pact in 1932.
• 1935 Government of India Act Passed.

• Resignation of ministers of Congress (1939), following the start of the Second World War.
• 1939 Tripuri Crisis and the founding of the Front bloc.
• Muslim League Resolution of Lahor, 1940, calling for a Muslim-only state.
• 1940’s August Offer.
• The Indian National Army was founded in 1941.
• 1942’s Cripps Mission.
• 1942 Quit India Movement.

• The Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference (1942). C. Rajagopalachari’s CR Formula (1944).
• 1946 Cabinet Mission
• The Muslim League declared January 31 as Direct Action Day (1946).
• Clement Attlee’s announcement of the end of British sovereignty in India (1947)

• Redcliff Commission (1947), the June Third Plan or Mountbatten Plan (1947), and India’s Independence (15 August 1947)

• After the Government of India Act of 1858 was enacted, the Governor-General acting on behalf of the Crown was referred to as the Viceroys of India.