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| Governor-General | Time Period | Significant Events |
| Warren Hastings | 1773-1785 | Regulating Act 1773, Pitt’s India Act 1784, First Maratha war(1775-1782), Second Mysore War (1780-1784) |
| Lord Cornwallis | 1786-1793 | Third Mysore War(1790-92), Permanent Settlement of Bengal 1793 |
| Sir John Shore | 1793-98 | Charter Act of 1793 |
| Lord Wellesley | 1798-1805 | Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System 1798, Fourth Mysore War 1799, Second Maratha War (1803-1805) |
| Sir George Barlow | 1805-1807 | Vellore Mutiny 1806 |
| Lord Minto I | 1807 – 1813 | Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh 1809 |
| Lord Hastings | 1813-1823 | Third Maratha War 1817-1819, Establishment of Ryotwari System by Thomas Munro, governor of Madras (1820) |
| Lord Amherst | 1823-1828 | First Burmese War (1824-26) |
| Lord William Bentick | 1828-35 | Abolition Of Sati(1829), Charter Act of 1833, Introduction of English as the Official language, |
| Lord Metcalfe | 1835-36 | New Press Law removing restrictions on the press |
| Lord Auckland | 1836-1842 | First Afghan War (1838-42) |
| Lord Ellenborough | 1842-1844 | Annexation Of Sindh |
| Lord Hardinge I | 1844-48 | First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)
Abolition of Female infanticide & Human Sacrifice |
| Lord Dalhousie | 1848-56 | Second Anglo Sikh War(1848-49), Introduction of Doctrine of Lapse, Wood’s Educational Despatch, Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853, Widow Remarriage Act 1856. |
| Lord Canning | 1856-57 | Establishment of three Universities at Calcutta, Bombay & Madras, Revolt 1857 |
| Viceroy | Time Period | Significant Events |
| Lord Canning | 1858-62 | Transfer of control from East India Company to the Crown, Government of India Act 1858, Indian Councils Act 1861 |
| Lord Elgin I | 1862-63 | Wahabi Movement |
| Lord John Lawrence | 1864-69 | High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay & Â Madras werw set up |
| Lord Mayo | 1869-72 | Establishment of Statistical Survey Of India, Department of Agriculture and Commerce |
| Lord Northbrook | 1872-76 | Kuka Movement in Punjab, Prince of Wales visit in 1875 |
| Lord Lytton | 1876-1880 | Famine of 1876-78, Royal Titles Act 1878, The Vernacular Press Act 1878, The Arms Act 1878, The Second Afghan War (1878-1880) |
| Lord Ripon | 1880-84 | Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882), Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Hunter(1882), The Ilbert Bill Controversy (1883-84) |
| Lord Dufferin | 1884-88 | Establishment of Indian National Congress |
| Lord Lansdowne | 1888-94 | Indian Councils Act 1892, Setting up Durand Commission to define the Durand line |
| Lord Elgin II | 1894-99 | Two British officials assassinated by Chapekar brothers |
| Lord Curzon | 1899-1905 | Partition of Bengal, Indian Universities Act 1904, Calcutta Corporation Act 1899, Police Commission under Andrew Frazer |
| Lord Minto II | 1905-1910 | Split in the Congress in the annual session of 1907,Establishment of Muslim league by Agha Khan 1906 |
| Lord Hardinge II | 1910-16 | Transfer of capital from calcutta to Delhi 1911, Coronation Durbar of King George V in Delhi 1911 |
| Lord Chelmsford | 1916-21 | Formation of Home rule league by Annie Beasant and Tilak(1916), Lucknow Pact, GOI Act 1919, Rowlatt Act 1919, Jallianawala Bagh Massacre 1919, Death of Tilak Aug 1, 1920, launch of Non-cooperation & Khilafat Movement |
| Lord Readind | 1921-1926 | Chauri-Chaura incident, Kerala Mophla rebellion, Repeal of Rowlatt Act 1919, Establishment Of Swarajya Party by C.R.Das & Motilal Nehru 1922, Kakori train robbery, Holding of Simultaneous examinations for ICS both in Delhi and London from 1923 |
| Lord Irwin | 1926-1931 | Simon Commission arrival to India, Murder of Saunders , the assistant superintendent of police of Lahore, Dandi March 1930, Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931, 1st Round Table Conference |
| Lord Willingdon | 1931-36 | 2nd & 3rd Round Table Conference, announcement of communal award 1932, Burma separated from India 1935. |
| Lord Linlithgow | 1936-44 | First General Elections 1936-37, formation of Forward Bloc 1939, August Offer 1940 by the Viceroy, Cripps Proposals, Quit India Movement. |
| Lord Wavell | 1944-47 | C.Rajagopalachari Formula, Cabinet Mission 1946, Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Atlee on Feb 20, 1947 |
| Lord Mountbatten | 1947-48 | June third plan, Cyril Radcliffe Commission, Indian Independence Bill in the House of Commons |
