Viceroys

Robert Clive (1757-60,1765-67)

Governor of Bengal (1757-60 & 1765-67)|Battle of Plassey (1757)

Robert Clive

Established Dual Government (1765-72)|Battle of Buxar (1764)

Robert Clive

Asked James Rennell to prepare first map of Hindustan

Verelst (1767-69)

Governor of Bengal (1767-69)|Aftermath of Battle of Buxar

Cartier (1769-72)

Governor of Bengal (1769-72)|Bengal Famine (1770)

Warren Hastings (1772-85)

Last Governor of Bengal (1772-74)|First Governor-General of Bengal (1774-85)

Warren Hastings

Abolished Dual Government (1772)|Regulating Act (1773)

Warren Hastings

Founded Asiatic Society with William Jones (1784)

Warren Hastings

Auctioned land to highest bidder|Divided Bengal into districts

Warren Hastings

Cornwallis Code precursor|Rohilla War (1774)

Warren Hastings

1st Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82)|2nd Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84)

Lord Cornwallis (1786-93)

Permanent Settlement (1793)

Lord Cornwallis

Separated Revenue & Judiciary|Created District Judge

Lord Cornwallis

Cornwallis Code (1793)|Father of Civil Services in India

Sir John Shore (1793-98)

Charter Act (1793)|Battle of Kharda (1795)

Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

Introduced Subsidiary Alliance

Lord Wellesley

Nizam of Hyderabad first accepted Subsidiary Alliance (1798)

Lord Wellesley

4th Anglo-Mysore War (1799)|Death of Tipu Sultan

Lord Wellesley

Treaty of Bassein (1802)|2nd Anglo-Maratha War (1803-05)

George Barlow (1805-07)

Vellore Mutiny (1806)

Lord Minto I (1807-13)

Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809)|Charter Act (1813)

Lord Hastings (1813-23)

Policy of Intervention & War

Lord Hastings

Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16)

Lord Hastings

3rd Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18)

Lord Hastings

Ryotwari Settlement introduced in Madras by Thomas Munro

Lord Amherst (1823-28)

1st Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26)|Capture of Bharatpur (1826)

Lord William Bentinck (1828-35)

Abolished Sati (1829)

Lord William Bentinck

Father of Modern Western Education

Lord William Bentinck

Charter Act (1833)|First Governor-General of India

Lord William Bentinck

Macaulay's Minute (1835)|Annexed Coorg (1834)

Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835-36)

Liberator of Indian Press|Press Act (1835)

Lord Auckland (1836-42)

1st Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42)|Tripartite Treaty (1838)

Lord Ellenborough (1842-44)

End of 1st Anglo-Afghan War

Lord Ellenborough

Annexation of Sindh (1843)|War with Gwalior (1843)

Lord Ellenborough

Abolished Slavery (1843)

Lord Hardinge I (1844-48)

1st Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46)|Treaty of Lahore (1846)

Lord Dalhousie (1848-56)

Doctrine of Lapse

Lord Dalhousie

Wood's Dispatch (1854)

Lord Dalhousie

First Railway Bombay-Thane (1853)

Lord Dalhousie

Electric Telegraph (1854)|Modern Postal System (1854)

Lord Dalhousie

Public Works Department|Vernacular Education (1853)

Lord Dalhousie

Annexed Satara,Jaitpur,Sambalpur,Baghat,Udaipur,Jhansi,Nagpur under Doctrine of Lapse

Lord Dalhousie

Annexed Awadh (1856)

Lord Dalhousie

2nd Anglo-Sikh War|2nd Anglo-Burmese War

Lord Dalhousie

Introduced Non-Regulation System

Lord Canning (1856-62)

Last Governor-General of Company (1856-58)|First Viceroy (1858-62)

Lord Canning

Widow Remarriage Act (1856)|Revolt of 1857

Lord Canning

Government of India Act (1858)

Lord Canning

Indian Councils Act (1861)|High Courts Act (1861)

Lord Canning

Income Tax introduced

Lord Canning

Universities of Calcutta,Bombay & Madras established (1857)

Lord Canning

Indigo Revolt (1860)

Lord Elgin I (1862-63)

Wahabi Movement

Sir John Lawrence (1864-69)

Bhutan War (1865)

Sir John Lawrence

Indian Forest Department

Sir John Lawrence

Expanded Railways & Canals|State-managed Railways

Lord Mayo (1869-72)

Financial Decentralization

Lord Mayo

Mayo College, Ajmer

Lord Mayo

Statistical Survey of India

Lord Mayo

Department of Agriculture & Commerce

Lord Mayo

Only Viceroy murdered in office (1872)

Lord Northbrook (1872-76)

Kuka Movement

Lord Lytton (1876-80)

Royal Titles Act (1876)|Delhi Durbar (1877)

Lord Lytton

Vernacular Press Act (1878)|Arms Act (1878)

Lord Lytton

2nd Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80)

Lord Ripon (1880-84)

Father of Local Self Government

Lord Ripon

Factory Act (1881)

Lord Ripon

Local Self Government Resolution (1882)

Lord Ripon

Hunter Commission (1882)|Ilbert Bill Controversy (1883)

Lord Ripon

Repealed Vernacular Press Act

Lord Dufferin (1884-88)

Indian National Congress founded (1885)

Lord Dufferin

3rd Anglo-Burmese War (1885)

Lord Lansdowne (1888-94)

Factory Act (1891)

Lord Lansdowne

Indian Councils Act (1892)

Lord Lansdowne

Durand Commission (1893)

Lord Elgin II (1894-99)

Munda Uprising (1899)

Lord Elgin II

Lyall Commission (1897-98)

Lord Elgin II

Chapekar Brothers assassinated Rand & Ayerst (1897)

Lord Curzon (1899-1905)

Police Commission (1902)|Fraser Commission

Lord Curzon

Indian Universities Act (1904)

Lord Curzon

Ancient Monuments Preservation Act (1904)

Lord Curzon

Official Secrets Act (1904)

Lord Curzon

Partition of Bengal (1905)

Lord Curzon

Victoria Memorial

Lord Minto II (1905-10)

Swadeshi Movement

Lord Minto II

Muslim League founded (1906)|Surat Split (1907)

Lord Minto II

Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)

Lord Minto II

Father of Communal Electorate

Lord Hardinge II (1910-16)

Annulment of Partition of Bengal (1911)

Lord Hardinge II

Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi (1912)

Lord Hardinge II

Delhi Durbar (1911)

Lord Hardinge II

Hindu Mahasabha established (1915)

Lord Chelmsford (1916-21)

Home Rule Movement|Lucknow Pact (1916)

Lord Chelmsford

Arrival of Gandhi (1915)|Champaran Satyagraha (1917)

Lord Chelmsford

Kheda & Ahmedabad Satyagraha (1918)

Lord Chelmsford

Montagu Declaration (1917)|Government of India Act (1919)

Lord Chelmsford

Rowlatt Act|Jallianwala Bagh Massacre|Hunter Commission

Lord Chelmsford

Khilafat Movement|Non-Cooperation Movement

Lord Reading (1921-26)

Repealed Rowlatt Act

Lord Reading

Moplah Rebellion (1921)|Communist Party of India founded (1921)