IMPORTANT EVENTS UNDER VICEROYS OF INDIA

Lord Canning (1856 - 1862)

First Viceroy and last Governor General of India
withdraw Doctrine of Lapse
Revolt of 1857 took place

Lord Canning (1856 - 1862)

Rule of East India Company replaced by rule of crown in 1858 and Queen Victoria proclamation was read by Lord canning at Allahabad

Lord Canning (1856 - 1862)

The Universities of Madras Calcutta and Bombay were established in 1857
Indian Penal Code - 1860
Indian council act - 1861

Lord Elgin (1862-1863)

Establishment of Calcutta High Court Bombay High Court and Madras High Court in 1862

Lord John Lawrence (1864 - 1869)

Indian Forest Department was created 1864

Lord Mayo (1869 - 1872)

First non synchronous census was conducted in 1872
Department of Agriculture and commerce
Financial decentralization process started in India

Lord Mayo (1869 - 1872)

He was the only viceroy to be murdered in office
He was assassinated in Andamans in 1872 by
Sher Ali Afridi

Lord Lytton (1876-1880)

Royal Titles Act of 1876
Assumption of the title of empress of India by Queen Victoria

Lord Lytton (1876-1880)

Vernacular Press Act (Gaggings act) and Arms Act of 1878
Appointment of first famine commission in 1878
known as the viceroy of reverse character

Lord Rippon (1880 - 1884)

First Factory Act of 1881
The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881

Lord Rippon (1880 - 1884)

Local Self Government was introduced in 1882
Called the founding father of local self- government

Lord Rippon (1880 - 1884)

3 Division in “finances of the centre” in 1882 inaugurated by lord mayo

Imperial Heads Provincial Heads Divided Heads

Hunter commission on Education to improve the primary and secondary education

Lord Rippon (1880 - 1884)

Ilbert Bill Controversy
Negotiable Instruments Act (1881)
Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882)

Lord Dufferin (1884 - 1888)

Third Burmese War 1885-86
Foundation of Indian National Congress in 1885

Lord Landsdowne (1888 - 94)

Factory Act of 1891 granted weekly holidays and stipulated working hours
Division of Civil services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate services

Lord Landsdowne (1888 - 94)

Indian councils Act of 1892
Appointment of Durand Commission and it defined the Durand line between India (now in Pakistan) and Afghanistan in 1893

Lord Curzon (1899 - 1905)

Ancient Monuments Preservation Act of 1904
The Archaeological survey of India - Curzon restored the position of Director-General to the ASI in 1902

Lord Curzon (1899 - 1905)

Establishment of Agriculture research Institute at Pusa in Bihar
Partition of Bengal in 1905
Appointment of Raleigh Commission to suggest reform regarding universities

Lord Minto (1905 - 10)

Swadeshi movements - 1905
Surat session and Split in the congress - 1907

Lord Minto (1905 - 10)

Minto Morley reforms - 1909
Formation of Muslim League in 1906

Lord Hardinge (1910 - 16)

Transfer of imperial capital Calcutta to Delhi
Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha in 1915 by Madan Mohan Malaviya

Lord Chelmford (1916 - 21)

Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and founded Sabarmati Ashram in 1916
Champaran satyagraha in 1917 at chamaparan district of Bihar

Lord Chelmford (1916 - 21)

Home Rule leagues -1916
Lucknow pact and reunion of congress in 1916

Lord Chelmford (1916 - 21)

The August Declaration of 1917
Rowlatt Act 1919 and Jallian Walla Bagh Massacre (13 April 1919)

Lord Chelmford (1916 - 21)

Khilafat Movement 1919
Non-cooperation movement started in 1920

Lord Reading (1921 - 26)

Chauri-Chaura incident on 5th Feb 1922
Formation of Swaraj party by C.R.Das & Motilal Nehru in 1923

Lord Reading (1921 - 26)

Foundation of Rastriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) by K.B.Hedgewar (1925)
Repeal of Rowlatt Act

Lord Irwin (1926 - 31)

Simon commission visited India in 1927
Dandi march-1930

Lord Irwin (1926 - 31)

Civil disobedience movement-1930
First Round Table Conference was held 1930, Chaired by then British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald

Lord Irwin (1926 - 31)

In Lahore session 1929, Congress passed the Poorna Swaraj resolution
Gandhi Irwin pact 1931

Lord Willingdon (1931 - 36)

Second Round Table conference in 1931 Third Round Table conference in 1932

Lord Willingdon (1931 - 36)

Poona pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar in 1932
Foundation of Socialist Party by Acharya Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narayan in 1934
Govt. of India Act 1935 Passed

Lord Linlithgow (1936-43)

Cripps Mission – 1942
Quit India movement - 8th August 1942

Lord Linlithgow (1936-43)

Formation of Forward Block by on May 3, 1939 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
August offer by Lord Linlithgow in 1940 and congress rejected this offer at its meeting at Wardha in august 1940

Lord Wavell (1943-47)

Cabinet Mission – 1946
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held on 9th December 1946

Lord Mountbatten (1947)

He is the last viceroy of India and the first governor general of free India
Partition of India and Independence
Indian independence act 1947 by British parliament on 4th July 194