IMPORTANT EVENTS UNDER GOVERNOR GENERALS OF INDIA

Warren Hastings (1772-1785)

Pitt’s India Act - 1784
Brought the Dual Government system to an end by enforcing the Regulating Act of 1773
He founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal with William Jones in 1784

Warren Hastings (1772-1785)

Zamindars were given judicial powers
civil and criminal courts were established
Treaty of Purandar (1776) between English and Peshwa

Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

Introduced Permanent Settlement of Bengal (1793)
Introduction of civil services
Called the father of civil service in India

Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

New Police System was introduced in 1791
Third Anglo-Mysore War and Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)

Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

Establishment of Appellate courts and lower grade courts
Introduced the first Charter Act – 1793

Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

Described himself a Bengal Tiger
Introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system to achieve British Paramountcy (1798)

Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

Fourth Anglo- Mysore war
The Treaty of Bassein (1802) with Peshwa

Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

Subsidiary Alliance to bring the princely states under the control of the British. Most effective
Hyderabad (1798). Tanjore (1799), Awadh (1801), Peshwa (1802), Bhonsle (1803), Gwalior (1804), Indore (1817), Jaipur, Udaipur and Jodhpur (1818)

Lord William Bentick (1828-35)

First Governor General of India
Abolished provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis
appointment of Commissioners of revenue and circuit

Lord William Bentick (1828-35)

abolition of Sati in 1829 with the help of Rajaram Mohan Roy
Suppression of Thuggee
placed William Sleeman in charge of the operation to eliminate the Thuggee

Lord William Bentick (1828-35)

Banned female infanticide in 1829
Macaulay’s minutes on education were accepted declaring that English should be the official language of India in 1835

Lord Auckland (1836-1842)

The first Anglo-Afghan war

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

Lord Dalhousie was one of the chief architects of the British Empire in India
first Railway line from Bombay to Thane was opened in 1853
same year Calcutta and Agra were connected by telegraph

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

Second Anglo-Sikh war 1849 was fought
annexed the whole of Punjab to the British administration

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

Introduced Doctrine of Lapse 1848 and captured Satara (1848), Jaipur and Sambhalpur (1849), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853) and Nagpur (1854)

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

Established Postal system in India
Abolished Titles and Pensions
Introduced Widow Remarriage Act (1856)
Charter Act of 1853

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

Made Shimla as the summer capital of British India
1854 Wood’s Dispatch for system of education from the School to the University
Established Public Works Department