British Governors-General & Viceroys of India (1773-1921)

25 question-and-answer flashcards covering key Governors-General and Viceroys of India from 1773-1921, along with their major policies, wars, and legislative measures.

Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal appointed under the Regulating Act of 1773?

Warren Hastings

Which act passed by the British Parliament laid the foundation of parliamentary control over the East India Company in 1773?

The Regulating Act of 1773

Under whose tenure did the Rohilla War (1774) take place?

Warren Hastings

Which judicial body was set up in Calcutta in 1774 to administer justice?

The Supreme Court of Calcutta

Which Governor-General introduced the Cornwallis Code and implemented the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793?

Lord Cornwallis

What revenue system, fixing land revenue with zamindars, was introduced in Bengal in 1793?

Permanent Settlement (Zamindari System)

Which diplomatic strategy, involving stationing British troops in princely states, was developed by Lord Wellesley?

Subsidiary Alliance

Which Governor-General’s aggressive policies between 1798-1805 led to large-scale territorial expansion of British India?

Lord Wellesley

The Third Anglo-Maratha War that ended Peshwa power concluded during whose term?

Lord Hastings

Who abolished sati (1829) and endorsed Macaulay’s Minute on English Education?

Lord William Bentinck

Which annexation policy, used to absorb states like Jhansi and Satara, is associated with Lord Dalhousie?

Doctrine of Lapse

Which Governor-General introduced railways, telegraph lines and the Post Office Act in India?

Lord Dalhousie

Who was the Governor-General during the Revolt of 1857 and subsequently became the first Viceroy of India?

Lord Canning

Which law transferred governance of India from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858?

Government of India Act 1858

Which Viceroy founded Mayo College (Ajmer), ordered India’s first census (1871-72) and was assassinated in the Andamans?

Lord Mayo

The Vernacular Press Act (1878) and the Second Afghan War occurred under which Viceroy?

Lord Lytton

Which imperial ceremony proclaiming Queen Victoria Empress of India was held in 1877?

The Delhi Durbar of 1877

The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 and early local self-government reforms were introduced by which Viceroy?

Lord Ripon

During whose tenure was the Indian National Congress founded in 1885?

Lord Dufferin

The Indian Councils Act 1892 and the Durand Line Agreement (1893) took place under which Viceroy?

Lord Lansdowne

Who ordered the 1905 Partition of Bengal and reformed the Archaeological Survey of India?

Lord Curzon

Which set of constitutional reforms, granting limited representation to Indians, is known as the Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909?

Indian Councils Act 1909

Under which Viceroy was the Delhi Durbar of 1911 held and the capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

Lord Hardinge

The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and the Rowlatt Act were enacted during whose viceroyalty?

Lord Chelmsford

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 occurred under which Viceroy’s administration?

Lord Chelmsford