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Warren Hastings was the first governer general of british government in India. The British East India Company established a capital in Kolkatta in 1772 and appointed Warren Hastings as its first governer general on 20 october 1773. he remained the governer general till 1 feb 1785
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(1732--1818)20 October 17741 February 1785East India
Company2Sir John Macpherson
(acting)
(1745--1821)1 February 178512 September 17863The Earl Cornwallis[1]
(1738--1805)12 September 178628 October 17934Sir John Shore
(1751--1834)28 October 179318 March 17985Sir Alured Clarke
(acting)
(1744--1832)18 March 179818 May 17986The Earl of Mornington [2]
(1760--1842)18 May 179830 July 18057The Marquess Cornwallis
(1738--1805)30 July 18055 October 18058Sir George Barlow, Bt
(acting)
(1762--1847)10 October 180531 July 18079The Lord Minto
(1751--1814)31 July 18074 October 181310The Earl of Moira
(1754--1826)
[3]4 October 18139 January 182311John Adam
(acting)
(1779--1825)9 January 18231 August 182312The Lord Amherst[4]
(1773--1857)1 August 182313 March 182813William Butterworth Bayley
(acting)
(1782--1860)13 March 18284 July 182814Lord William Bentinck
(1774--1839)4 July 18281833Governors-General of India, 1833--185814Lord William Bentinck
(1774--1839)183320 March 1835East India
Company15Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt
(acting)
(1785--1846)20 March 18354 March 183616The Lord Auckland[5]
(1784--1849)4 March 183628 February 184217The Lord Ellenborough
(1790--1871)28 February 1842June 184418William Wilberforce Bird
(acting)
(1784--1857)June 184423 July 184419Sir Henry Hardinge[6]
(1785--1856)23 July 184412 January 184820The Marquess of Dalhousie[7]
(1812--1860)12 January 184828 February 185621The Viscount Canning
(1812--1862)28 February 18561 November 1858Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858--194721The Earl Canning[8]
(1812--1862)1 November 185821 March 1862Victoria22The Earl of Elgin
(1811--1863)21 March 186220 November 186323Sir Robert Napier
(acting)
(1810--1890)21 November 18632 December 186324Sir William Denison
(acting)
(1804--1871)2 December 186312 January 186425Sir John Lawrence, Bt
(1811--1879)12 January 186412 January 186926The Earl of Mayo
(1822--1872)12 January 18698 February 187227Sir John Strachey
(acting)
(1823--1907)9 February 187223 February 187228The Lord Napier
(acting)
(1819--1898)24 February 18723 May 187229The Lord Northbrook
(1826--1904)3 May 187212 April 187630The Lord Lytton
(1831--1891)12 April 18768 June 188031The Marquess of Ripon
(1827--1909)8 June 188013 December 188432The Earl of Dufferin
(1826--1902)13 December 188410 December 188833The Marquess of Lansdowne
(1845--1927)10 December 188811 October 189434The Earl of Elgin
(1849--1917)11 October 18946 January 189935The Lord Curzon of Kedleston[9]
(1859--1925)6 January 189918 November 190536The Earl of Minto
(1845--1914)18 November 190523 November 1910Edward VII37The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
(1858--1944)23 November 19104 April 1916George V38The Lord Chelmsford
(1868--1933)4 April 19162 April 192139The Earl of Reading
(1860--1935)2 April 19213 April 192640The Lord Irwin
(1881--1959)3 April 192618 April 193141The Earl of Willingdon
(1866--1941)18 April 193118 April 193642The Marquess of Linlithgow
(1887--1952)18 April 19361 October 1943Edward VIII43The Viscount Wavell
(1883--1950)1 October 194321 February 1947George VI44The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
(1900--1979)21 February 194715 August 1947Governors-General of the Union of India, 1947--195044The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
(1900--1979)15 August 194721 June 1948George VI45C. Rajagopalachari
(1878--1972)21 June 194826 January 1950
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∙ 11y agoWarren Hastings is the first Governor General of India. And Lord Mountbatten is the firs Governor General of independent India.
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Who was the Governor-General of India invited Nehru to form an interim government in 1946?
Lord Wavell
Who is the head of British Raj?
There is no head of the British Raj. The British empire was dissolved over 60 years ago. The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India and the last Govenor-General was an Indian called Rajagopalachari who held the office from1948 - 1950.
What inspired the British to send a viceroy to India?
After the Queen of England took over the control of East India Company and appointed a Governor General and the British Empire was created, it was a constitutional requirement to rule the country
Who was the last Governor general of India at the war of independence 1857?
Viscount Louis Mountbatten was the first and last British Governor-General of India. He held that position from the 15th August 1947 to the 21st June 1948, when he was succeeded by C. Rajagopalachari. Until 1947, India was governed by an Viceroy.
Railway was introduce in India when the governor general of India was?
who was the first governer general of India when railway was introduced
Who is the first visrai in India?
The first Viceroy of India was Warren Hastings. The Viceroy was also the Governor-General, the Head of the British government in India.
Who was the governor of India?
The first Governor-General of India (British India) was Warren Hastings. He served as Governor-General during the time period of 1773 to 1785
Who was the first governor of India?
The first Governor-General of India (British India) was Warren Hastings. He served as Governor-General during the time period of 1773 to 1785
Who was the First British governor of independent India?
Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor General of India. He was also the last British Viceroy of India before independence.
Who was the last Governor General Of British India?
louis mounybattein
Who is the first governor general of british India?
Lord Mountbetton
Who was the first British governor of India?
Lord Louis Mountbatten was the first Governor General of independent India after having overseen independence and partition of British India as the last Viceroy. He was followed by Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari who was the first Governor General of India of Indian origin and the last Governor General as the new constitution in 1950 replaced King George VI as Emperor of India with a President and the office of Governor General thus disappeared.
Who was the first governor general of Bengal?
Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of British India from 1773 to 1785.
Which British governor general introduces panchayati raj in British India?
lordwilliam bentinck
Which british governor general introduced postage stamp in India?
Lord Dalhousie.
Who was the last British Governor-General of India and list their policies?
C. Rajgopalachari
Who was Sir Mount Baton?
Last Governor General of British ruled India.
