Between 1796 when the firt British arrived on the island, the island was governed from Madras. On the 12th October 1798, the first island govenor was Frederick North until 19th July 1805. The Dominion of Ceylon was created in 1948 with the office of Govenor General and this office was abolished in 1972 when Sri Lanka became a Republic
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C. Rajgopalachari
Last Governor General of British ruled India.
Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor General of India. He was also the last British Viceroy of India before independence.
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.
Sir Solomon Hochoy was the last British Governor of Trinidad and Tobago and was the country's first Governor-General after its independence in 1962.
Riego delos Rios was the last Spanish Governor General of the Philippines in 1898.
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.
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.
Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy.
Louis Mountbatten :He was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India(1947-48).
Shri C. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor General of the independent India.