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List of Governors General
I. Governors-General of Fort William in
Bengal
(Regulating Act of 1773)
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| 1774 (October) |
Warren Hastings |
| 1785 (February) |
Sir John Macpherson |
| 1786 (September) |
Earl (Marques) Cornwallis |
| 1793 (October) |
Sir John Shore (Lord
Teignmouth) |
| 1798 (March) |
Sir A. Clarke |
| 1798 (May) |
Earl of Mornington (Marquess
Wellesley) |
| 1805 (30th July) |
Marquess Cornwallis (for
the second time) |
| 1805 (October) |
Sir George Barlow |
| 1807 (July) |
Baron (1st Earl of) Minto
(I) |
| 1813 (4th October) |
Earl of Moira (Marquess of
Hastings) |
| 1823 (January) |
John Adam |
| 1823 (1st August) |
Baron (Earl) Amherst |
| 1828 (March) |
William Butterworth
Bayley |
| 1828 (4th July) |
Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck |
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II. Governors-General of
India
(Charter Act of 1833) |
| 1833 |
Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck |
| 1835 (20th March) |
Sir Charles (Lord)
Metcalfe |
| 1836 (March) |
Baron (Earl of) Auckland |
| 1842 (February) |
Baron (Earl of)
Ellenborough |
| 1844 (June) |
William Wilberforce
Bird |
| 1844 (July) |
Sir Henry (Viscount)
Hardinge |
| 1848 (January) |
Earl (Marquess) of
Dalhousie |
| 1856 (February) |
Viscount (Earl) Canning |
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III. Governors-General and
Viceroy |
| 1858 (1st November) |
Viscount (Earl) Canning |
| 1862 (March) |
8th Earl of Elgin (I) |
| 1863 |
Sir Robert Napier
(Baron Napier of Magdala) |
| 1863 |
Sir William T. Denison |
| 1864 (January) |
Sir John (Lord) Lawrence |
| 1869 (January) |
Earl of Mayo |
| 1872 |
Sir John Strachey |
| 1872 |
Lord Napier of
Merchistoun |
| 1872 (May) |
Baron (Earl of) Northbrook |
| 1876 (April) |
Baron (1st Earl of) Lytton
(I) |
| 1880 (June) |
Marquess of Ripon |
| 1884 (december) |
Earl of Dufferin (Marquess
of Dufferin and Ava) |
| 1888 (December) |
Marquess of Landsdowne |
| 1894 (January) |
9th Earl of Elgin (II) |
| 1899 (6th January) |
Baron (Marquess) Curzon of
Kedleston |
| 1904 (April) |
Lord Ampthill |
| 1904 (December) |
Baron (Marquess) Curzon of
Kedleston (re-appointed) |
| 1905 (November) |
4th Earl of Minto (II) |
| 1910 (November) |
Baron Hardinge of
Penshurst (II) |
| 1916 (April) |
Baron Chelmford |
| 1921 (April) |
Earl of Reading |
| 1925 |
2nd Earl of Lytton (II) |
| 1926 (April) |
Lord Irwin |
| 1929 |
Lord Goschen
(during the absence of Lord Irwin on leave) |
| 1931 (April) |
Earl of Willingdon |
| 1934 (May-August) |
Sir George Stanley
(Offg.) |
| 1934 |
Earl of Willingdon |
| 1936 (18th April) |
Marquess of Linlithgow |
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IV. Governors-General and
Crown Representatives
(Act of 1935) |
| 1937 (31st March) |
Marquess of Linlithgow |
| 1938 (June-October) |
Baron Brabourne (Offg.) |
| 1938 |
Marquess of Linlithgow |
| 1943 |
Viscount (Earl) Wavell |
| 1945 |
Sir John Colville (Offg.) |
| 1947 (March-August) |
Viscount (Earl)
Mountbatten (last Viceroy of United India, First Governor-General of the
Indian Domiion, 1947-1948) |
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V. Governor-General
(Indian Independence Act) |
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Indian Union |
| 1947 (November) |
Earl Mountbatten
Sri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (Offg.) |
| 1948 (June) |
Sri Chakravarti
Rajagopalachari |
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Pakistan |
| 1947 |
Qaid-Azam M. A. Jinnah |
| 1948 (September) |
Khawaja Najimuddin |
| 1951 |
Ghulam Mohammad |
| 1955 |
Major-General Iskander
Mirza |
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