{"id":25665,"date":"2017-01-21T06:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.gyankatta.org\/?p=25665"},"modified":"2017-01-21T06:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:07:04","slug":"governor-generals-of-india-tenure-and-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.gyankatta.org\/?p=25665","title":{"rendered":"Governor – Generals of India – Tenure and Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Governor-General<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nTenure<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nHighlights<\/i><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren Hastings<\/b><\/td>\n1773-1785<\/td>\n-Founded the Calcutta Madrasa for promotion of Islamic studies, first educational institute in 1781.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir John Macpherson<\/b><\/td>\n1785-1786<\/td>\n– Held temporary post.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Cornwallis<\/b><\/td>\n1786-1793<\/td>\n– Establishment of the thanas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir John Shore<\/b><\/td>\n1793-1798<\/td>\n– Followed a policy of non-intervention.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Wellesley<\/b><\/td>\n1798-1805<\/td>\n– Introduced the Subsidiary Alliance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir George Barlow<\/b><\/td>\n1805-1807<\/td>\n– The Indian soldiers killed many English officials in the Mutiny of Vellore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Minto I<\/b><\/td>\n1807-1813<\/td>\n– Treaty with Shah of Persia and Treaty of Amritsar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Hastings<\/b><\/td>\n1813-1823<\/td>\n– Published the first vernacular newspaper Samachar Patrika.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Amherst<\/b><\/td>\n1823-1828<\/td>\n– First Anglo Burmese war and mutiny of Barrackpur.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord William Bentinck<\/b><\/td>\n1828-1835<\/td>\n– Introduced English education in India and abolished sati.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sir Charles Metcalfe<\/b><\/td>\n1835-1836<\/td>\n– Removed the restriction on the vernacular press.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Auckland<\/b><\/td>\n1836-1842<\/td>\n– The outbreak of first Anglo-Afghan war.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Bilforce Bird<\/b><\/td>\n1842-1843<\/td>\n– Held temporary post.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Ellenborough<\/b><\/td>\n1843-1844<\/td>\n– The end of the first Afhgan was and incorporation of Sindh to the British Empire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Hardinge I<\/b><\/td>\n1844-1848<\/td>\n– The First Sikh War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Dalhousie<\/b><\/td>\n1848-1856<\/td>\n– Introduced ‘Doctrine of Lapse’, brought Railways and Telegraph to India.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Canning<\/b><\/td>\n1856-1858<\/td>\n– Enactment of Hindu Widow Remarriage Bill, establishment of universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lord Louis Mountbatten<\/b><\/td>\n1947-1948<\/td>\n– Governor-General of Indian Union, declared Indian Independence Act.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C. Rajagopalachari<\/b><\/td>\n1948-1950<\/td>\n– First Indian Governor-General of Indian Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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