Viceroys of India
Here is the chronological list of the Viceroys of India, starting from the Government of India Act 1858 (which transferred power from the East India Company to the British Crown) up to Indian Independence in 1947.
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1858 to 1862 - Lord Canning Key Events: First Viceroy; Government of India Act 1858; Withdrawal of Doctrine of Lapse.
1862 to 1863 - Lord Elgin I Key Events: Wahabi Movement suppression.
1864 to 1869 - Sir John Lawrence Key Events: Bhutan War (1865); Establishment of High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras.
1869 to 1872 - Lord Mayo Key Events: First Census of India (1872); Establishment of Statistical Survey of India; Assassinated in office.
1872 to 1876 - Lord Northbrook Key Events: Kuka Rebellion in Punjab; Visit of Prince of Wales.
1876 to 1880 - Lord Lytton Key Events: Vernacular Press Act (1878); Arms Act (1878); Grand Delhi Durbar (1877).
1880 to 1884 - Lord Ripon Key Events: Resolution on Local Self-Government (1882); Repeal of Vernacular Press Act; Ilbert Bill controversy.
1884 to 1888 - Lord Dufferin Key Events: Formation of the Indian National Congress (1885); Third Anglo-Burmese War.
1888 to 1894 - Lord Lansdowne Key Events: Indian Councils Act 1892; Setting up of the Durand Commission (boundary with Afghanistan).
1894 to 1899 - Lord Elgin II Key Events: Severe famines and the Bubonic plague in Bombay; Munda uprising led by Birsa Munda.
1899 to 1905 - Lord Curzon Key Events: Partition of Bengal (1905); Ancient Monuments Preservation Act (1904); Indian Universities Act (1904).
1905 to 1910 - Lord Minto II Key Events: Swadeshi Movement; Surat Split of INC (1907); Morley-Minto Reforms (1909).
1910 to 1916 - Lord Hardinge II Key Events: Annulment of Bengal Partition (1911); Capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi (1911).
1916 to 1921 - Lord Chelmsford Key Events: Lucknow Pact (1916); Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919); Non-Cooperation Movement launched.
1921 to 1926 - Lord Reading Key Events: Chauri Chaura incident (1922); Formation of Swaraj Party; Kakori Train Robbery (1925).
1926 to 1931 - Lord Irwin Key Events: Simon Commission visit (1928); Dandi March and Civil Disobedience Movement (1930); Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931).
1931 to 1936 - Lord Willingdon Key Events: Second and Third Round Table Conferences; Communal Award (1932); Government of India Act 1935.
1936 to 1943 - Lord Linlithgow Key Events: Outbreak of World War II; August Offer (1940); Cripps Mission (1942); Quit India Movement (1942).
1943 to 1947 - Lord Wavell Key Events: Great Bengal Famine (1943); Wavell Plan and Simla Conference (1945); Cabinet Mission (1946); Direct Action Day (1946).
Feb 1947 to Aug 1947 - Lord Mountbatten Key Events: Last British Viceroy; Mountbatten Plan (June 3 Plan); Indian Independence Act 1947; Partition of India.