Gov-Generals
# Gov Generals
2020-08-22 13:00:44
28 October 1793 - 18 March 1798
- Policy of Non-intervention
- Charter Act of 1793
- Second Rohilla War 1794
- Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)
[4 October
1813 - 9 January
1823]{.ul}
Francis Rawdon-Hastings
-
Ended the policy of
Non-intervention -
Treaty of Sugauli
(1816) -
Creation of
Bombay Presidency
in 1818 -
Establishment of
Ryotwari System
in Madras (1820) -
Establishment of
Mahalwari System
in Northern India (1822) -
Hindu College
(now
Presidency University) at
Calcutta
in 1817 -
The
Pindari War
(1817-1818) (Complete Destruction of the
Pindari
Clan of India) -
General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823
3 May 1872 - 12 April
1876
Lord Northbrook
- Jyotiba Phule
launches
The Satyashodhak Samaj
in
Maharashtra
in 1873 against the
caste system
and
Untouchability. - Dramatic Performances Act, 1876
12 April
1876 - 8 June
1880
Lord Lytton
-
Vernacular Press Act, 1878
-
Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878--80)
-
1st Delhi Durbar
out of 3 -
Queen Victoria assuming the title of 'Empress of India'
8 June
1880 - 13 December
1884
Marquess of Ripon
-
First Factory Act (1881)
-
Negotiable Instruments Act
(1881) -
Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882)
-
Ilbert Bill
(1883) -
Government resolution on local self-government (1882)
-
Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Hunter
-
First complete Census
13 December
1884 - 10 December
1888
Earl of Dufferin
- Formation of Indian National Congress
(1885) - Third Anglo-Burmese War
(1885)
10 December
1888 - 11 October
1894
Marquess of Lansdowne
-
Setting up of
Durand Commission
in 1893 (India-Afghanistan)
10 December
1888 - 11 October
1894
Marquess of Lansdowne
-
Setting up of
Durand Commission
in 1893 (India-Afghanistan)
6 January
1899 - 18 November
1905
Lord Curzon
-
Official Secrets Act 1904 to curb free press
-
2st Delhi Durbar out of 3 (1903)
-
Appointment of Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer
-
Appointment of
Raleigh University Commission (1902) -
Passing of Indian Universities Act 1904
-
2nd Swadeshi Movement
(1905-1911) against
Partition of Bengal
by
Lal-Bal-Pal-Aurbindo Ghosh) -
Establishment of
Archaeological Survey of India -
Benaras Hindu Girl's School
was established by
Annie Besant
in 1904 -
He said, "India is the pivot of our Empire.... If the Empire loses any other part of its Dominion we can survive, but if we lose India, the sun of our Empire will have set."
18 November
1905 - 23 November
1910
Earl of Minto
-
Split in Congress in 1907
-
Seditious meetings (prohibition) Act 1907 to curb extremist movement
-
Establishment of
Muslim League
by
Aga Khan III
(1906) -
Jamsetji Tata
established
TISCO
in 1907
23 November
1910 - 4 April
1916
Lord Hardinge
of Penshurst
-
Third
Delhi Durbar
(1911) -
Partition of Bengal to form Bihar province (1912)
-
McMahon border line
was created between India and China in 1914 -
Ghadar Mutiny
(1915)
4 April
1916 - 2 April
1921
Lord Chelmsford
-
Formation of
Indian Home Rule Movement
(1916) -
Lucknow Pact
(1916) -
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
(1919) -
Rowlatt Act
(1919) -
Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre
(1919) -
Imperial Bank of India
(now
State Bank of India
established in 1921)
2 April
1921 - 3 April
1926
Rufus Isacs,
Earl of Reading
- Malabar rebellion
(also known as
Moplah Rebellion), first Ethnic Rebellion (1921) - Non-cooperation movement
(1921--22) - Rabindranath Tagore
founded
Visva-Bharati University
in 1921 - Chauri Chaura incident
(1922)
3 April
1926 - 18 April
1931
Lord Irwin
-
Simon Commission
(1928) -
Nehru Report
(1928) -
Death of
Lala Lajpat Rai
(1928) -
Fourteen Points of Jinnah
(1929) -
Purna Swaraj
declaration
(1929) -
Salt March
(1930) -
Dharasana Satyagraha
(1930) -
First
Round Table Conferences
(1930) -
Allahabad Address
(1930) -
Chittagong armoury raid
in 1930 -
Gandhi--Irwin Pact
(1931) -
Execution of
Bhagat Singh,
Shivaram Rajguru, and
Sukhdev Thapar
(1931)
18 April
1931 - 18 April
1936
Earl of Willingdon
-
Poona Pact
between
Mahatma Gandhi
and
B. R. Ambedkar
in 1932 -
Pakistan Declaration
(1933) -
Reserve Bank of India
established by passing
The Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. -
Foundation of
Congress Socialist Party
in 1934
18 April
1936 - 1 October
1943
Marquess of Linlithgow
-
Indian provincial elections
(1937) -
Day of Deliverance
(1939) -
Lahore Resolution
(1940) -
Cripps Mission
(1942) -
Formation of
Indian Legion
(1942) -
Quit India movement
(1942) -
Formation of
Indian National Army
(1942) -
Bengal famine
(1943)
21 February
1947 - 15 August
1947
Viscount Mountbatten of Burma