List of Governor General of India (1773-1972)

List of  British Governors in India

1. Governor of Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), which was in existence since 1757 to 1833.
2. Governor- General of India 1833-1858. 
3. Governor-General & Viceroy of India, 1858-1947. 

S.NO.	NAME	TERM OF OFFICE	NOTABLE EVENTS
1.	Warren Hastings	1773-1785	Regulating Act of 1773 Supreme Council of Bengal Supreme Court of Jurdicature at Fort William (1774) was established Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784) Pitt`s India Act (1784) Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II Abolished the Dual System in Bengal Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta James Hicky’s Bengal Gazette- First Indian newsapaper published in 1780 First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82) Second Anglo-Maratha War (1780-84) First Rohilla War of 1773-74 Founded Calcutta Madras (Aliah University) English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins.
2.	John Macpherson	1785-1786
3.	Charles Cornwallis	1786-1793	Established lower courts & appellate courts Permanent Settlements in Bihar & Bengal in 1793 3rd Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) Introduction of Cornwallis Code Introduction of Civil Services in India Sanskrit Vidyalaya Of Benaras established by Johnathan Introduced Sunset Law
4.	John Shore	Oct. 1793- March 1798	Policy of Non-intervention Charater Act of 1793 Second Rohilla War 1794 Battle of Kharda B/w Nizam & Marathas 1795.
5.	Alured Clarke	March 1798- May 1798
6.	Richard Wellesley	1798-1805	Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance 1798 Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799 Second Anglo Maratha War 1803-05 Fort William College at Calcutta 1800 Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established  in 1803
7.	The Marquess Cornwallis	July 1805- October 1805
8.	Sir George Barlow	1805-1807	Sepoy mutiny at Vellore Bank of Calcutta 1806 established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of India)
9.	The Lord Minto	July 1807 – October 1813	Charter Act of 1813 Treaty of Amritsar 1809 with Maharaja Ranjit Singh
10.	Francis Rawdon Hastings	Oct. 1813 – January 1823	Ended the policy of Non- intervention. Third Anglo- Maratha War (1816-1818). Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818. Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras 1820. 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.
11.	John Adam	January 1823- August 1823	Licensing Regulations. Calcutta Unitarian Committe established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
12.	The Lord Amherst	August 1823 – March 1828	First Anglo- Bumese War (1824-26) Establishment of Sanskriti College at Calcutta 1824 Treaty of Yandabo,1826
13.	William Butterworth Bayley	March 1828 – July 1828
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