Governor general

Governor of Bengal

 Clive (1757-60, 1765-67)

·         First governor of Bengal become after Battle of Plasi (1757).

·         Signed treaty of Allahabad (1765) with Shah Alam-II & get revenue collection rights of Bengal. Bihar & Orissa.

·         White mutiny

·         Introduced dual governance in Bengal.

·         Clive Suicide in England.

 Holwell: 1760

• (For a Small Period) He described ‘Blackhole’ moment.

 Vensittart (1760 – 65):-

•  At the time of Buxar war,  he was the governor of Bengal.

 Verelust (1767 – 69): 

• First Anglo – mysore war.

 Cartier (1769 – 72):

• Famine in Bengal (1770).

Governor general of Bengal

Warren Hastings (1772 – 85)

·         Become governor of Bengal in 1772 & govt. general of Bengal in 1773 through the regulating Act. 1773.

·         Established revenue board in 1772.

·         Father of Judicial services in India.

·         Abolished dual system of governance.

·         Treaty of Banaras (1773) & Treaty of Faizabad (1775)

·         Founded the Asiatic society of Bengal with William Jones in 1784 in Calcutta.

·         Divide Bengal into districts & appointed collectors.

·         Started Diwani & Faujdari Adalat at the district level and  Sadar Diwani & nizamat adalats (appellate courts) at Calcutta.

·         Redefined Hindu & Muslim Laws. A translate of the code in Sanskrit appeared in 1776 under the title of “code of Gentoo laws”.

·         1^st  Anglo – Maratha war (1775 – 80)

·         2^nd Anglo – Mysore war (1780 – 84)

·         Burke “Introduced impeachment on warren Hastings” (only gov. general)

 Lord Cornwallis (1786 – 93)

·         First person to codified laws in 1793.

·         Created post of District Judge.

·         Introduced of permanent settlement in Bengal called the father of civil services in India.

·         Third Anglo – Mysore war (1790 – 92)

·         समाधि(tomb) – Gazipur (only Govt. General)

 Sir John Shore (1793 – 1798)

·         Introduced the first charter Act.

·         Follow policy of non – interfere against Mysore.

 Lord Wellesley (1798 – 1805)

·         Started Subsidiary Alliance system to achieve British Paramountcy in India.

·         Madras Presidency was formed during his tenure.

·         Established Fort Willian College at Calcutta. For civil servants training in 1800.

·         4^th Anglo – Mysore war (1799)

·         2^nd Anglo – Maratha war (1803 – 04)

States who signed subsidiary Alliance:-

·         Hyderabad (1798), Mysore (1799), Tanjore (1799), Aradh (1801), Peshwa (1802), Bhonsle (1803), Scindhia (1804)

·         Singned treaty of Basein (1802) with vajirao – II

·         Called ‘Tiger of Bengal’

Sir George Barlow (1805 – 07)

·         Signed treaty of Rajpur ghat with ya want Rao Holker

 Lord Minto – I (1807 – 13)

·         Signed treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809)

 Lord Hastings (1813 – 23)

·         Anglo – Nepal war (1814 – 16):- end of war by treaty of Sangoli (1816).

·         पिण्डरियों का दमन

8. Lord Adams (1823)

·         Banned on press.

9. Lord Amherst (1823 – 28)

·         1^st Burmese war (1824 – 26):- end of war by treaty of Yandubu (1826).

Governor General of India

. Lord William Bentick (1828 – 35)

·         Become govt. general of India by charter Act 1833.

·         Abolished sati system

·         Restricted discrimination in civil services.

·         Regarded as the father of modern western education in India

·         Most liberal & enlightened govt. general of India

·         Macaulay's  minute on education accepted”.

·         Established Calcutta medical college in 1835.

·         Appointed Divisional commissioner

 Charles Metcalf (1835 – 36)

·         Abolished ban on press.

·         Liberator of press

 Lord Auckland (1836 – 42)

·         First Anglo-Afgan war (1838 – 42)

·         Tripalle Alliance – EIC, Ranjit Singh & Shahsuja

·         Change the name of ‘shershah suri’ road as G. T. Road.

Lord Ellenborough (1842 – 44)

·         Merge Sindh in 1843.

·         Abolished ‘slave’ system in 1843.

 Lord Harding – I (1844 – 48)

·         1^st Anglo-Sikh war:- end of war by treaty of Lahore.

 Lord Dalhousie (1848 – 56)

·         Merge Punjab in 1852, 2^nd Anglo – Sikh war (1848 – 49)

·         2^nd Anglo – Burmese war in 1852

·         Merge Sikkim in 1850

·         Introduction the doctrine of Lapse & annexation of Satara (1848), Jaitpur & Sambhalpur (1849) Banghat (1850), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), Nagpur (1854) & Awadh (1856)

·         Woods dispatch (1854) (Education related)

·         Railway minute 1853, & Laying down of First railway line connecting Bombay & thane in 1853.

·         Telegraph & Postal reforms. (Post office act – 1854)

·         Introduced electric telegraph between Calcutta & Agra.

·         Established a separate public works department in every province.

·         Window remarriage act 1856.

 Lord canning (1856 – 57)

·         Establishment of three universities at Calcutta, madras & Bombay in 1857.

·         Revolt 1857.

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