| Viceroy |
Tenure |
Important event |
| Lord Canning |
1858-1862 |
The doctrine of lapse got abolished
“White Mutiny” by European troops in 1859
Indian Councils Act of 1861 |
| Lord Elgin |
1862 – 1863 |
Wahabi Movement |
| Lord Lawrence |
1864 – 1869 |
Establishment of High court in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay
Anglo-Bhutan war |
| Lord Mayo |
1869 – 1872 |
Financial Decentralization between centre and state introduced for the first time
First Census in 1872
Mayo College was set up
He was the only Governor-General who was killed in India.
Establishment of Statistical Survey of India
Introduction of state railways |
| Lord Northbrook |
1872 – 1876 |
Universal Marriage Act was introduced in 1872The maximum
Inter-caste Marriages allowed
Kuka Movement in Punjab
Visit of Prince of Wales in 1875 |
| Lord Lytton |
1876 – 1880
|
Vernacular Press Act, 1878
Arms Act, 1878
Delhi Darbar organized and Proclamation of Queen Victoria “The Empress of India”
Abolished tax on cotton for British traders
Maximum age to take up the civil services exam lowered from 21 to 19 |
| Lord Ripon |
1880 – 1884 |
Most liberal viceroy
Repealed the Arms act and Vernacular press act
Set up Local self-governments – Panchayats and Municipal Boards due to which he was known as the Father of Self Government
2 new universities opened – Punjab University 1884, Allahabad University 1887
Ilbert Bill controversy
Appointment of Hunter Commission (Education) |
| Lord Dufferin |
1884 – 1888 |
Third Anglo-‐Burmese war (1885-‐1886)
Indian National Congress got established in 1885 |
| Lord Lansdowne |
1888 – 1894 |
Indian Councils Act, 1892 (Indirect election was introduced for the first time)The
Factory Act, 1891
Durand Commission was set up |
| Lord Elgin II |
1894 – 1899 |
First British Officer who was killed by Chapekar (Ramkrishna & Damodar) Brothers. This was the first political murder. |
| Lord Curzon |
1899 – 1905 |
Indian Universities act – to control Indian Universities
Raleigh Commission
Partition of Bengal(1905)
Curzon-Kitchener controversy
Ancient Monument Preservation Act(1904)
Calcutta Corporation Act |
| Lord Minto II |
1905 – 1910 |
Morley – Minto reforms(1909)
Muslim league was formed by Aga Khan(1906)The communal
communal conflict of Congress(1907)surat. |
Lord Hardinge II
|
1910 – 1916
|
Bengal Presidency was created
Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi
Hindu Mahasabha was established by Madan Mohan Malaviya
Delhi Darbar of King George V(1911) |
| Lord Chelmsford |
1916 – 1921 |
Home Rule League Movements(1916)
Lucknow Pact between Congress and Muslim League(1916)
Rowlatt Act was passed(1919)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(1919)
Montague – Chelmsford reforms was passed(1919)
Death of B.G.Tilak |
| Lord Reading |
1921 – 1926 |
Swaraj Party was formed by C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru(1922)
Chauri – Chaura incident took place(1922)
Moplah rebellion in Kerala(1921)
Rowlatt Act of 1919 and Press Act of 1910 got repealed |
| Lord Irwin |
1926 – 1931 |
Launch of civil disobedience movement and Dandi march
First round table conference
Appointment of Butler Committee for Indian States(1927) |
| Lord Willingdon |
1931 – 1936
|
Second & Third Round Table Conference
Individual Civil Disobedience(1933)
Government of India Act of 1935
Formation of All India Kisan Sabha
Poona pact was signed
Communal award was started |
| Lord Linlithgow |
1936 – 1943 |
First general elections(1936-37)
August offer(1940)
Cripps Mission
Quit India movement |
| Lord Wavell |
1943 – 1947 |
CR Formula 1944
Launch of Direct Action day
Wavell Plan & Simla conference
World War II ended |
| Lord Mountbatten |
21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947 |
June 3rd Plan
Appointment of Radcliffe commission for partition of Bengal and Punjab
Last Viceroy and First Governor-General of free India |