MODERN INDIA: GOVERNOR GENERALS AND VICEROYS

1. 1772-1785 …………………. Warren Hastings2. 1786 – 1793 ……………….. Lord Cornwallis3. 1793 – 1798 ……………….. Sir John Shore4. 1798 – 1805 ……………….. Lord Wellesley5. 1807- 1813 ………………… Lord Minto6. 1813 -1823 ………………… Lord Hastings7. 1823 – 1828 ……………….. Lord Amherst8. 1828 – 1835 ……………….. Lord William Bentinck9. 1835 – 1842 …………………Baron Ellenborough10. 1842 – 1844 ……………… ..William Wilberfore Bird11. 1844 – 1848 ………………… Lord Hardinge12. 1848 – 1856 …………. ……. Lord Dalhousie13. 1856 – 1858 ………………… Lord Canning

Viceroys of British India

1. 1858 – 1862 ……………….. Lord Canning2. 1862 – 1863 ……………….. 8th Earl Elgin I.3. 1863 …………………………… Sir Robert Napier4. 1863 – 1864 ……………….. Sir William T. Dension5. 1864 – 1869 ……………….. Earl of Mayo6. 1872  …………………….   … Sir John Strachey7. 1872 – 1876 …………… …. Baron North Brook8. 1876 – 1880 ……………….. Lord Lytton9. 1880-1884 …………. …….. Lord Ripon10. 1884 -1888 ………………….Lord Dufferin11. 1888-1894 ……………….    Lord Lansdowne12. 1894 -1899 …………….. … Lord Elgin II13. 1899 – 1905 ……………….. Lord Curzon14. 1905 – 1910 …………………Lord Minto II15. 1910 – 1916 ……………….. Lord Hardinge II16. 1916 – 1921 ……………….. Lord Chelmsford17. 1921 -1926 ………………….Lord Reading18. 1926-1931 …………………. Lord Irwin19. 1931 -1936 ………………….Lord Wellington20. 1936 -1942 ………………… Lord Linlithgow21. 1942-1947 …………………..Lord Wavell22. 1947 (March 13 – August 14) Lord Louis Mounbatten

Governors – Generals of Indian Union

1947 (August 15)- 1948 (June 20) ………..Lord Louis Mountbatten1948 (June 20)- 1950 (Jan. 25 )………………….. C. Rajagopalachari