02.2. CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRITISH CHIEFS

CHRONOLOGY OF THE BRITISH CHIEFS
Sr	BRITISH CHIEF	RULE PERIOD
Governor General of Bengal (By Regulating Act)
2	Warren Hastings	October, 1774
3	Sir John Macpherson (Temporary)	February, 1785
4	Lord Cornwallis	September, 1786
5	Sir John Shore	October, 1793
6	Sir A. Clarke (Temporary)	March, 1798
7	Lord Wallesley	May, 1798
8	Lord Cornwallis (for the second time)	30 July, 1805
9	Sir George Barlow (Temporary)	October, 1805
10	Lord Minto I	July, 1807
11	Lord Hastings	4, October, 1813
12	John Adams (Temporary)	January, 1823
13	Lord Amherst	August, 1823
14	William B. Bayley (Temporary)	March, 1828
15	Lord William Bentinck	July 4, 1828
Governor General of India (Charter Act of 1833)
16	Lord William Bentinck	1833
17	Sir Charles Metcalfe (Temporary)	March 20, 1835
18	Lord Auckland	March, 1836
19	Lord Allenborough	February, 1842
20	William W. Bird (Temporary)	June, 1844
21	Lord Hardinge	July, 1844
22	Lord Dalhousie	January, 1848
23	Lord Canning (till 31-10-1858)	February, 1856
Governor General and Viceroy (Under British Crown)
24	Lord Canning	1858-1862 AD
25	Lord Elgin I	1862-1863 AD
26	Sir Robert Napier (Acting)	November, 1863
27	Sir William Denison (Acting)	November, 1863
28	Sir John Lawrence	1864-1869 AD
29	Earl Of Mayo	1869-1872 AD
30	Sir John Strachey (Acting)	January, 1872
31	Francis Napier (Acting)	1872
32	Lord Northbrook	1872-1876 AD
33	Lord Lytton	1876-1880 AD
34	Lord Ripon	1880-1884 AD
35	Lord Dufferin	1884-1888 AD
36	Lord Lansdowne	1888-1894 AD
37	Lord Elgin II	1894-1899 AD
38	Lord Curzon	1899-1905 AD
39	Lord Ampthlin (Officiated for Lord Curzon on leave)	April-Dec, 1904
40	Earl Of Minto II	1905-1910 AD
41	Lord Hardinge II	1910-1916 AD
42	Lord Chelmsford	1916-1921 AD
43	Lord Reading	1921-1925 AD
44	Lord Lytion II (Officiated during Lord Reading's leave)	1925-1926 AD
45	Lord Irwin (Later Lord Halifax)	1926-1929 AD
46	Lord Goschen (Officiated during Lord Irwin's leave)	1929-1931 AD
47	Lord Willingdon	1931-1936 AD
48	Sir George Stanley (Officiated during Lord Willingdon's leave)	May-August, 1934
49	Lord Linlithgow	1936-1943 AD
50	Lord Wavell	1943-1947 AD
51	Sir John Colville (Officiating)	May, 1947
52	Lord Louis Mountbatten only as Governor General (not as Viceroy)	15 August, 1947
53	C. Rajagopalachariar, the only Indian Governor General	21 June, 1948
54	Under the Constitution India became a Republic and Governor General's rule ended	26 January, 1950