Lords of India

1.Lord Canning(1856-1862)

Lord Canning

• Establishment of three universities at Calcutta,Madras and Bombay.
  
  • Last Governor general and First Viceroy of India
  •  Doctrine of lapse was withdrawn.
  • Indian Councils Act was passed in  1861.

Lord Mayo

2.Lord Mayo (1869-1872)

•  fourth Viceroy of India
• He organized the statistical survey of india
• Established the Rajkotcollege at Katiyarwar and mayo college at Ajmer.
• For the first time in Indian history ,a census was held in 1871
• Was the only viceroy  to be murded in office by a Pathan convict in the Andamans in 1872.

3. Lord Lytton(1876-1880)

Lord Lytton

• Known as the viceroy to reverse character.
• passed the infamous Vernacular press Act(1878)

 
4. Lord Lipon(1880-1884)

•  Father of Local self Government.
• passed the Libert Bill.

5.Lord Curzon(1899-1905) 

Lord Curzon

• Aurangaseb of British India
• Partitioned Bengal
• Established Archaeological survey of India.

Lord Minto

  

6.Lord Minto (1905-1910)

•  Lala lajpat Rai ,Ajith Singh,and Balgangadara Thilak were sent to Mandalay jail in Burma.

7. Lord Chelmsford(1916-1921)

Lord Chelmsford

•  The government of India Act in 1919(Montague Chelmsford reforms) was passed .
• Rowlett act of 1919;Jallianwala Bagh massacre(April 13 1919)
• A womens University was found at Punna in 1916.

8.Lord Irwin( 1926-1931)

•  Simmon Commision visited in India at 1928.
• Congress passed the Indian Resolution in 1929.
• Dandhi March(March 12 ,1930)
• First Round table Conference held in England 1930.



Lord Irwin

• Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March 5 ,1931) was signed.

9. Lord Linlithgow(1936-1944)

Lord Linlithgow

•  Crips mission in 1942.
• Quit India Movement(August 8 ,1942)

10.Lord Mountbatten(March 1947- August 1947)

• Last viceroy of British India.
•  First governor general of free India.
• Partition of India decided by June 3 plan .
• indian Independence Act passed .
• Retired in June 1948 was succeed by Rajagopalachari.

Note :Rajagopalachary -the first and last Indian Governor general of free India.