List of Governor Generals of India

Governor General	Period	About
Warren Hastings	1773-1785	The Dual system of government was abolished by Warren Hastings and Bengal was brought under the direct control of the British in 1772 Warren Hastings inaugurated the annual lease system of auctioning Under the governorship of William Hastings Calcutta became capital in 1772 He reorganized the judicial system as follows Established highest civil court of appeal- Sadar Diwani Adalat Highest appellate criminal court- Sadr Nizamat Adalat.
John Macpherson	1785-1786	He held the post temporarily.
Charles Cornwallis The Marquess Cornwallis	1786- 1793	Introduced revenue system is known as Permanent Settlement  Major reform was the separation of the three branches of service, namely commercial, judicial and revenue  He inaugurated the policy of making appointments mainly on the basis of merit thereby laying the foundation of the Indian Civil Service
John Shore	1793 - 1798	Followed policy of non-intervention.  Introduced Charter Act of 1793.
Alured Clarke (acting)	18 March 1798 - 18 May 1798	He was briefly Governor-General of India1798. Commander-in-chief of the Bengal Army Commander-in-chief of the British forces in all of India 1798 to 1801.
Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington	1798 - 1805	Adopted the policy of Subsidiary Alliance- a system to keep the Indian rulers under control and to make British the supreme power. He established College to train the Company’s servants in Calcutta. So, called as the father of Civil Services in India.  He founded the Fort William College at Calcutta.
The Marquess Cornwallis	30 July 1805 - 5 October 1805	Read above
Sir George Barlow, Bt (acting)	1805 - 1807	An important event which took place in his time was Mutiny of Vellore in 1806 in which the Indian soldiers killed many English officials.
The Lord Minto	1807 - 1813	He concluded the Treaty of Amritsar (1809) with Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Francis Rawdon-Hastings, The Earl of Moira	1813 - 1823	He finished the policy of non-intervention, which was followed by Sir John Shore. He abolished the censorship of the press. Introduced Ryotwari and Mahalawari system in Bombay.
John Adam (acting)	9 January 1823 - 1 August 1823	Licensing Regulations  Calcutta Unitarian Committee inaugurated byThe Great Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
The Lord Amherst	1823 - 1828	His term of office was known for First Anglo Burmese War (1824-26) and Mutiny of Barrackpur (1824)
William Butterworth Bayley (acting)	13 March 1828 - 4 July 1828	He was a member of the Bengal Civil Service (1799–1830) and a director and chairman of the British East India Company.
Lord William Bentinck	1828 - 1835	He accomplished social reforms such as the abolition of Sati Pratha with the help of Rajaram Mohan Roy. Established first Medical College in Calcutta.   He also suppressed female infanticide and child sacrifice. He made English as the language of higher education.
Charles Metcalfe, Bt (acting)	1835 - 1836	He held the post temporarily and removed the restriction on Vernacular press.
The Lord Auckland	1836 - 1842	First Afghan War was fought in his reign
The Lord Ellenborough	1842 - 1844	In his term of office, Gwalior War (1843)happened. and British Crush Marathas once and for all. Bank of Madras(1843) established (later imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of India).
William Wilberforce Bird (acting)	June 1844 - 23 July 1844	He was a British colonial administrator who served as Deputy-Governor of Bengal Presidency.
Henry Hardinge	1844 - 1848	The First Anglo-Sikh War 1845–46 happened and British Empire crushes the Sikh Empire and confiscates a major portion of its territory. Treaty of Lahore(1846)(British confiscate Kashmir from the Sikhs and sell it Toraja of Jammufor 75 lakh rupees)  Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College(1847).
The Earl of Dalhousie	1848 - 1856	Lord Dalhousie was the youngest Governor-General of India. At the end of the second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849, Punjab was Associated by Dalhousie.   He introduced the concept of the Doctrine of Lapse. The Doctrine of Lapse was put in by Dalhousie to Satara and it was annexed in 1848. Jhansi and Nagpur were annexed in 1854.   Bentinck was successful in winning the friendship of Ranjit Singh and the Indus Navigation Treaty was concluded between them. This treaty opened up the Sutlej for navigation.   During his reign, The first railway line connecting Bombay with Thane was opened in 1853.  The foundation of the modern postal system was laid down by Lord Dalhousie.  Dalhousie established a separate Public Works Department and allotted more funds for cutting canals and roads. He introduced the process of modernization of India. Hence, he is hailed as “the maker of modern India”.

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