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Governors of Bombay and Madras Presidencies, who were appointed by the British Crown, were the most important officials after the Viceroy. [5] Bombay Castle was the official residence of the governor of Bombay until the 1770s, when it was moved to Parel; a century later, in 1883, it was moved to Malabar Hill. [6] [7]
Governor of Maharashtra (4) Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) Uttar Pradesh: 1 May 1960 16 April 1962 1 year, 350 days Governor of Bombay State Rajendra Prasad (President) 5 P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) Madras: 17 April 1962 6 October 1962: 172 days Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications – Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of ...
Robert Cowan (died 21 February 1737) was an Irish colonial administrator and the East India Company's Governor of Bombay from 1729 to 1734. He was a collateral ancestor of the Marquesses of Londonderry through the marriage of his sister, Mary Cowan, to Alexander Stewart, father of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry.
Born in Bombay in 1784, [1] Carnac began nearly three decades of service with the East India Company in India in 1801 [2] and was a director of the Company for various periods between 1827 and 1838. [3] [4] [5] He succeeded Robert Grant as Governor of the Bombay Presidency in 1838, serving for three years in that role. [6]
Bombay's population was around 10,000 people when Aungier assumed charge and had grown to 80,000 by the time of his death eight years later. The revenue too had grown from GBP 2,823 to GBP 9,254. During Aungier's governorship of Bombay the foundation stone of St. Thomas Church was laid. A silver chalice presented by Aungier to the Anglican ...
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
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Governor of Bombay; In office 1 November 1819 – 1 November 1827: Governors‑General: The Marquess of Hastings The Earl Amhurst: Preceded by: Sir Evan Nepean: Succeeded by: Sir John Malcolm: Personal details; Born: 6 October 1779 Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland: Died: 20 November 1859 (aged 80) Hookwood, Surrey, England: Nationality ...