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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]
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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 ...
History of the Bombay Sappers (1 C, 8 P) P. People from Bombay Presidency ... List of governors of Bombay Presidency; H. History of Bombay under British rule (1661 ...
Born in London, Child was sent as a child to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur. on 27 October 1681, he was appointed chief of the East India Company's affairs at Surat and Bombay, while at the same time his namesake, stated to be unrelated by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sir Josiah Child, was governor of the company at home.
Humphrey Cooke, known in Portuguese chronicles as Inofre Coque, was the first English governor of the Bombay Presidency during the rule of the Honourable East India Company. Cooke completed negotiations for the Portuguese surrender of Bombay, begun by Sir Abraham Shipman , and assumed office as governor on 18 February 1665, after being conveyed ...
An intriguing dead-end of information is the statement attributed to John Murray, that "The Hornby diamond, brought from the East Indies by the Hon. William Hornby, Governor of Bombay, in 1775, weighs 36 carats [7.2 g], and is now, I believe, the property of the Shah of Persia."
Charles Crommelin (1717–1788) was a Governor of Bombay during the British Raj from 1760 to 1767. Crommelin was born in Bombay, where his father, Marc Anthony Crommelin was a factor for the British East India Company. Charles first joined the staff of the East India Company in 1733. [1] [2]