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  2. List of governors-general of India - Wikipedia

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    The charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. William Bentinck was the first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the ...

  3. List of heads of state of India - Wikipedia

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    Governor-General (Birth–Death) Tenure Prime Minister; Took office Left office Appointed by George VI (1947–1950) (As King of India) 1 The Rt. Hon. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) 15 August 1947 21 June 1948 Jawaharlal Nehru: 2 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) 21 June 1948 26 January 1950

  4. C. Rajagopalachari - Wikipedia

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    [54] Rajagopalachari then served as Governor-General of India from June 1948 until 26 January 1950 and was not only the last Governor-General of India but the only Indian citizen ever to hold the office. By the end of 1949, an assumption was made that Rajagopalachari, already Governor-General, would continue as president. [55]

  5. Lord Mountbatten - Wikipedia

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    In February 1947, Mountbatten was appointed Viceroy and Governor-General of India and oversaw the Partition of India into India and Pakistan. He then served as the first Governor-General of the Union of India until June 1948 and played a significant role in persuading princely states to accede to India. [1]

  6. Category:Governors-general of India - Wikipedia

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    Also see Category:Viceroys of India) This category includes both British Governors-General of India before 1858 and the Governors-General of India between 1947 and 1950. All Viceroys were also Governors-General. In 1950 the duties and functions of the King of India and Governor-General of India were merged in to a President of India.

  7. Lists of Indian governors - Wikipedia

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    List of governors of Bengal Presidency (1758–1947) List of governors of Bombay Presidency (1662–1948), also post-independence; List of governors of Punjab (British India) (1921–1947) List of commissioners and governors of Sind (British India) List of governors of the United Provinces of British India (1921–1937, United Kingdom)

  8. Governor-General of India - Wikipedia

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    The Governor-General of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor/empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the monarch of India.

  9. Dominion of India - Wikipedia

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    The following day, 15 August 1947, the Dominion of India (officially the Union of India), became an independent country with official ceremonies taking place in New Delhi, and with Jawaharlal Nehru assuming the office of the prime minister, and the viceroy, Louis Mountbatten, staying on as its first Governor General. [26]