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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 ...
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.
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This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in India → 1886 1887 1888 Centuries: 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s See also: List of years in India Timeline of Indian history Events in the year 1885 in India. Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin Events National income - ₹ 3,991 million 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes ...
In the years before 1885, the British Governor-General of India was represented in Kashmir by an Officer-on-Special-Duty, who had only limited functions. The Government of British India made many attempts in the days of Ranbir Singh to raise the status of this Officer to that of a fully-fledged Political Resident. It was concerned that having ...
He was appointed to the Bengal Civil Service in 1778, and in 1788 carried into execution the permanent settlement of Bengal.. When the Marquess of Cornwallis died in 1805, Sir George Barlow was nominated provisional governor-general, and his passion for economy and retrenchment in that capacity has caused him to be known as the only governor-general who diminished the area of British territory ...
Between 1848 and 1853 he served as aide-de-camp to The Marquess of Dalhousie during his term as Governor-General of India. [3] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he was appointed interpreter to the Commander-in-Chief in India General Sir Colin Campbell as well as aide-de-camp and commandant to the headquarters. [3]