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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 ...
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states.
The current head of state of India is Droupadi Murmu, elected in 2022 after being nominated by the National Democratic Alliance. From 1947 to 1950, the head of state under the Indian Independence Act 1947 was King of India, [1] [2] who was also the monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions of the British Commonwealth.
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)
7 May 2021 (3 years, 232 days) All India N.R. Congress: Rangaswamy IV [25] Punjab: Bhagwant Mann: 16 March 2022 (2 years, 284 days) Aam Aadmi Party: INDIA: Mann [26] Rajasthan: Bhajan Lal Sharma: 15 December 2023 (1 year, 10 days) Bharatiya Janata Party: NDA: Sharma [27] Sikkim: Prem Singh Tamang: 27 May 2019 (5 years, 212 days) Sikkim ...
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858 , affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent .
In India, the Telugu year is the calendar year of the Telugu speaking people of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the enclave Yanam.. Each Yuga has a cycle of 60 years.Each year of Ugadi year has a specific name in Panchangam (astronomical calendar) based on astrological influences and the name of the year; this denotes the overall character of that year. [1]
President of India: Term length: At the pleasure of the President: Precursor: Governor-General of India: Inaugural holder: Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari: Formation: 15 August 1947; 77 years ago () Salary ₹ 350,000 (US$4,200) (per month) Website: rajbhavankolkata.nic.in