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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 ...
In 1946, Rajagopalachari was appointed Minister of Industry, Supply, Education and Finance in the Interim Government of India, and then as the Governor of West Bengal from 1947 to 1948, Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950, Union Home Minister from 1951 to 1952 and as Chief Minister of Madras state from 1952 to 1954.
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
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office.In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
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.
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.
List of governors of the United Provinces of British India (1921–1937, United Kingdom) List of governors of the United Provinces (1937–1950, United Kingdom) List of colonial governors and presidents of Madras Presidency (1746–1749, French East India Company) (1746–1789, British East India Company) (1785–1947, United Kingdom)
Relations with the United States grew strained, and India signed a 20-year treaty of friendship with the Soviet Union—breaking explicitly for the first time from non-alignment. In 1974, India tested its first nuclear weapon in the desert of Rajasthan, near Pokhran. Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim. Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union.