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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 ...
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
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)
1 year, 355 days 1967: V. V. Giri: Acting V. V. Giri (1894–1980) Odisha: Vice President of India: 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 78 days – – Acting Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) Chhattisgarh: Chief Justice of India: 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 35 days – – 4 V. V. Giri (1894–1980) Odisha: Vice President of India. Governor of Kerala ...
Government was dismissed by the Union government after CM refused to accept the late Indira Gandhi as the arbitrator for dispute between Punjab and Haryana over river waters, Chandigarh and the Hindi-speaking areas of the state of Punjab. [9] 5. 11 January 1971 Odisha: Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo: Swatantra Party: Break-up of coalition 6. 18 ...
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 is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers , headed by the chief minister , which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level.
India's first three universities, the University of Mumbai, the University of Madras and the University of Calcutta, are established. 1858: 1 November: British Raj (to 1947) Marks the Beginning Of Direct British Rule Over India For 89 Years(1858–1947). 7 November: Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932) 1859: 18 April: Death of Tatya Tope: 1861: ...