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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 current Indian governors - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of heads of state of India - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    Foreign investment and outsourcing of jobs to India's labor markets further enhanced India's economic growth. A large middle class has arisen across India, which has increased the demand, and thus the production of a wide array of consumer goods. Unemployment is steadily declining, and poverty has fallen to approximately 22%.

  6. List of presidents of India - Wikipedia

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    There have been 15 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950. [4] Apart from these fifteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. V. V. Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain died in ...

  7. 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.

  8. List of head of the State of Punjab (British India) - Wikipedia

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    In 1947, the British Raj came to an end and India was partitioned and Pakistan was created. The Punjab was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab, with the former joining Pakistan and the latter India. In Pakistan, the first governor of West Punjab was Sir Francis Mudie. In 1955, West Punjab was dissolved, and became Punjab province.

  9. List of governors of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Governor of Andhra Pradesh: 11 M. Fathima Beevi (1927–2023) Kerala: 25 January 1997 2 July 2001 4 years, 158 days Judge of the Supreme Court of India - C. Rangarajan (1932-) (Acting) Tamil Nadu: 3 July 2001 17 January 2002 198 days Governor of the Reserve Bank of India: K. R. Narayanan: 12 P. S. Ramamohan Rao (1934-) Andhra Pradesh: 18 ...