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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.
Ranbir Singh GCIE (August 1830 – 12 September 1885) was Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1856 until his death in 1885. Ranbir Singh was the third son of Gulab Singh, the founder of the Jammu and Kashmir state. Ranbir Singh ascended the throne in 1856 after Gulab Singh's abdication due to his poor health.
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 ...
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On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected president.
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