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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 governors and governors-general of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    The office was created on 1 October 1954, when the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria was created as an autonomous federation within the British Empire. After independence in 1960, the governor-general became the representative of the Nigerian monarch, and the office continued to exist till 1963, when Nigeria abolished its monarchy, and became ...

  4. 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.

  5. James Wilson Robertson - Wikipedia

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    1941 – 1 January 1948: James Wilson Robertson MBE; 1 January 1948 – 1 June 1953: Sir James Wilson Robertson KBE [12] 1 June 1953 – 15 June 1955: Sir James Wilson Robertson KCMG, KBE [13] 15 June 1955 – 1956: His Excellency Sir James Wilson Robertson KCMG, KBE, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Federation of Nigeria

  6. Colonial Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    By a British Act of Parliament, Nigeria became independent on 1 October 1960. [8] Azikiwe was installed as Governor-General of the federation and Balewa continued to serve as head of a democratically elected parliamentary, but now completely

  7. Bernard Henry Bourdillon - Wikipedia

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    [1] He grew up in England and South Africa, and was educated at Tonbridge School in Tonbridge, Kent. [2] [3] He attended St John's College, Oxford, graduating in 1906. In 1908, he entered the Indian Civil Service. [2] [4] He married Violet Grace Billinghurst in November 1909. [1] In 1935, Violet was described as "the perfect Governor's wife". [5]

  8. Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton GCMG (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978), was a British colonial administrator who over his career served as Governor of North Borneo, Gambia, Fiji, Jamaica, and Nigeria.

  9. Timeline of Nigerian history - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".