GOVERNOR-GENERALS OF INDIA
1. Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)
● Most liberal and enlightened amongst all the Governor-Generals of India,
● Regarded as the ‘Father of Modern Western Education in India’.
● Abolition of Sati in 1829.
● Suppression of Thugi (1830).
● Passed the Charter Act, of 1833.
● Deposition of Raja of Mysore and annexation of his territories (1831).
● Abolition of Provincial court of Appeal and appointment of commissioners instead. He was the First Governor-General of India.
● First Medical College was opened in Calcutta in 1835.
● Treaty of Friendship with Ranjit Singh (1831).
● Annexed Coorg (1834) and Central Cachar (1831).
2.Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835-36)
Passed the famous Press Law, which liberated the press in India.
He is known as the liberator of press
3. Lord Auckland (1836-42)
● First Afghan War (1836-42).
● Death of Ranjit Singh (1839).
4. Lord Ellen borough (1842-44)
● Brought an end to the Afghan War (1842).
● Abolished Slavery
● Sind was annexed by Charles Napier. He was appointed as First Governor of Sind.
5. Lord Hardinge (1844-48)
● First Anglo-Sikh War and the Treaty of Lahore.
● Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) and annexation of Punjab.
6. lord Dalhousie (1844-48)
● Abolished titles and pensions.
● Widow Remarriage Act (1856).
● Introduced Doctrine of Lapse.
● Woods Educational Despatch of 1854.
● Introduction of the Railway, Telegraph and the Postal System in 1853.
● Establishment of a separate Public Works Department in every province.
● An Engineering College was established at Roorkee.
● Planned to open universities in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the
model of Universities of London.
● Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852).
● Santhal uprisings (1855-56).
● Charter Act of 1853.
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