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Governor generals and Viceroys of India

Sl. No. Name Took office Left office

1 Warren Hastings 20 October 1773 1 February 1785

2 Sir John Macpherson 1 February 1785 12 September 1786

3 The Earl Cornwallis 12 September 1786 28 October 1793

4 Sir John Shore 28 October 1793 18 March 1798

5 Sir Alured Clarke 18 March 1798 18 May 1798

6 The Marquess Wellesley 18 May 1798 30 July 1805

7 The Marquess Cornwallis 30 July 1805 5 October 1805

8 Sir George Barlow 10 October 1805 31 July 1807

9 The Lord Minto 31 July 1807 4 October 1813

10 The Marquess of Hastings 4 October 1813 9 January 1823

11 John Adam 9 January 1823 1 August 1823

12 The Lord Amherst 1 August 1823 13 March 1828

13 William Butterworth Bayley 13 March 1828 4 July 1828

14 Lord William Bentinck 4 July 1828 1833

15 Lord William Bentinck 1833 20 March 1835

16 Sir Charles Metcalfe 20 March 1835 4 March 1836

17 The Lord Auckland 4 March 1836 28 February 1842

18 The Lord Ellenborough 28 February 1842 June 1844

19 William Wilberforce Bird June 1844 23 July 1844

20 Sir Henry Hardinge 23 July 1844 12 January 1848

21 The Marquess of Dalhousie 12 January 1848 28 February 1856

22 The Viscount Canning 28 February 1856 1 November 1858

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23 The Earl Canning 1 November 1858 21 March 1862

24 The Earl of Elgin 21 March 1862 20 November 1863

25 Sir Robert Napier 21 November 1863 2 December 1863

26 Sir William Denison 2 December 1863 12 January 1864

27 Sir John Lawrence 12 January 1864 12 January 1869

28 The Earl of Mayo 12 January 1869 8 February 1872

29 Sir John Strachey 9 February 1872 23 February 1872

30 The Lord Napier 24 February 1872 3 May 1872

31 The Lord Northbrook 3 May 1872 12 April 1876

32 The Lord Lytton 12 April 1876 8 June 1880

33 The Marquess of Ripon 8 June 1880 13 December 1884

34 The Earl of Dufferin 13 December 1884 10 December 1888

35 The Marquess of Lansdowne 10 December 1888 11 October 1894

36 The Earl of Elgin 11 October 1894 6 January 1899

37 The Lord Curzon of Kedleston 6 January 1899 18 November 1905

38 The Earl of Minto 18 November 1905 23 November 1910

39 The Lord Hardinge 23 November 1910 4 April 1916

40 The Lord Chelmsford 4 April 1916 2 April 1921

41 The Earl of Reading 2 April 1921 3 April 1926

42 The Lord Irwin 3 April 1926 18 April 1931

43 The Earl of Willingdon 18 April 1931 18 April 1936

44 The Marquess of Linlithgow 18 April 1936 1 October 1943

45 The Viscount Wavell 1 October 1943 21 February 1947

46 The Viscount Mountbatten of 21 February 1947 15 August 1947

Burma

47 The Viscount Mountbatten of 15 August 1947 21 June 1948

Burma

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48 C. Rajagopalachari 21 June 1948 26 January 1950

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