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CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

Rough draft for the partial fulfillment of “LEGAL HISTORY-II” course


On
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S OF INDIA

Submitted To:-
Dr. Priyadarshini
Faculty of legal history

Submitted by:-
Prasun kumar
Roll no. - 1351
1 st year B.A.,LL.B.(Hons)

Date of submission:-31st March, 2016


(A).INTRODUCTION
The Governor-General of India was originally the head of the British administration in India. The office was created
in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William. The officer had direct control only
over Fort William, but supervised other British East India Company officials in India. Complete authority over all of
British India was granted in 1833, and the official became known as the "Governor-General of India".
Until 1858, the governor-general was selected by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to whom he was
responsible. Thereafter, he was appointed by the sovereign on the advice of the British government; the Secretary of
State for India, a member of the UK Cabinet, was responsible for instructing him on the exercise of his powers.
Governors-General served at the pleasure of the sovereign, though the practice was to have them serve five-year
terms. Governors-General could have their commission rescinded and if one were removed or left a provisional
governor-general was sometimes appointed until a new holder of the office could be chosen. Provisional governors-
general were often chosen from among the provincial governors.
The Charter Act, 1833 replaced the Governor-General and Council of Fort William with the Governor-General and
Council of India. The power to elect the Governor-General was retained by the Court of Directors, but the choice
became subject to the Sovereign's approval.

After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the East India Company was abolished, and its territories in India were put under
the direct control of the Sovereign. The Government of India Act 1858 vested the power to appoint the Governor-
General in the Sovereign. The Governor-General, in turn, had the power to appoint all lieutenant governors in India,
subject to the Sovereign's approval.
Until 1833, the title of the position was "Governor-General of Bengal". The Government of India Act
1833 converted the title into "Governor-General of India."
(1) AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

(i) The researcher’s aim for making this project is to study the emergence of post of governor
general in India.
(ii) To study the function and power of the governor general of India.
(iii) To study the different important works and reform done by governor general of India.

(1) HYPOTHESIS
The researcher has assumed that,
(i) The post of governor general of India was introduced to run the administration of the country
more efficiently and it also helped in the centralization of the power.
(ii) The governor general of India exercised much more extensible power in the affairs of the east
India Company.

(1) RESEARCH QUESTION


(i) What are the function and power of East India Company?
(ii) Brief idea about all the governor general of India.
(iii) The emergence of post of governor general of India.

(2) LIMITATION OF THE PROJECT

Owing to the large number of topics that could be included in the project,the scope of this research paper is
exceedingly vast. However in the interest of brevity and due to certain restrictions like that of limitation of time
etc,the researcher will not be able to deal with the topic in great detail.
(B).REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE

For the purpose of research the researcher will visit CNLU library and review various sources available
both of primary and secondary nature. Detailed review of literature will be provided by the researcher in
the final draft.

(C).RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

(i) SOURCES OF DATA

Primary Sources – Case laws


Secondary Sources – Books on governor general of India, websites, journals, articles, magazines etc.

(D).TENTATIVE CHAPTERISATION

(i) Introduction
(ii) Historical Background
(iii) Power and function of governor general of India
(iv) Governor General of India and important reform done by them.
(v) Conclusion and suggestion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

(i) Bakshi S.R. Governors-general And Viceroys Of India, Kk Publications, 2006.


(ii) Morris Henry The Governors-General of India, Palala Press, 2015.
(iii) Thapar Romila The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History, Aleph Book
Company,2014.
(iv) Malleson Geo Life of Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of India, Sagwan Press,2015.

WEBSITES

(i) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_India
(ii) http://www.facts-about-india.com/governor-generals-and-viceroys.php
(iii) http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Governor-General_of_India
(iv) http://www.gktoday.in/first-viceroy-of-india-lord-canning-1858-1862/
(v) https://palakmathur.wordpress.com/notes/history/indian-history/british-viceroys-in-india/

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