Tricks to Remember Governor Generals during the British

Governor-General of India

Policy

Important Keywords

Warren Hastings (1773-1785)

First Governor-General of India

·         Abolition of Dual system of Administration.

·         Division of Bengal into districts and appointment of collectors.

·         Pitts Act, 1784

·         First Anglo-Mysore War and the treaty of Salbai

·         Second Anglo-Mysore War

·         Treaty of Surat

·         Introduced Diwani and Faujdari Adalats in districts and Sardar Diwani and Nizamat Adalats at Calcutta.

Dual System

Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

·         Introduction of New Police System in 1791

·         Third Anglo-Mysore War and Treaty of Seringapatam

·         Codified laws based on the Separation of Powers

·         Introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal

·         Introduced Civil Services in India

Permanent Settlement in Bengal and Civil Services

Sir John Shore (1793-1798)

·         Charter Act, 1793

·         Battle of Kharda

·         Policy of Non-Interference

Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

·         Introduced Subsidiary Alliance System

·         Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

·         Second Anglo-Marath War

·         Creation of Madras Presidency

·         Treaty of Bassein

Subsidiary Alliance

Sir George Barlow (1805-1807)

·         Vellore Sepoy Mutiny, 1806

Lord Minto I (1807-1813)

·         Charter Act of 1813

·         Treaty of Amritsar

·         Sent Mission of Malcolm to Persia and Eliphinston to Kabul

Lord Hastings (1813-1823)

·         Anglo-Nepalese War and Treaty of Sugauli

·         Treaty of Poona

·         Third Anglo-Maratha War

·         Pindari War

·         Bombay Presidency was formed in 1818

·         Ryotwari settlements in Madras Presidency

·         Mahalwari land revenue system in North-West Province

·         The policy of Intervention and War

Lord Amherst (1823-1828)

·         First Burmese War and the treaty of Yandaboo, 1826

·         Acquisition of Malay peninsula

Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)

·         Father of Modern Western Education in India

·         Abolition of Sati in India

·         Also Banned female infanticide

·         Suppressed Thugee in India

·         Charter Act of 1833

·         Agra Province was created

·         English became the official language of India

·         Macaulay’s Minutes on Education

·         Abolished Provincial court of appeal

Modern Education, Sati, Female Infanticide

Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835-1836)

·         Passed Press Law

Press

Lord Auckland (1836-1842)

·         First Afghan War

Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844)

·         Annexation of Sindh

·         Abolition of slavery in India

Lord Hardinge (1844-1848)

·         First Sikh War and Treaty of Lahore

·         Female infanticide and Human Sacrifice was banned amongst the Gonds of Central India

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

·         Abolished title and pension

·         Second Anglo-Sikh War and annexation of Punjab

·         Doctrine of Lapse

·         Second Burmese War, 1852

·         Annexation of Berar

·         Charter Act of 1853

·         Introduced Railways between Thane and Bombay

·         Started Telegraph Service and Postal System

·         Foundation of Public Works Department (PWD)

·         Woods Dispatch

·         Widow Remarriage Act, 1856

·         Santhal Uprising

·         Shimla became the Summer Capital of British India

Doctrine of Lapse, Railway, Postal Telegraph and PWD, Widow Remarriage, Woods Dispatch