Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947
Sl No.
|
Name
|
Tenure
|
1
|
Lord Canning
|
1858-1862
|
2
|
Lord Elgin
|
1862-1863
|
3
|
Sir Lorence
|
1864-1869
|
4
|
Lord Mayo
|
1869-1872
|
5
|
Lord Northbrook
|
1872-1876
|
6
|
Lord Lytton
|
1876-1880
|
7
|
Lord Rippon
|
1880-1884
|
8
|
Lord Dufferin
|
1884-1888
|
9
|
Lord Lansdowne
|
1888-1894
|
10
|
Lord Elgin II
|
1894-1899
|
11
|
Lord Curzon
|
1899-1905
|
12
|
Lord Minto II
|
1905-1910
|
13
|
Lord Hardinge
|
1910-1916
|
14
|
Lord Chelmsford
|
1916-1921
|
15
|
Lord Reading
|
1921-1926
|
16
|
Lord Irwin
|
1926-1931
|
17
|
Lord Willingdon
|
1931-1936
|
18
|
Lord Linlithgow
|
1936-1943
|
19
|
Lord Wavell
|
1943-1947
|
20
|
Lord Mountbatten
|
1947(March 13-Aug 14)
|
The title of Viceroy was
abandoned when India and Pakistan gained their independence in 1947, but the
office of Governor-General continued to exist in both new dominions until they
adopted republican constitutions in 1950 and 1956 respectively.
Governors-General of the
Union of India, 1947–1950
Sl No.
|
Name
|
Tenure
|
1
|
Lord Louis Mountbatten
|
1947(Aug 15)- 1948 (June 20)
|
2
|
C.Rajagopalachari
|
1948(June21)- 1950(Jan25)
|
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