Table of Contents
- 1 Who was the first governor of British India?
- 2 Who was the first governor of free?
- 3 Who was the last British governor general of India?
- 4 Who is India’s first governor general?
- 5 Who was the 1st governor of India?
- 6 Who is the good governor of British India?
- 7 Who was the last victory of India?
- 8 Who was the second Governor General of free India?
- 9 Who was the first de facto governor of Bengal?
- 10 What did the Charter of 1833 give the Governor General of India?
Who was the first governor of British India?
William Bentinck
Governor-General of India (1833-58): By Charter Act of 1833, the post name of Governor-General of Bengal again converted into “Governor-General of India” (first Governor-General of India was William Bentinck.
Who was the first governor of free?
Rajagopalachari: The first and last Governor General of Free India.
Who was the British governor when India got independence?
Mountbatten was the last British viceroy of India and he was appointed by the British government to wrap up the British Empire in our country. He served as the last Viceroy of India from February 12, 1947 to August 15, 1947 and then as the first Governor General of free India from August 15, 1947 to June 21, 1948.
Who was the last British governor general of India?
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma became governor-general and oversaw the transition of British India to independence. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878-1972) became the only Indian and last governor-general after independence.
Who is India’s first governor general?
Warren Hastings
Governor-General of India
Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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First holder | Warren Hastings |
Final holder | Lord Mountbatten (February 1947 – August 1947 as Viceroy of India) Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1948–1950 as Governor-general of Dominion of India) |
Abolished | 26 January 1950 |
Succession | President of India |
Who was the first woman Governor of India?
Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state….Governors.
S. No. | 1 |
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Name | Sarojini Naidu |
From | 15 August 1947 |
To | 2 March 1949 |
State | Uttar Pradesh |
Who was the 1st governor of India?
Governor-General of India
Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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Formation | 20 October 1773 |
First holder | Warren Hastings |
Final holder | Lord Mountbatten (February 1947 – August 1947 as Viceroy of India) Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1948–1950 as Governor-general of Dominion of India) |
Abolished | 26 January 1950 |
Who is the good governor of British India?
Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England—died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England.
Who is the first viceroy of independent India?
Governor-General of India
Viceroy and Governor-General of India | |
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First holder | Warren Hastings |
Final holder | Lord Mountbatten (February 1947 – August 1947 as Viceroy of India) Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1948–1950 as Governor-general of Dominion of India) |
Abolished | 26 January 1950 |
Succession | President of India |
Who was the last victory of India?
Louis Mountbatten
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten, original name Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, prince of Battenberg, (born June 25, 1900, Frogmore House, Windsor, Eng. —died Aug. 27, 1979, Donegal Bay, off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ire.), British statesman, naval leader, and the last viceroy of India.
Who was the second Governor General of free India?
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari became the second governor general of independent India in 1948 succeeding Lord Mountbatten. He was first indian to become the governor-general and also the last governor general of India.
Who was the first Governor General of British India?
First governor general of British India was LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK. Chartet act of 1833 made the Governor General of Bengal as the Governor General of India.
Who was the first de facto governor of Bengal?
Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818), an English statesman, was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and thereby the first de facto Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785.
What did the Charter of 1833 give the Governor General of India?
That status came only with the Charter Act 1833, which granted him “superintendence, direction and control of the whole civil and military Government” of all of British India. The Act also granted legislative powers to the governor-general and Council.