Governor General of India

Governor General	Events
Warren Hastings (1773-1785)	Regulating Act of 1773 Supreme Council of Bengal Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (1774) was established Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784) Pitt’s India Act (1784) Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II Abolished the Dual System in Bengal (Which was introduced by Robert Clive). Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta James Augustus Hicky’s Bengal Gazette- First Indian newspaper published (in 1780) First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–82) Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780–84) First Rohilla War of 1773–1774 Ring fence policy Founded Calcutta Madrasa (Aliah University) in 1780. Creation of collector post The first Governor General to be prosecuted for impeachment. Experimentation on land settlements. He formed Amini Commission in 1776. Abolished Dastak system (which was introduced by Robert Clive) English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins
Cornwallis (1786-1793)	Established lower courts and appellate courts Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 3rd Anglo-Mysore war (1790–92) Introduction of Cornwallis Code in 1793 Introduction of Civil Services in India Sanskrit Vidyalaya at Benares (now Varanasi) established by Johnathan Duncan (then Governor of Bombay) in 1791. Introduced Sunset Law
John Shore (1793-1798)	Policy of Non-intervention Charter Act of 1793 Second Rohilla War 1794 Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas (1795)
Wellesley (1798-1805)	Introduction of the Subsidiary Alliance System (1798); first alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad. Fourth Mysore War (1799) Censorship Act, 1799 Second Maratha War (1803-05) Fort William College at Calcutta (1800) Took over the administration of Tanjore (1799), Surat (1800) and Carnatic (1801). Treaty of Bassein (1802). Raj Bhavan at Calcutta was established in 1803
George Barlow(1805-1807)	Sepoy mutiny at Vellore (The prelude to the First War of Independence of India) Bank of Calcutta (1806) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of India)
Minto I (1807-1813)	Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809) Charter Act of 1813
Hastings (1813-1823)	Ended the policy of Non-intervention Third Anglo-Maratha War (1816–1818) and the abolition of Peshwaship Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–16) ended with the signing of Treaty of Sugauli (1816) Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818 Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras Presidency in 1820 by the governor Sir Thomas Munro. Establishment of Mahalwari System in Northern India by Holt Mackenzie (1822) Hindu College (now Presidency University) at Calcutta in 1817 The Pindari War (1817–1818) Bengal Tenancy Act was passed in 1822. General Committee of Public Instruction was formed in 1823
Amherst (1823-1828)	Barrackpore mutiny of 1824 First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26) Establishment of Sanskrit College at Calcutta (1824) Treaty of Yandabo, 1826 Capture of Bharatpur (1826)
William Bentinck(1828-1835 )	First Governor General of India Abolition of sati and other cruel rites (1829) Suppression of Thugi (1830) under William Sleeman. Mahalwari System in Central India, Punjab and Western UP. Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act 1833 (Christian Missionaries get Exclusive rights to spread Christianity in British India which included the present day Pakistan) Kol Rebellion in 1831 Barasat Uprising in 1831, led by Titumir Resolution of 1835, and educational reforms and introduction of English as the official language. Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835) Annexation of Mysore (1831), Coorg (1834) and Central Cachar (1834). Abolition of the provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis, appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit.
Metcalfe (1835-1836)	New press law removing restrictions on the press in India, so known as Liberator of India Press Establishment of Calcutta Public Library in 1836
Auckland (1836-1842)	Tripartite Treaty in 1838 between British, Shah Shuja and Maharaja Ranjit Singh against Dost Muhammad Khan. The First Anglo Afghan War(1840–1842) Bank of Bombay (1840) established First Bengali daily newspaper Sambad Prabhakar was published in 1839 Tattwabodhini Sabha was formed by Debendranath Tagore in 1839
Ellenborough (1842-1844)	Gwalior War (1843) Conquest and annexation of Sind Province by British (1843) Indian Slavery Act, 1843
Hardinge I (1844-1848)	The First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–46) Treaty of Lahore (1846) Treaty of Bhairowal (1846) Establishment of Roorkee Engineering College (1847) Social reforms including abolition of female infanticide and human sacrifice
Dalhousie (1848-1856)	Doctrine of Lapse in 1848 Charter Act, 1853 Bethune Collegiate School (1849) Charles Wood Despatch (1854) Establishment of summer capital at Shimla Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) First Passenger train between Bombay and Thane (1853) First telegraph Line was laid between Diamond Harbour and Calcutta. (1851) Post Office Act, 1854 Established Public Works Department (1854) The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) Santhal Rebellion (1855) Religious Disabilities Act, 1856 Annexation of Oudh on the grounds of alleged internal misrule (1856)
Canning(1856-1857)	Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856 Revolt of 1857. The University of Calcutta, University of Bombay, and University of Madras were set up in 1857.