Viceroy of India | Enlite Cafe

Name	Events
Canning (1858-1862)	Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (on 1 November, 1858) and The Government of India Act, 1858 System of Budget was introduced Formation of Imperial Civil Services Indigo Revolt in Bengal in 1859–60 White mutiny by the European troops in 1859 Enactment of Indian Penal Code in 1860 Indian High Courts Act 1861 Indian Councils Act, 1861 Indian Civil Service Act, 1861 Police Act, 1861 Establishment of Archaeological Survey of India in 1861 Introduced Portfolio System which gave foundation for Cabinet System
Elgin 1 (1862-1863)	Establishment of Calcutta High Court, Bombay High Court (14 August) and Madras High Court (15 August) in 1862 Wahabi movement suppressed
John Lawrence (1864-1869)	Bhutan War (1864–65) Establishment of Shimla as India’s summer capital in 1863 The Tabernacle of New Dispensation, a new Church established by Keshub Chandra Sen Establishment of Allahabad High Court in 1866 The Famine Commission was constituted in 1867 under Henry Campbell due to the Orissa famine of 1866 Tenancy Act was passed in Punjab and Oudh in 1868
Mayo (1869-1872)	Started the Census in India in 1872 Opening of Rajkumar college in Rajkot and Mayo College at Ajmer for political training of Indian Princes Keshub Chandra Sen establishes Indian Reform Association (1870) Started Financial decentralization in 1870 Enacted IPC amendment-Sedition Act 1870 to tackle Wahabi Movement He established the Department of Agriculture & Commerce in 1872 Established Statistical Survey of India in 1872
Northbrook (1872-1876)	Visit of Prince of Wales in 1875. Trial of Gaekwar of Baroda. Kuka Movement in Punjab. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1875) Prince of Wales Edward VII visited India in 1875
Lytton (1876-1880)	The famine of 1876-78 affected Madras, Bombay, Mysore, Hyderabad, parts of central India, and Punjab; appointment of Famine Commission under the presidency of Richard Strachey (1878). Royal Titles Act (1876), Queen Victoria assumed the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India. The Vernacular Press Act (1878). The Arms Act (1878). The Second Afghan War (1878-80). 1st Delhi Durbar (out of 3) in 1877 Decreased the maximum age of appearing in civil services from 21 to 19 Second Anglo-Afghan War, (1878–80) The Treaty of Gandamak signed in 1879
Ripon (1880-1884)	First Factory Act (1881) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act in 1882 Ilbert Bill (1883) Establishment of Panjab University in 1882 Government resolution on local self-government (1882) Appointment of Education Commission under Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1882 First complete Census in India in 1881 He passed Famine codes in 1883 Increased the maximum age of appearing in civil services from 18 to 21
Dufferin (1884-1888)	Establishment of Indian National Congress (1885) Bengal Tenancy Act (1885) Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) In 1886, Burma was made a province of India, with Rangoon as its capital
Lansdowne(1888-1894)	Age of Consent Act, of 1891 was passed to prohibit the marriages of girl child under the age of 12. Indian Council Act 1892 Second Factory Act 1891 Setting up of Durand Commission in 1893 Categorisation of civil services into imperial, provisional, and subordinate
Elgin II (1894-1899)	Indian famine of 1896–1897 Spread of Bubonic plague in Bombay (1896) Establishment of Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekananda at Belur Math in 1897 Assassination of two British officials (Walter Charles Rand and Ayerst) by the Chapekar brothers in 1897
Curzon (1899-1905)	Indian famine of 1899–1900 Munda rebellion in 1899–1900 Department of Agriculture was constituted in 1901 Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa in Bihar was established in 1905 Partition of Bengal (1905) Appointment of Raleigh University Commission (1902) Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 Official Secrets Act 1904 to curb free press Second Delhi Durbar in 1903 Appointment of Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer in 1902 Creation of North-West Frontier Province in 1901 Benaras Hindu Girls School (Kanya Vidyalaya) was established by Annie Besant in 1904 Younghusband’s expedition to Tibet in 1903–04
Minto II (1905-1910)	Popularisation of anti-partition and Swadeshi Movements. Morley–Minto reforms 1909, or the Indian Councils Act 1909 Split in Congress in 1907 (in Surat session) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha became the first Indian member to be appointed to the Viceroy’s Executive Council Seditious Meetings (prohibition) Act 1907 to curb the extremist movement Establishment of the Muslim League by Aga Khan III and Khwaja Salimullah (Nawab of Dhaka) in 1906 Foundation of Jugantar revolutionary group in Bengal (1906) Indian Press Act, 1910 Jamsetji Tata established TISCO in 1907 The foundation stone of ‘The Victoria Memorial’ laid in 1906 Newspapers Act 1908
Hardinge II (1910-1916)	Third Delhi Durbar (1911) Annulment of Partition of Bengal by King George V in 1911 Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911) Partition of Bengal to form Bihar and Orissa province (1912) World War I (1914–18) Komagata Maru incident (1914) The McMahon border line was created between India and China in 1914 Ghadar Mutiny (1915) Mahatma Gandhi came back to India from South Africa in 1915 Foundation of Hindu Mahasabha by Madan Mohan Malviya (1915) Foundation of Banaras Hindu University in 1916
Chelmsford (1916-1921)	Formation of the Indian Home Rule movement by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Annie Besant (1916) The first Women’s University (SNDT Women’s University) at Pune was founded by Dhondo Keshav Karve (1916) Lucknow Pact (1916) between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League Foundation of Sabarmati Ashram (1916) after Gandhi’s return Champaran Satyagraha (1917), the first satyagraha movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in British India Montagu’s August Declaration, 1917 Saddler University Commission or Calcutta Commission (1917) Kheda Satyagraha of 1918 Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms (1919) Government of India Act 1919 Rowlatt Act (1919) Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919) Khilafat Movement (1919–20) Non-cooperation movement (1920–22) Foundation of Aligarh Muslim University in 1920 Imperial Bank of India (now State Bank of India established in 1921)
Reading (1921-1926 )	Malabar rebellion(1921) Rabindranath Tagore founded Visva-Bharati University in 1921 Chauri Chaura incident (1922) and withdrawal of the Non-cooperation movement by Mahatma Gandhi Establishment of the Swaraj Party by C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru (1922) Appointment of Lee Commission in 1923 on public services reforms The railway budget was separated from the general budget in 1924 Kakori train robbery in 1925 Foundation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by K. B. Hedgewar in 1925 Foundation of the Communist Party of India in Kanpur in 1925 Annulment of Press Act of 1910 and Rowlatt Act of 1919
Irwin (1926-1931)	Visit of the Simon Commission to India (1928) and the boycott of the commission by the Indians. Appointment of the Harcourt Butler Indian States Commission (1927). Nehru Report (1928) Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (1928) Fourteen Points of Jinnah (1929) Lahore session of the Congress (1929); Purna Swaraj Resolution. Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929) Bombing in the Central Legislative Assembly on 8 April 1929 by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt “Deepavali Declaration” on 31 October 1929 Appointment of “Hartog Committee” (1929) to survey the growth of education in British India Launching of the Civil disobedience movement with Salt March (1930) Dharasana Satyagraha (1930) First Round Table Conferences (1930) Allahabad Address by Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1930) Chittagong armoury raid in 1930 Boycott of the First Round Table Conference (1930), Gandhi-Irwin Pact (1931), and suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement. Execution of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar (1931)
Willingdon (1931-1936)	Second Round Table Conference (1931) Announcement of Communal Award by Ramsay MacDonald (1932) Poona Pact between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932 Third Round Table Conference (1932) Pakistan Declaration (1933) Launch of Individual Civil Disobedience (1933) Foundation of Congress Socialist Party in 1934 Government of India Act 1935 Formation of All India Kisan Sabha in 1936 Reserve Bank of India was established by passing The Reserve Bank of India Act 1934. ·Burma separated from India (1935).
Linlithgow (1936-1944)	Indian provincial elections (1937) Indian entry into World War II (1939) Day of Deliverance (1939) Formation of All India Forward Bloc (1939) Lahore Resolution (1940) August Offer (1940) Cripps Mission (1942) Formation of Indian Legion (1942) Quit India Movement (1942) Formation of Indian National Army (1942) Bengal famine (1943) ‘Divide and Quit’ slogan at the Karachi session (1944) of the Muslim League.
Wavell (1944-1947)	C. R. formula (1944) Simla Conference (1945) WW II ended (1945) Indian National Army (INA) trials in 1945-1946 Cabinet Mission (1946) Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) Interim Government was formed in 1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny (1946) Observance of ‘Direct Action Day’ (August 16, 1948) by the Muslim League. Elections to the Constituent Assembly, formation of Interim Government by the Congress (September 1946). Announcement of the end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (prime minister of England) on February 20, 1947.
Mountbatten (1947-1948)	June Third Plan (June 3, 1947) announced. Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed on 18 July 1947. Radcliffe Commission was appointed under the chairmanship of Cyril Radcliffe to demarcate the borderline of Bengal Presidency and Punjab Province