Governors General and Viceroys of British India: Key Events

The Governor-General and Viceroys of British India were significant figures in colonial India's governance. They represented British authority, overseeing the administration, and holding vast powers. They presided over political, economic, and social policies, leaving a lasting impact on India's history and development during the British colonial period.

Governors-General & Viceroys: Events During their Regime

Warren Hastings (1773-1785)

  • Regulating Act of 1773
  • Pitt’s India Act of 1784
  • The Rohilla War of 1774
  • The First Maratha War in 1775-82 and the Treaty of Salbai in 1782
  • Second Mysore War in 1780-84

Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

  • Third Mysore War (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)
  • Cornwallis Code (1793)
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