Lord Canning

• Abolished doctrine of lapse

Lord Elgin

• Wahabi Movement

Lord Lawrence

• Establishment of High court in Calcutta, Madras during his reign.
• Anglo-Bhutanese war

Lord Mayo

• Financial Distribution between centre and state introduced for the first time
• First Census in 1872
• Mayo College for the royal elite was set up
• Lord Mayo was the only Governor-General who was killed in India. He was killed by Sher Ali Afridi in Port Blair
• Establishment of Statistical Survey of India

Lord Northbrook

• Civil Marriage and Arya Samaj marriage introduced
• Universal Marriage Act introduced in 1872
• Intercaste Marriage allowed
• Kuka Movement in Punjab

Lord Lytton

• Vernacular Press Act, 1878
• Arms Act, 1878
• Nationalist view – Due to High rate of taxation purchasing power had reduced.
• Government view – Drought is natural phenomena due to which people became poor
• Ignored severe famine and organized durbar. Proclaimed Queen Victoria “The Empress of India”
• Abolished tax on cotton for British traders
• Maximum age to take up civil services exam lowered from 21 to 19

Lord Ripon

• Was the most loved Governor-General
• Repealed the controversial Arms and Vernacular press act
• Set up Local self-governments – Panchayats and Municipal Boards due to which he was known as Father of Self Government
• 2 new universities opened – Punjab University 1884, Allahabad University 1887
• Illbert Bill – Indian judge cannot try English Judge
• Appointment of Hunter Commission

Lord Dufferin

• III Anglo-­‐Burmese war (1885-­‐1886)
• Indian National Congress was founded in 1885

Lord Lansdowne

• Indian Councils Act, 1892 (Indirect election was introduced for the first time)
• Factory Act, 1891

Lord Elgin II

• First British Officer called Rands was killed.
• He was killed by Chapekar (Ramkrishna & Damodar) Brothers. This was the first political murder.

Lord Curzon

• Indian Universities act – to control Indian Universities
• Raleigh Commission
• Partition of Bengal
• Curzon-Kitchener controversy

Lord Minto II

• Morley – Minto reforms

Lord Hardinge II

• Mesopotamian Campaign
• Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi
• Hindu Mahasabha was established by Madan Mohan Malaviya

Lord Chelmsford

• Home Rule League Movements
• Rowlatt Act was passed
• Montague – Chelmsford reform was passed

Lord Reading

• Swaraj Party was formed
• Chauri – Chaura incident took place

Lord Irwin

• Launch of civil disobedience movement and Dandi march
• First round table conference was held

Lord Willingdon

• Second & Third Round Table Conference
• Poona pact was signed
• Communal award was started

Lord Linlithgow

• Cripps Mission
• Quit India movement

Lord Wavell

• CR Formula 1944
• Launch of Direct Action day
• Wavell Plan & Shimla conference

Lord Mountbatten

• June 3rd Plan
• Last Viceroy and First Governor-General of free India