Governor generals and viceroys

Question 1

Regulating Act of 1773.

Answer 1

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 2

Pitt’s India Act of 1784

Answer 2

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 3

The Rohilla War of 1774.

Answer 3

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 4

The First Maratha War in 1775-82 and the Treaty of

Salbai in 1782

Answer 4

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 5

Second Mysore War in 1780-84.

Answer 5

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 6

Foundation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784

Answer 6

Warren Hastings 1773-1785

Question 7

Third Mysore War (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam

1792

Answer 7

Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793

Question 8

Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793.

Answer 8

Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793

Question 9

Charter Act of 1793

Answer 9

Sir John Shore 1793-1798

Question 10

Battle of Kharda between the Nizam and the Marathas

1795

Answer 10

Sir John Shore 1793-1798

Question 11

Introduction of the Subsidiary Alliance System (1798);

first alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad.

Answer 11

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805

Question 12

Fourth Mysore War (1799).

Answer 12

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805

Question 13

Second Maratha War (1803-05).

Answer 13

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805

Question 14

Took over the administration of Tanjore (1799),

Surat (1800) and Carnatic (1801

Answer 14

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805

Question 15

Treaty of Bassein (1802).

Answer 15

Lord Wellesley 1798-1805

Question 16

Vellore Mutiny (1806).

Answer 16

Sir George Barlow 1805-1807

Question 17

Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809

Answer 17

Lord Minto I 1807-1813

Question 18

Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16) and the Treaty of Sagauli,

1816

Answer 18

Lord Hastings 1813-1823

Question 19

Third Maratha War (1817-19) and dissolution of
Maratha Confederacy; creation of Bombay Presidency
(1818

Answer 19

Lord Hastings 1813-1823

Question 20

Strife with Pindaris (1817-1818

Answer 20

Lord Hastings 1813-1823

Question 21

Treaty with Sindhia (1817

Answer 21

Lord Hastings 1813-1823

Question 22

Establishment of Ryotwari System by Thomas Munro,

governor of Madras (1820).

Answer 22

Lord Hastings 1813-1823

Question 23

First Burmese War (1824-1826).

Answer 23

Lord Amherst 1823-1828

Question 24

Capture of Bharatpur (1826).

Answer 24

Lord Amherst 1823-1828

Question 25

Abolition of sati and other cruel rites (1829).

Answer 25

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 26

Suppression of thugi (1830

Answer 26

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 27

Charter Act of 1833

Answer 27

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 28

Resolution of 1835, and educational reforms and | introduction of English as the official language

Answer 28

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 29

``` Annexation of Mysore (1831), Coorg (1834) and Central Cachar (1834 ```

Answer 29

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 30

Treaty of ‘perpetual friendship’ with Ranjeet Singh

Answer 30

Lord William Bentinck 1828-1835

Question 31

First Afghan War (1838-42

Answer 31

Lord Auckland 1836-1842

Question 32

Death of Ranjit Singh (1839).

Answer 32

Lord Auckland 1836-1842

Question 33

Annexation of Sindh (1843

Answer 33

Lord Ellenborough 1842-1844

Question 34

War with Gwalior (1843).

Answer 34

Lord Ellenborough 1842-1844

Question 35

First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and the Treaty of | Lahore (1846).

Answer 35

Lord Hardinge I 1844-1848

Question 36

Social reforms including abolition of female | infanticide and human sacrifice

Answer 36

Lord Hardinge I 1844-1848

Question 37

Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) and annexation of | Punjab (1849

Answer 37

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 38

Annexation of Lower Burma or Pegu (1852

Answer 38

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 39

Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse and annexation of Satara (1848), Jaitpur and Sambhalpur (1849), Udaipur (1852), Jhansi (1853), Nagpur (1854) and Awadh (1856

Answer 39

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 40

Wood’s (Charles Wood, President of the Board of | Control) Educational Despatch” of 1854

Answer 40

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 41

Railway Minute of 1853

Answer 41

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 42

Telegraph and postal (Post Office Act, 1854) reforms

Answer 42

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 43

establishment of separate public works department in every province.

Answer 43

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 44

Widow Remarriage Act (1856).

Answer 44

Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856

Question 45

Establishment of three universities at Calcutta, Madras | and Bombay in 1857

Answer 45

Lord Canning 1856-1857

Question 46

Revolt of 1857.

Answer 46

Lord Canning 1856-1857

Question 47

‘White Mutiny’ by European troops in 1859

Answer 47

Lord Canning 1858-1862

Question 48

Indian Councils Act of 1861

Answer 48

Lord Canning 1858-1862

Question 49

Wahabi Movement

Answer 49

Lord Elgin I 1862-1863

Question 50

Bhutan War (1865)

Answer 50

Lord John Lawrence 1864-1869

Question 51

``` Setting up of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1865). ```

Answer 51

Lord John Lawrence 1864-1869

Question 52

Opening of the Rajkot College in Kathiawar and the Mayo College at Ajmer for political training of Indian princes.

Answer 52

Lord Mayo 1869-1872

Question 53

Establishment of Statistical Survey of India

Answer 53

Lord Mayo 1869-1872

Question 54

Establishment of Department of Agriculture and | Commerce

Answer 54

Lord Mayo 1869-1872

Question 55

Introduction of state railways.

Answer 55

Lord Mayo 1869-1872

Question 56

Visit of Prince of Wales in 1875

Answer 56

Lord Northbrook 1872-1876

Question 57

Kuka Movement in Punjab.

Answer 57

Lord Northbrook 1872-1876

Question 58

Famine Commission under the | presidency of Richard Strachey (1878).

Answer 58

Lord Lytton 1876-1880

Question 59

Royal Titles Act (1876), Queen Victoria assuming the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India

Answer 59

Lord Lytton 1876-1880

Question 60

The Second Afghan War (1878-80).

Answer 60

Lord Lytton 1876-1880

Question 61

The first Factory Act (1881) to improve labour | conditions

Answer 61

Lord Ripon 1880-1884

Question 62

Government resolution on local self-government | (1882

Answer 62

Lord Ripon 1880-1884

Question 63

Appointment of Education Commission under | chairmanship of Sir William Hunter (1882).

Answer 63

Lord Ripon 1880-1884

Question 64

Rendition of Mysore

Answer 64

Lord Ripon 1880-1884

Question 65

The Third Burmese War (1885-86).

Answer 65

Lord Dufferin 1884-1888

Question 66

Factory Act (1891).

Answer 66

Lord Lansdowne 1888-1894

Question 67

Categorisation of civil services into imperial, | provisional and subordinate

Answer 67

Lord Lansdowne 1888-1894

Question 68

Indian Councils Act (1892).

Answer 68

Lord Lansdowne 1888-1894

Question 69

Setting up of Durand Commission (1893)

Answer 69

Lord Lansdowne 1888-1894

Question 70

Two British officials assassinated by Chapekar | brothers (1897

Answer 70

Lord Elgin II 1894-1899