1. Warren Hastings (1773-1785)

• Regulating Act of 1773.

• Act of 1781, under which the powers of jurisdiction between the governor-general-in-council and the Supreme Court at Calcutta, were clearly divided.

• 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.

• Strained relationships with Chait Singh, the Maharaja of Benaras, which led to Hastings’ subsequent impeachment in England.

• Foundation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784).

2. Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793)

• Third Mysore War (1790-92) and Treaty of Seringapatam (1792).

• Cornwallis Code (1793) incorporating several judicial reforms, and separation of revenue administration and civil jurisdiction.

• Permanent Settlement of Bengal, 1793.

• Europeanisation of administrative machinery and introduction of civil services.

3. Sir John Shore (1793-1798)

• Charter Act of 1793.

• Battle of Kharda between the Nizam and the Marathas (1795).

4. Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)

• Introduction of the Subsidiary Alliance System (1798); first alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad.

• Fourth Mysore War (1799).

• Second Maratha War (1803-05).

• Took over the administration of Tanjore (1799), Surat (1800) and Carnatic (1801).

• Treaty of Bassein (1802).

5. Sir George Barlow (1805-1807)

• Vellore Mutiny (1806).

6. Lord Minto I (1807-1813)

• Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh (1809).

7. Lord Hastings (1813-1823)

• Anglo-Nepal War (1814-16) and the Treaty of Sagauli, 1816.

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

• Strife with Pindaris (1817-1818).

• Treaty with Sindhia (1817).

• Establishment of Ryotwari System by Thomas Munro, governor of Madras (1820).

8. Lord Amherst (1823-1828)

• First Burmese War (1824-1826).

• Capture of Bharatpur (1826).

9. Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)

• Abolition of sati and other cruel rites (1829).

• Suppression of thugi (1830).

• Charter Act of 1833.

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

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

• Treaty of ‘perpetual friendship’ with Ranjeet Singh.

10. Lord Metcalfe (1835-1836)

• New press law removing restrictions on the press in India.

11. Lord Auckland (1836-1842)

• First Afghan War (1838-42).

• Death of Ranjit Singh (1839).

12. Lord Ellenborough (1842-1844)

• Annexation of Sindh (1843).

• War with Gwalior (1843).

13. Lord Hardinge I (1844-1848)

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

• Social reforms including abolition of female infanticide and human sacrifice.

14. Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

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

• Annexation of Lower Burma or Pegu (1852).

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

• “Wood’s (Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control) Educational Despatch” of 1854 and opening of Anglo-vernacular schools and government colleges.

• Railway Minute of 1853; and laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853.

• Telegraph (4000 miles of telegraph lines to connect Calcutta with Bombay, Madras and Peshawar) and postal (Post Office Act, 1854) reforms.

• Ganges Canal declared open (1854); establishment of separate public works department in every province.

• Widow Remarriage Act (1856).

15. Lord Canning (1856-1857)

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

• Revolt of 1857.