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*See  '''[[Warren Hastings]]''', who was the first Governor-General of India 20 October 1773 (originally joined on 28 April 1772) to 8 February 1785.
*See  '''[[Warren Hastings]]''', who was the first Governor-General of India 20 October 1773 (originally joined on 28 April 1772) to 8 February 1785.
*[https://archive.org/details/cornwallisimperi0000wick ''Cornwallis, the Imperial Years''] by  Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed  30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805.
*[https://archive.org/details/cornwallisimperi0000wick ''Cornwallis, the Imperial Years''] by  Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed  30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805.
*[https://archive.org/details/lordamherstbriti00ritcuoft/page/n7/mode/2up ''Lord Amherst and the British advance eastwards to Burma''] by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Richardson Evans  1894. Part of the ''Rulers of India'' series. Archive.org. (Governor General 1 August 1823 13 March 1828).
*''The life and correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe: late governor-general of India, governor of Jamaica, and governor-general of Canada, from unpublished letters and journals preserved by himself, his family, and his friends'' by John William Kaye 1854. [https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden01metcuoft/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden02metcuoft/page/n6 Volume II] Archive.org. (20 March 1835 to 4 March 1836).
*''The life and correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe: late governor-general of India, governor of Jamaica, and governor-general of Canada, from unpublished letters and journals preserved by himself, his family, and his friends'' by John William Kaye 1854. [https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden01metcuoft/page/n6 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/lifecorresponden02metcuoft/page/n6 Volume II] Archive.org. (20 March 1835 to 4 March 1836).
:[https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharleslor0000thom/page/n7 ''The life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe''] by  Edward John Thompson 1937 Archive.org Lending Library. Also available [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3449 Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi<nowiki>]</nowiki> Digital Repository version], and [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3449/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
:[https://archive.org/details/lifeofcharleslor0000thom/page/n7 ''The life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe''] by  Edward John Thompson 1937 Archive.org Lending Library. Also available [http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/3449 Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi<nowiki>]</nowiki> Digital Repository version], and [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3449/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
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* ''My Indian Years 1910-1916'' by Lord Hardinge 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275383  Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/my-indian-years/book.php?fldr=book Academy of the Punjab in North America]  (Lord Hardinge was Viceroy 23 November 1910- 4 April 1916)
* ''My Indian Years 1910-1916'' by Lord Hardinge 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275383  Archive.org version], originally from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/my-indian-years/book.php?fldr=book Academy of the Punjab in North America]  (Lord Hardinge was Viceroy 23 November 1910- 4 April 1916)
:[https://archive.org/details/HardingePapersRelatingToPunjab/page/n1 ''Hardinge Papers Relating To Punjab''] edited and annotated by Dr Kirpal Singh 2002 Archive.org. Includes papers relating to both the Hardinge Governor General and Viceroy.
:[https://archive.org/details/HardingePapersRelatingToPunjab/page/n1 ''Hardinge Papers Relating To Punjab''] edited and annotated by Dr Kirpal Singh 2002 Archive.org. Includes papers relating to both the Hardinge Governor General and Viceroy.
*[https://archive.org/details/viceroyswifelett0000butl/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Viceroy's Wife: Letters of Alice, Countess of Reading, from India, 1921-25''] by Iris Butler  1969. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/viceroyaltyoflor0000gopa/page/n7 ''The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, 1926-1931'']  by  Sarvepalli Gopal  1957. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/viceroyaltyoflor0000gopa/page/n7 ''The Viceroyalty of Lord Irwin, 1926-1931'']  by  Sarvepalli Gopal  1957. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117731 ''Halifax: The Life Of Lord Halifax''] by the Earl of Birkenhead 1965. Archive.org. Digital Library of India Collection. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](Wikipedia), styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was Viceroy of India for 5 years from 1926 (appointed 1925).  
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117731 ''Halifax: The Life Of Lord Halifax''] by the Earl of Birkenhead 1965. Archive.org. Digital Library of India Collection. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](Wikipedia), styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was Viceroy of India for 5 years from 1926 (appointed 1925).  

Latest revision as of 13:37, 14 July 2021

The Governor-General of India was the head of the administration in British India. Between 1858 and 1947 the position was titled Viceroy and Governor-General of India.

Warren Hastings - First Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785

History of the position

  • 1833 The newly designated Governor-General of India was granted authority over all of British India.
  • 1858 After the Indian Mutiny the Crown took control of India and the Governor-General was the head of the government in India. To reflect his further role as the monarch's representative to the Princely states, the office was retitled Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
  • 1947 The Governor-General was kept after Independence until India and Pakistan became republics in the 1950s, although the term Viceroy was abandoned.

FIBIS Resources

Holders

See Category:Governors-General of India as well as a full list on Wikipedia (link below).

External links

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Note it appears that the Earl Of Elgin arrived in January 1894, not the date 11 October 1894 stated in the Wikipedia article.

Historical books online

Viceroys House New Delhi
  • See Warren Hastings, who was the first Governor-General of India 20 October 1773 (originally joined on 28 April 1772) to 8 February 1785.
  • Cornwallis, the Imperial Years by Franklin and Mary Wickwire 1980. Archive.org Lending Library. The 2nd book on his life by the authors. Cornwallis was Governor General 12 September 1786 to 28 October 1793 and reappointed 30 July 1805 until he died 5 October 1805.
  • Lord Amherst and the British advance eastwards to Burma by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Richardson Evans 1894. Part of the Rulers of India series. Archive.org. (Governor General 1 August 1823 13 March 1828).
  • The life and correspondence of Charles, Lord Metcalfe: late governor-general of India, governor of Jamaica, and governor-general of Canada, from unpublished letters and journals preserved by himself, his family, and his friends by John William Kaye 1854. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org. (20 March 1835 to 4 March 1836).
The life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe by Edward John Thompson 1937 Archive.org Lending Library. Also available Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository version, and Archive.org mirror version.
Glorious Sahibs; the romantic as empire-builder, 1799-1838 by Michael Edwardes 1969. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. A study based on the careers of four men: Charles Metcalfe, Mountstuart Elphinstone, John Malcolm, and David Ochterlony.
Hardinge Papers Relating To Punjab edited and annotated by Dr Kirpal Singh 2002 Archive.org. Includes papers relating to both the Hardinge Governor General and Viceroy.
Lord Lawrence by Sir Charles Aitchison, formerly Lieutenant -Governor of the Punjab. 1892 Archive.org. A book in the series Rulers of India.
Private Secretary to the Marquess of Lansdowne, Viceroy of India [from 1888] page 233 The life of Major-General Sir John Ardagh, by his wife Susan, Countess of Malmesbury (Lady Ardagh) 1908 HathiTrust Digital Library.
Lord Lansdowne: a Biography by Lord Newton 1929. Archive.org. Also available Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository and Archive.org mirror version.
Hardinge Papers Relating To Punjab edited and annotated by Dr Kirpal Singh 2002 Archive.org. Includes papers relating to both the Hardinge Governor General and Viceroy.
Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal, edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version better quality digital file. Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.
The Chief : Field Marshal Lord Wavell, Commander-in-Chief and Viceroy, 1939-1947 by Ronald Lewin 1980 File 2, File 3 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
  • See British India - Historical books online for the publication The Transfer of Power 1942-7, in 12 volumes.
  • Mission With Mountbatten by Alan Campbell-Johnson 1951 Archive.org. “Specially revised and abridged by the author for Indian readers”. The author was Press Attache to Mountbatten when he was Viceroy.
  • Freedom At Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre c 1975. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. The events in India in 1947
Mountbatten And The Partition Of India by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 1960 Archive.org version mirror from Digital Library of India. Publication date elsewhere is given as 1982. Also available to read online on Academy of the Punjab in North America.
Mountbatten And Independent India by Larry Collins and Dominique Laouerre 1960 Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. Publication date elsewhere is given as 1982.

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