Governor-General

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

• 1773 The office of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William was created. The holder administered Fort William and supervised the East India Company officials in India.

• 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

• General Order of the Governor General in Council, June 15th 1812

Holders

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

External links

	The FIBIS Google Books Library has books tagged: Governors General Government

• Governor-General of India Wikipedia

• List of Governors-General of India

Historical books online

Viceroys House New Delhi

• Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G. India 1797-1805 Google Books

Volume 1: April 11, 1797- June 6, 1800 1858, Volume 2: June 6, 1800 to December 11, 1801 1858,

Volume 3: December 14, 1801 to February 14 1803 1859, Volume 4: February 15 1803 to March 1805 1859

• 'Up the country': letters written to her sister from the upper provinces of India by Hon. Emily Eden 2nd Edition 1867 (contains what in some editions are 2 separate volumes) Google Books
• Letters From India Vol-I and Letters From India Vol-II by Hon Emily Eden 1872 Archive.org
• Golden Interlude: The Edens In India 1836-1842 by Janet Dunbar (1956) recounts the experiences of Governor-General George Eden and his sisters during their time in India. Archive.org
• Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie 
by Captain L. J. Trotter. 1889 Archive.org. A book in the Statesmen series (1848-1856)
• Earl Canning by Sir H S Cunningham 1891 Archive.org. A book in the series Rulers of India. (1856-1862)
• Lord Lawrence by Sir Charles Aitchison, formerly Lieutenant -Governor of the Punjab. 1892 Archive.org. A book in the series Rulers of India (1864-1869)
• The Administration of the Marquis of Lansdowne as Viceroy and Governor-general of India, 1888-1894 by George W Forrest 1894 Archive.org
• Speeches of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor General of India [Volume I]: 1898-1901, Volume II: 1900-1902 Archive.org. Lord Curzon was in this position 1899-1905.
• Lord Curzon in India, 1898-1903 by H Caldwell Lipsett 1903 Archive.org
• India under Curzon & after by Lovat Fraser 1911 Archive.org
• British Government In India: The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses by the Marquis Curzon of Kedleston, K.G. , Viceroy and Governor General of India, Jan.1899-May 1904, and Dec. 1904-Nov.1905. 1925 Archive.org Volume One, Volume Two Archive.org
• Lord Minto, A Memoir John Buchan 1924. Gutenberg.net.au. Lord Minto was Viceroy from 1905
• India, Minto and Morley 1905-1910 compiled by Mary, Countess of Minto, published 1934. Hathi Trust Digital Library. It is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
• The Viceroy at Bay: Lord Linlithgow in India 1936-1943 by John Glendevon 1971 Archive.org
• Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal, edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org. Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.
• 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.
• Divide and Quit by Penderel Moon c 1961 Archive.org. Contains references to Mountbatten.