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*[http://www.archive.org/details/goldeninterludet012111mbp ''Golden Interlude: The Edens In India 1836-1842''] by Janet Dunbar (1956) recounts the experiences of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eden,_1st_Earl_of_Auckland Governor-General George Eden] and his sisters during their time in India. Archive.org
 
*[http://www.archive.org/details/goldeninterludet012111mbp ''Golden Interlude: The Edens In India 1836-1842''] by Janet Dunbar (1956) recounts the experiences of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eden,_1st_Earl_of_Auckland Governor-General George Eden] and his sisters during their time in India. Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lettersoffirstvi0032hard/page/n5 ''The letters of the first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore to Lady Hardinge and Sir Walter and Lady James, 1844-1847''] edited by Bawa Satinder Singh 1986. Archive.org Lending Library.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lettersoffirstvi0032hard/page/n5 ''The letters of the first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore to Lady Hardinge and Sir Walter and Lady James, 1844-1847''] edited by Bawa Satinder Singh 1986. Archive.org Lending Library.
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:[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/stream/lifeofmarquisofd00trotrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie''] 
by Captain L. J. Trotter. 1889 Archive.org.  A book in the ''Statesmen'' series (1848-1856)
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/lifeofmarquisofd00trotrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie''] 
by Captain L. J. Trotter. 1889 Archive.org.  A book in the ''Statesmen'' series (1848-1856)
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lorddalhousiesad0000rahi ''Lord Dalhousie's administration of the conquered and annexed states''] by  Muhammad Abdur Rahim  1963. Archive.org Lending Library. [1848-1856]
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lorddalhousiesad0000rahi ''Lord Dalhousie's administration of the conquered and annexed states''] by  Muhammad Abdur Rahim  1963. Archive.org Lending Library. [1848-1856]
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*[https://archive.org/details/morleyindia190610000wolp/page/n7 ''Morley and India, 1906-1910''] by  Stanley A. Wolpert  1967  Archive.org Lending Library. Morley was Secretary of State in charge of the India Office.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/morleyindia190610000wolp/page/n7 ''Morley and India, 1906-1910''] by  Stanley A. Wolpert  1967  Archive.org Lending Library. Morley was Secretary of State in charge of the India Office.
 
* ''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)
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:[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/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).  

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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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Historical books online

Viceroys House New Delhi
Selections From The State Papers Of The Governors General Of India edited by G W Forrest. Volume I Warren Hastings, Volume II Warren Hastings 1910 Archive.org.
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.
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.
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.