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*[https://archive.org/details/indiaundercurzon00frasuoft ''India under Curzon & after''] by Lovat Fraser 1911 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/indiaundercurzon00frasuoft ''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 [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon1  Volume One], [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon2 Volume Two] 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 [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon1  Volume One], [https://archive.org/details/BritishGovernmentInIndiaCurzon2 Volume Two] Archive.org
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500261.txt ''Lord Minto, A Memoir''] John Buchan 1924. Gutenberg.net.au. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto] was Viceroy from 1905  
*[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks05/0500261.txt ''Lord Minto, A Memoir''] John Buchan 1924. Gutenberg.net.au.  Also available as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/38659 pdf download] Digital Library of India. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,_4th_Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto] was Viceroy from 1905  
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019189292?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 ''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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019189292?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 ''India, Minto and Morley 1905-1910''] compiled by Mary, Countess of Minto, published 1934. Hathi Trust Digital Library.  It  is also available as a [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/278887 pdf download]  Digital Library of India.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/111396 ''India Under Morley And Minto''] by M N Das 1957. Pdf download Digital Library of India. Full title: ''India under Morley and Minto. Politics behind revolution, repression and reforms''.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/31682 ''Lord Willingdon In India''] by Victor Trench 1934.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Author’s name is a pseudonym (Freeman Freeman Thomas, Marquis of Willingdon) who was Viceroy 18 April 1931-18 April 1936.  
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990842170ViceroyAtBay  ''The Viceroy at Bay: Lord Linlithgow in India 1936-1943''] by John Glendevon 1971 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990842170ViceroyAtBay  ''The Viceroy at Bay: Lord Linlithgow in India 1936-1943''] by John Glendevon 1971 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990080835WavellTheViceroysJournal ''Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal''], edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org.  Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990080835WavellTheViceroysJournal ''Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal''], edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org.  Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.

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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