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===Historical books online===
 
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[[Image:‎Delhi - Viceroys House.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Viceroys House New Delhi]]
 
[[Image:‎Delhi - Viceroys House.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Viceroys House New Delhi]]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100753 ''The Administration Of Warren Hastings 1772- 1785''] by G W Forrest 1892 Archive.org
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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.
:''Selections From The State Papers Of The Governors General Of India''    edited by G W Forrest. [https://archive.org/details/selectionsfromst01forr/page/n9 ''Volume I Warren Hastings''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.102298 ''Volume II Warren Hastings'']  1910 Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/lettersofwarrenh00hastrich/page/n7 ''The Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife''] introduced and annotated by Sydney C Grier 1905 Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/warrenhastingski0000edwa/page/n7 ''Warren Hastings : King of the Nabobs''] by Michael Edwardes 1976. Archive.org Lending Library.
 
 
*[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/lifeofcharleslor0000thom/page/n7 ''The life of Charles, Lord Metcalfe''] by  Edward John Thompson 1937 Archive.org Lending Library. (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. (20 March 1835 to 4 March 1836).
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*''Speeches by the Marquess of Linlithgow'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211400/page/n5  Volume I  [from 17 April 1936 to 23rd April 1938<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1940; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207261/page/n5 Volume II [to 16 October 1943<nowiki>]</nowiki>]  1944. Archive.org.
 
*''Speeches by the Marquess of Linlithgow'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211400/page/n5  Volume I  [from 17 April 1936 to 23rd April 1938<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1940; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207261/page/n5 Volume II [to 16 October 1943<nowiki>]</nowiki>]  1944. Archive.org.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990080835WavellTheViceroysJournal ''Wavell: The Viceroy’s Journal''], edited by Penderel Moon. 1973 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/wavellviceroysjo0000wave/page/n9 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version] better quality digital file.  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. [https://archive.org/details/wavellviceroysjo0000wave/page/n9 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version] better quality digital file.  Lord Wavell was Viceroy October 1943 to March 1947.
*See [[British India#Historical books online|British India - Historical books online]] for the publication ''The Transfer of Power 1942-7'', in 12 volumes.
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*See [[British India#Historical books online|'''British India''' - Historical books online]] for the publication ''The Transfer of Power 1942-7'', in 12 volumes.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/MissionWithMountbatten ''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.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/MissionWithMountbatten ''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.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124549  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The events in India in 1947
 
* ''Freedom At Midnight'' by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre c 1975.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.124549  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The events in India in 1947

Revision as of 12:22, 13 November 2019

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
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.