1. Warren Hastings 1773-1785
• Regulating act of 1773
• Pitt’s India act of 1784
• Strained relation with Chait Singh, Maharaja
of Banaras which led to Hasting's
impeachment in England
• Foundation of Asiatic society of Bengal 1784

2. Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793
• Cornwallis code 1793 led to separation of
revenue administration & civil jurisdiction
• Permanent settlement of Bengal 1793
• Introduction of Civil Services

3. Lord Wellesely 1798-1805
• Introduced subsidiary alliance 1798 , Nizam of
Hyderabad made 1st alliance
• Took over administration of
Tanjore, Surat, Carnatic
• Tipu Sultan died in the war

4. Lord Minto I 1805-07
• Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit singh 1809

5. Lord Hasting 1813-23
• Anglo Nepal war 1814-16
• Ryotwari System established

6. Lord William Bentinck 1828-35
• Abolition of Sati 1829
• Suppression of Thugi 1830
• Introduction of English as official language
• Treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit
Singh

7. Lord Metcalfe 1835-36
• New press laws removing restrictions on press
in India

8. Lord Hardinge I 1844-48
• 1st Anglo sikh war & treaty of Lahaur
• Abolition of female infanticide & human
sacrifice

9. Lord Dalhousie 1848-56
• Doctrine of lapse & annexation of Satara
1848, Sambhalpur , Udaipur, Jhansi
1853,Nagpur,Awadh 1856
• Wood’s educational dispatch 1854 & opening of Anglo-
vernacular schools & colleges
• 1st Railway line connecting Bombay to Thane 1853
• Telegraph lines to connect Calcutta with
Bombay, Madras & Peshawar, Postal reforms
• Ganges canal declared open
• Widow’s Remarriage act 1856

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