Governors of Presidency , Governor-General of India, Viceroys of India, Governors-General of Independent India

Governors of Presidency
Name Period
Warren Hastings 1773 to 1785
Sir John Macpherson 1785 to 1786
Earl Cornwallis 1786 to 1793
Sir John Shore 1793 to 1798
Sir Alured Clarke March 1798 to May 1798
Marquess Wellesley 1798 to 1805
Marquess Cornwallis July 1805 to Oct 1805
Sir George Barlow 1805 to 1807
Lord Minto 1807 to 1813
Marquess of Hastings 1813 to 1823
John Adam Jan 1823 to Aug 1823
Lord Amherst 1823 to 1828
William Butterworth Bayley March 1828 to July 1828
Lord William Bentinck 1828 to 1833
Governor-General of India
Name Period
Lord William Bentinck 1833 to 1835
Sir Charles Metcalfe 1835 to 1836
Lord Auckland 1836 to 1842
Lord Ellenborough 1842 to 1844
William Wilberforce Bird June 1844 to July 1844
Sir Henry Hardinge 1844 to 1848
Marquess of Dalhousie 1848 to 1856
Viscount Canning 1856 to 1858
Viceroys of India
Name Period
Viscount Canning 1858 to 1862
Earl of Elgin 1862 to 1863
Sir Robert Napier Nov 1863 to Dec 1863
Sir William Denison 1863 to 1864
Sir John Lawrence 1864 to 1869
Earl of Mayo 1869 to 1872
Sir John Strachey Feb 9, 1872 to Feb 23, 1872
Lord Napier Feb 1872 to May 1872
Lord Northbrook 1872 to 1876
Lord Lytton 1876 to 1880
Marquess of Ripon 1880 to 1884
Earl of Dufferin 1884 to 1888
Marquess of Lansdowne 1888 to 1894
Earl of Elgin 1894 to 1899
Lord Curzon 1899 to 1905
Earl of Minto 1905 to 1910
Lord Hardinge 1910 to 1916
Lord Chelmsford 1916 to 1921
Earl of Reading 1921 to 1926
Lord Irwin 1926 to 1931
Earl of Willingdon 1931 to 1936
Marquess of Linlithgow 1936 to 1943
Viscount Wavell 1943 to 1947
Lord Mountbatten Feb 1947 to Aug 1947
Governors-General of Independent India
Lord Mountbatten 1947 to 1948
C. Rajagopalachari 1948 to 1950