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GOVERNORS AND VICEROYS
GOVERNORS OF BENGAL (1757-74)
NAME TENURE REMARKS
Robert Clive 1757-60, 1st Governor of Bengal
1765-67 Established Dual Government in Bengal
Vanisttart 1760-65 The Battle of Buxar (1764)
Cartier 1769-72 Bengal Famine (1770)
Warren Hastings 1772-74 Abolished Dual Government (1772)
GOVERNOR-GENERALS OF BENGAL (1774-1833)
NAME TENURE REMARKS
Warren Hastings 1774-85 Wrote the introduction to the first English translation of
the ‘Gita’ by Charles Wilkins
Founded Asiatic Society of Bengal with William Jones
Started Diwani and Faujdari adalats at the district level
and Sadar diwani and Nizamat adalats (appellate
courts) at Calcutta
Redefined Hindu and Muslim laws
Lord Cornwallis 1786-1793 First person to codify laws (in 1793)
Introduced Permanent Settlement in Bengal
Known as the Father of Civil Services in India’
Sir John Shore 1793-98 Introduced the 1st Character Act
Lord Wellesley 1798-1805 Started Subsidiary Alliance system
Madras Presidency was formed during his tenure
George Barlow 1805-1807 Vellore Mutiny happened during his tenure
Lord Minto I 1807-1813 Concluded Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh
Charter Act of 1813 was passed during his tenure
Lord Hastings 1813-1823 Adopted the policy of intervention and war
Forced humiliating treaties on Peswa and the Scindia
Introduced the Ryotwari settlement in Madras
Lord Amherst 1823-28 Acquired territories in Malay Penisula
Capture of Bharatpur (1826)
Lord William 1828-33 Regarded as the Father of Modern Western Education
Bentinck in India
Abolished Sati (1829)
Annexation of Mysore (1831)
Passed the Charter Act of 1833, which provided
that no subject of Company was to be debarred
from holding an office on account of his religion, place
of birth, descent and color
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