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who were the governors of India when British were ruling?

Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal),1774–1833.
1.Warren Hastings
2. Sir John Macpherson (acting)
3. The Earl Cornwallis
4. Sir John Shore
5. Sir Alured Clarke (acting)
6.The Earl of Mornington
7. The Marquess Cornwallis
8. Sir George Barlow, Bt
9. The Lord Minto
10.The Earl of Moira
11. John Adam
12. The Lord Amherst[4]
13 .William Butterworth Bayley
14 . Lord William Bentinck

Governors-General of India, 1833–1858

1. Lord William Bentinck
2. Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt
3. The Lord Auckland[5]
4. The Lord Ellenborough
5. William Wilberforce Bird
6. Sir Henry Hardinge
7. The Marquess of Dalhousie
8. The Viscount Canning

Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947

1. The Earl Canning[8]
2. The Earl of Elgin
3. Sir Robert Napier
4. Sir William Denison
5. John Lawrence
6. The Earl of Mayo
7. Sir John Strachey
8. The Lord Napier
9. The Lord Northbrook
10. The Lord Lytton
11. The Marquess of Ripon
12. The Earl of Dufferin
13. The Marquess of Lansdowne
14. The Earl of Elgin
15. The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
16. The Earl of Minto
17. The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst
18. The Lord Chelmsford
19. The Earl of Reading
20. The Lord Irwin
21. The Earl of Willingdon
22. The Marquess of Linlithgow
23. The Viscount Wavell
24. The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma

Governors-General of the Union of India, 1947–1950

1. The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma
2. C. Rajagopalachari


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