| Year | Governors-General of India | Major reforms |
| 1823-1828 | Lord Amherst | The annexation of Assam leading to the first Burmese war of 1824,
The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824 |
| 1828-1835 | Lord William Bentinck | First Governor-General of India
Abolition of Sati Suppression of Thugi, infanticide and child sacrifices. English Education Act 1835 Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata |
| 1835-1836 | Lord Charles Metcalfe (Governors-General of India) | ‘Liberator of the Indian press
detached all restraints on open press |
| 1836-1842 | Lord Auckland | Dedicated himself to the improvement of native schools and the expansion of the commercial industry of India
The first Anglo-Afghan war |
| 1848-1856 | Lord Dalhousie (Governors-General of India) | introduced ‘Doctrine of Lapse‘
Doctrine of Good Charles Wood Dispatch Post Office Act, 1854 |
