{"id":5878,"date":"2020-01-24T18:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T13:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5878"},"modified":"2020-01-24T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T13:06:26","slug":"governors-general-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/governors-general-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Governors-General Of India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGovernors-General of India<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMajor reforms<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1823-1828<\/strong><\/td>\nLord Amherst<\/td>\nThe annexation of Assam leading to the first Burmese war of 1824,<\/p>\n

The mutiny of Barrackpore in 1824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1828-1835<\/strong><\/td>\nLord William Bentinck<\/td>\nFirst Governor-General of India<\/span><\/p>\n

Abolition of Sati<\/span><\/p>\n

Suppression of Thugi, infanticide and child sacrifices.<\/p>\n

English Education Act 1835<\/p>\n

Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1835-1836<\/strong><\/td>\nLord Charles Metcalfe (Governors-General of India)<\/td>\n\u2018Liberator of the Indian press<\/span><\/p>\n

detached all restraints on open press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1836-1842<\/strong><\/td>\nLord Auckland<\/td>\nDedicated himself to the improvement of native schools and the expansion of the commercial industry of India<\/p>\n

The first Anglo-Afghan war<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1848-1856<\/strong><\/td>\nLord Dalhousie (Governors-General of India)<\/td>\nintroduced \u2018Doctrine of Lapse\u2018<\/span><\/p>\n

Doctrine of Good<\/p>\n

Charles Wood Dispatch<\/span><\/p>\n

Post Office Act, 1854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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