Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 18581947

Sl No.
Name
Tenure
1

Lord Canning

1858-1862

Lord Elgin

1862-1863

Sir Lorence

1864-1869

Lord Mayo

1869-1872

Lord Northbrook

1872-1876

Lord Lytton

1876-1880

Lord Rippon

1880-1884

Lord Dufferin

1884-1888

Lord Lansdowne

1888-1894

10

Lord Elgin II

1894-1899

11

Lord Curzon

1899-1905

12

Lord Minto II

1905-1910

13

Lord Hardinge

1910-1916

14

Lord Chelmsford

1916-1921

15

Lord Reading

1921-1926

16

Lord Irwin

1926-1931

17

Lord Willingdon

1931-1936

18

Lord Linlithgow

1936-1943

19

Lord Wavell
Lord
Mountbatten

1943-1947
1947(March
13-Aug 14)

20

The title of Viceroy was abandoned when India and Pakistan

gained their independence in 1947, but the office of GovernorGeneral continued to exist in both new dominions until they
adopted republican constitutions in 1950 and 1956
respectively.
Governors-General of the Union of India, 1947
1950
Sl No.
Name
Tenure
1947(Aug 15)- 1948 (June
1
Lord Louis Mountbatten
20)
1948(June21)2
C.Rajagopalachari
1950(Jan25)