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Provinces of British
India
Note: British colonial authorities ruled India with two administrative systems: About 60% of territory of the Indian sub-continent were provinces and territories directly under British colonial administration, 40% of the sub-continent were native Indian ("princely") States under direct treaty relations with British India (A-J and K-Z).
Party abbreviations: AIC = All India Congress; BPML
= Bengal Province Muslim League;
IIL = Indian Independence League (nationalist, pro-Japanese,
1937-1945);
INC = Indian National Congress (nationalist, pro-independence,
mainly Hindu, est.1885); IP = Ittihad Party (Union Party); JP
=
Swaraj Party (Justice Party); ML = Muslim League, All India (Muslim party,
1906-1947); MPP = Muslim Political Party; UP = Unionist Party
Ajmer-Merwara
1818
Ceded to Britain.
1832
Part of North-West Frontier Provinces.
1 Apr 1871
Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri a separate province.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Agents
1832 - 1834
A. Lockett
1834 - 1841
N. Alves
1841 - 1848
J. Sutherland
1848 - 1852
J. Low
1852 - 1853
George St.Patrick Lawrence
(b. 1804 - d. 1884)
(1st time)
1853 - 1857
Henry Montgomery Lawrence
(b. 1806 - d. 1857)
1857 - 1864
George St.Patrick Lawrence
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1864 - 1865
E.K. Elliott
1865 - 1867
W.F. Eden
1867 - 1871
Richard Harte Keatinge
(b. 1825 - d. 1904)
Chief Commissioners
1 Apr 1871 - 21 Jun 1873 Richard Harte Keatinge
(s.a.)
21 Jun 1873 - 12 Dec 1878 Sir Lewis Pelly
(b. 1825 - d. 1892)
12 Dec 1878 - 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford
(b. 1836 - d. 1911)
27 Mar 1887 - 20 Mar 1890 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter
(b. 1833 - d. 1892)
20 Mar 1890 - 20 Mar 1895 George Herbert Trevor
(b. 1840 - d. 1927)
20 Mar 1895 - 10 Mar 1898 Robert Joseph Crosthwaite
(b. 1841 - d. 1917)
10 Mar 1898 - 1 Apr 1905 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale
(b. 1854 - d. 1942)
1 Apr 1905 - 4 Jan 1918 Elliot Graham Colvin
(b. 1861 - d. 1940)
4 Jan 1918 - 22 Dec 1919 John Manners Smith
(b. 1864 - d. 1920)
22 Dec 1919 - 7 Aug 1925 Robert Erskine Holland
(b. 1873 - d. 1965)
7 Aug 1925 - 18 Mar 1927 Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson
(b. 1872 - d. 1942)
18 Mar 1927 - 14 Oct 1932 Leonard William Reynolds
(b. 1874 - d. 1946)
14 Oct 1932 - 28 Oct 1937 George Drummond Ogilvie
(b. 1882 - d. 1966)
28 Oct 1937 - 1 Dec 1944 Arthur Cunningham Lothian
(b. 1887 - d. 1962)
1 Dec 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani
(b. 1904)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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12 Dec 1755
Danish settlers arrive in the Nicobar Islands.
1 Jan 1756
Nicobar Islands a Danish colony, named New Denmark
(subordinated to Tranquebar).
Dec 1756
Nicobar Islands renamed Frederik Øerne (Frederik Islands).
14 Apr 1759 - 19 Aug 1768 Nicobar Islands abandoned.
1 Jun 1778 - 1784
Nicobar Islands occupied by Austria (annexed 12 Jul 1778),
named Theresia Islands.
1787 - 1805/07
Nicobar Islands abandoned.
Sep 1789
Andaman Islands a British possession (Port Cornwallis),
part of British India (abandoned May 1796).
1807 - 1814
Nicobar Islands occupied by Britain.
1814 - 31 Jul 1831
Nicobar Islands abandoned.
13 Jun 1834 - 4 Jan 1845 Nicobar Islands abandoned.
5 May 1845
Nicobar Islands reclaimed for Denmark (annexed 25 Feb 1846).
1848
Nicobar Islands abandoned.
22 Jan 1858
Andaman Islands resettled by Britain.
(subordinated to British India [to Burma 1864-1868]).
16 Oct 1868
Danish rights to the Nicobar Islands sold to Britain,
part of British India.
23 Mar 1942 - 6 Oct 1945 Japanese occupation.
Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 Administered
by the Japanese-sponsored Free India
Movement (Provisional Government of Free India);
Andamans are renamed Shaheed Islands and Nicobars
are renamed Sawaraj Islands.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Danish Residents in the Nicobar Islands
12 Dec 1755 - 1756
Tang
(d. 1756)
1756 - 9 Sep 1756
Tanner (acting)
9 Sep 1756 - 1756
Tycho Volquard
(d. 1756)
1756
Müller
1756 - Jul 1757
C.F. Lund (1st time) (acting)
Jul 1757 - 1757 (18 days) Jens Twed
(d. 1757)
1757 - 14 Apr 1759
C.F. Lund (2nd time) (acting)
14 Apr 1759 - 19 Aug 1768 Abandoned
19 Aug 1768 - 17..
Gottlieb Volker
17.. - 17..
Armedinger
17.. - 1 Jun 1778
Joseph Blaschke
1 Jun 1778 - 4 Sep 1778 Bennet -Austrian commander
4 Sep 1778 - 1783
Gottfried Stahl -Austrian Resident (d. 1783)
1783 - 1787
John Gottfried Haensel
1787 - 1791
Abandoned
1791 - 12 Apr 1791
Henning Munck Engelhart
(d. 1791)
12 Apr 1791 - 1805
Abandoned
1805 - 1807
....
1807 - 1814
.... (British commanders)
1814 - 31 Jul 1831
Abandoned?
31 Jul 1831 - 22 Sep 1831 Lauritz Christensen -Governor
(b. 1793 - d. 1832)
22 Sep 1831 - 13 Jun 1834 David Rosen
13 Jun 1834 - 5 May 1845 Abandoned
4 Jan 1845 - 26 Feb 1846 Steen Andersen Bille
26 Feb 1846 - 1848
Richard Aschlund
(b. 1800 - d. 1863)
1848 - 16 Oct 1868
Abandoned
British Officers in Charge of Port Cornwallis
Sep 1789 - Mar 1793 Archibald
Blair
(d. 1815)
Mar 1793 - May 1796 Alexander
Kyd
(b. 1754 - d. 1826)
Superintendents of Port Blair
22 Jan 1858 - 1858
Henry Stuart Man (1st time) (b.
1815 - d. 1893)
(Naval Officer in Charge)
1858 - Oct 1859
James Pattison Walker
(b. 1823 - d. 1906)
Oct 1859 - 1862
James Colpoys Haughton
(b. 1817 - d. 1887)
Apr 1862 - Feb 1864 Robert
Christopher Tytler
(b. 1818 - d. 1872)
1864 - 1868
Barnet Ford
(b. 1824 - d. 1907)
1868 - 1871
Henry Stuart Man (2nd time) (s.a.)
1871 - 1872
F.L. Playfair
Chief Commissioners of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1872 - 1875
Donald Martin Stewart
(b. 1824 - d. 1900)
1875 - 1879
Charles Arthur Barwell
1879 - 1892
Thomas Cadell
(b. 1835 - d. 1919)
1892 - 1894
Norman Mcleod Thomas Horsford
1894 - 1904
Richard Carnac Temple
(b. 1850 - d. 1931)
(from 1902, Richard Carnac Temple, Baron Nash)
1904 - 1906
William Rudolph Henry Merk
(b. 1852 - d. 1925)
1906 - 1913
Herbert Arrott Browning
1913 - 1920
Montague William Douglas
1920 - 1923
Henry Cecil Beadon
1923 - 1931
Michael Lloyd Ferrar
1931 - 1935
John William Smith
1935 - 1938
William Alexander Cosgrave
(b. 1879 - d. 1952)
1938 - 23 Mar 1942
Charles Francis Waterfall
(b. 1888 - d. 1954)
(Japanese prisoner 23 Mar 1942-45)
23 Mar 1942 - 1943
Bucho
(Japanese civil governor)
Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 A.D.
Loganathan
IIL
(for provisional government of Free India)
2 Oct 1944 - Aug 1945 Mansoor Ali
Alvi
(acting for Loganathan)
Japanese Military Governors
23 Mar 1942 - Jun 1944 Shigeru Ishikawa
Jun 1944 - 6 Oct 1945 Teizo Hara
Governors
1945 - 1946
Charles Francis Waterfall
(s.a.)
1946 - 15 Aug 1947
Noel Kennedy Patterson
Chief Commissioner
Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Inamul Majid
Assam
1824 - 1826 Occupied by Britain.
24 Feb 1826
Ceded to Britain by Burma.
1826 - 1832
Part of Bengal.
1832 - Oct 1838 Princely state briefly restored in Upper Assam.
1838 - 7 Feb 1874
Part of Bengal.
16 Oct 1905
Part of province of East Bengal and Assam.
1 Apr 1912
Assam a separate province.
Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 Part of the Assam (the Naga Hills District) and part
of the princely state of Manipur occupied by Japan.
1 Apr 1946
Self rule granted.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Commanders of British Forces
1824
George McMorine
(b. 1763 - d. 1824)
1824 - 1826 Arthur Richards
Political Agent
1826
- 1828
David Scott
(b. 1786 - d. 1831)
Commissioners
1828
- 20 Aug 1831 David
Scott
(s.a.)
1831 - 1834
Thomas Campbell Robertson (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
1834
- 1861
Francis Jenkins
(b. 1793 - d. 1866)
1861 - 1874
Henry Hopkinson
Chief Commissioners
1874 - 1878
Richard Harte Keatinge
(b. 1825 - d. 1904)
1878 - 1881
Stewart Colvin Bayley
(b. 1836 - d. 1925)
1881 - 1885
Sir Charles Alfred Elliott
(b. 1835 - d. 1911)
1885 - 1887
William Erskine Ward (1st time) (b. 1838 - d. 1916)
1887 - 1889
Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
(b. 1837 - d. 1920)
1889 - 1891
James Wallace Quinton
(b. 1834 - d. 1891)
1891 - 1896
William Erskine Ward (2nd time) (s.a.)
1896 - 1902
Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
1902 - 1905
Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
Lieutenant-governors (of East Bengal and Assam)
1905 - 1906
Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller
(s.a.)
1906 - 1911
Lancelot Hare
(b. 1851 - d. 1922)
1911 - 1912
Charles Stuart Bayley
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
Chief commissioners
1912 - 1918
Sir Archdale Earle
(b. 1861 - d. 1934)
1918 - 3 Jan 1921
Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 2 Apr 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson
Bell (s.a.)
3 Apr 1921 - 10 Oct 1922 Sir William Sinclair Marris
(b. 1873 - d. 1945)
10 Oct 1922 - 28 Jun 1927 Sir John Henry Kerr
(b. 1871 - d. 1934)
28 Jun 1927 - 11 May 1932 Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond
(b. 1873 - d. 1939)
11 May 1932 - 4 Mar 1937 Sir Michael Keane
(b. 1874 - d. 1937)
4 Mar 1937 - 4 May 1942 Robert Neil Reid
(b. 1883 - d. 1964)
4 May 1942 - 4 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow
(b. 1890 - d. 1957)
Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 Mutaguchi
Renya
(b. 1888 - d. 1966)
(Japanese military commander)
Mar 1944 - Jul 1944 A.C. Chatterjee
IIL
(for provisional government of Free India)
4
May 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari
(b. 1894 - d. 1948)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Sep 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
ML
Saadulla (1st time)
19 Sep 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1950) INC
17 Nov 1939 - 24 Dec 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
ML
Saadulla (2nd time)
24 Dec 1941 - 24 Aug 1942 Governor's Rule
25 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
ML
Saadulla (3rd time)
11 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd time)
(s.a.) INC
Baluchistan
19 Jun 1877
British occupy Quetta.
1 Oct 1887
British Baluchistan Province and Tribal Areas
1 Nov 1887
Incorporated into British India.
15 Aug 1947
Part of Pakistan.
Chief Commissioners (and Agents to the Governors-General for Baluchistan Agency)
19 Jun 1877 - 11 Dec 1887 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
(b. 1837 - d. 1891)
St. John (1st time) (acting)
11 Dec 1887 - 3 Apr 1889 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman
(b. 1835 - d. 1892)
(1st time)
3 Apr 1889 - 8 Oct 1889 Sir Harry North Dalrymple
(b. 1834 - d. 1913)
Prendergast (acting)
8 Oct 1889 - 23 Apr 1891 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
23 Apr 1891 - 8 May 1891 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(b. 1853 - d. 1940)
(1st time) (acting)
9 May 1891 - 4 Jun 1891 Sir Oliver Beauchamp
Coventry (s.a.)
St. John (2nd time)
5 Jun 1891 - 9 Jul 1891 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
10 Jul 1891 - 16 Nov 1891 John Biddulph (acting)
(b. 1840 - d. 1922)
16 Nov 1891 - 29 Jan 1892 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
30 Jan 1892 - 21 Mar 1892 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(s.a.)
(3rd time) (acting)
22 Mar 1892 - 13 Jun 1896 Sir James Browne
(b. 1839 - d. 1896)
14 Jun 1896 - 14 Nov 1896 James Adair Crawford (acting)
15 Nov 1896 - 12 Apr 1899 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(s.a.)
(4th time)
12 Apr 1899 - 21 Dec 1899 Henry Wylie (acting)
(b. 1844 - d. 1918)
21 Dec 1899 - 20 Nov 1900 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(s.a.)
(5th time)
20 Nov 1900 - 4 Nov 1904 Charles Edward Yate
(b. 1849 - d. 1940)
4 Nov 1904 - 23 Jan 1905 John Ramsay (1st time) (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1942)
23 Jan 1905 - 2 Apr 1907 Alexander Lauzun Pendock Tucker
(b. 1861 - d. 1941)
(acting)
2 Apr 1907 - 3 Jun 1909 Sir Arthur Henry McMahon
(b. 1862 - d. 1949)
(1st time)
3 Jun 1909 - 6 Sep 1909 Charles Archer (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
6 Sep 1909 - 25 Apr 1911 Sir Arthur Henry McMahon
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
25 Apr 1911 - 21 Oct 1912 John Ramsay (2nd time)
(s.a.)
21 Oct 1912 - 14 Nov 1912 Charles Archer (2nd time) (acting)
(s.a.)
14 Nov 1912 - 2 Apr 1914 John Ramsay (3rd time)
(s.a.)
2 Apr 1914 - 23 May 1914 Charles Archer (3rd time)
(acting) (s.a.)
23 May 1914 - 15 Jun 1915 John Ramsay (4th time)
(s.a.)
15 Jun 1915 - 5 Jul 1915 Charles Archer (4th time)
(acting) (s.a.)
5 Jul 1915 - 5 Dec 1917 John Ramsay (5th time)
(s.a.)
5 Dec 1917 - 1 Sep 1919 Sir Henry Robert Conway
Dobbs (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
1 Sep 1919 - Jun 1922 Armine Brereton
Dew
(b. 1867 - d. 1941)
Jun 1922 - 15 Sep 1923 Henry Beauchamp
St. John (b.
1874 - d. 1954)
(1st time) (acting)
15 Sep 1923 - 7 Jul 1926 Frederick William Johnston
7 Jul 1926 - 4 Nov 1927 Edmond Henry Salt James
(1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
(acting)
4 Nov 1927 - 2 Feb 1929 Henry Beauchamp St. John
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
2 Feb 1929 - 1 Oct 1929 Edmond Henry Salt James
(2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1 Oct 1929 - 17 Dec 1931 Charles Edward Bruce (acting)
(b. 1876 - d. 1950)
17 Dec 1931 - 10 May 1932 Alexander Norman Ley Cater
(b. 1880 - d. 1957)
(1st time) (acting)
10 May 1932 - 1 Oct 1932 John Aloysius Brett (acting)
(b. 1879 - d. 1955)
1 Oct 1932 - 1 Apr 1936 Alexander Norman Ley
Cater
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Apr 1936 - 18 Apr 1936 Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate
(b. 1889 - d. 1978)
(1st time) (acting)
18 Apr 1936 - 20 Jun 1937 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(b. 1884 - d. 1966)
(1st time) (acting)
20 Jun 1937 - 28 Nov 1937 Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
28 Nov 1937 - 14 Mar 1938 Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe (acting)
(b. 1892 - d. 1981)
14 Mar 1938 - 11 Aug 1939 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
11 Aug 1939 - 24 Nov 1943 Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis
(b. 1883 - d. 1943)
Metcalfe
24 Nov 1943 - 1946
William Rupert Hay
(b. 1893 - d. 1962)
14 May 1946 - 1946
Henry Mortimer Poulton
(b. 1898 - d. 1973)
1946 - 3 Oct 1947
Sir Geoffrey Prior
(b. 1896 - d. 1972)
Bengal
2 Feb 1634
English granted permission to establish factories
in Bengal at Hugli, Balasore, Kasimbazar and Patna.
1658
Bengal factories subordinated to Madras.
1676 - 1690
Hugli officially made headquarters of the Bengal trade.
3 Sep 1681
Bengal a separate agency (Bengal Agency).
17 Jul 1682 - Jan 1694 Presidency of Coromandel
and Bengal Settlements.
Jan 1694 - 1698
Subordinated to Madras.
26 May 1700
Presidency of Bengal (Fort William).
20 Oct 1774 - 1854
Direct rule by the central government of British India.
1854
Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa province.
16 Oct 1905
Partitioned into two provinces: West Bengal and East Bengal.
1 Apr 1912
Partitioned reversed renamed the Fort William Presidency,
Bihar and Orissa made separate provinces.
1 Apr 1937
Bengal Presidency restored.
15 Aug 1947
Divided between India (West Bengal)
and Pakistan
(East Bengal [later Bangladesh]).
Chief Agents
3 Sep 1681 - 17 Jul 1684 William Hedges
17 Jul 1684 - 1685
John Beard
Presidents
8 Aug 1684 - 26 Jan 1685 William Gyfford
26 Jan 1685 - 10 Jan 1693 Job Charnock
10 Jan 1693 - 12 Aug 1693 Francis Ellis (acting)
12 Aug 1693 - Jan 1694 Charles Eyre
Chief Agents
Jan 1694 - 1698
Charles Eyre (1st time)
1698 - Dec 1699
John Beard
Dec 1699 - 26 May 1700 Charles Eyre (2nd
time)
Presidents
26 May 1700 - 7 Jan 1701 Charles Eyre
7 Jan 1701 - 1705
John Bead
1705 - Jul 1705
Edward Littleton
(b. 16.. - d. 1705)
Jul 1705 - 20 Jul 1710 Council
20 Jul 1710 - 4 Mar 1711 Anthony Weltden
4 Mar 1711 - 3 Dec 1713 John Russell
3 Dec 1713 - 12 Jan 1718 Robert Hedges
12 Jan 1718 - 17 Jan 1723 Samuel Flake
17 Jan 1723 - 30 Jan 1726 John Deane (1st time)
30 Jan 1726 - 17 Sep 1728 Henry Frankland
17 Sep 1728 - 18 Sep 1728 Edward Stephenson
18 Sep 1728 - 25 Feb 1732 John Deane (2nd time)
25 Feb 1732 - 29 Jan 1739 John Stackhpuse
29 Jan 1739 - 4 Feb 1746 Thomas Broddyll
4 Feb 1746 - 18 Apr 1748 John Forster
18 Apr 1748 - 17 Jun 1749 William Barwell
17 Jun 1749 - 5 Jul 1752 Adam Dawson
5 Jul 1752 - 8 Aug 1752 William Fytche
8 Aug 1752 - Oct 1756 Roger Drake
Oct 1756 - 28 Jan 1760 Sir Robert Clive
(1st time) (b. 1725 - d. 1774)
28 Jan 1760 - 27 Jul 1760 John Zephaniah Holwell (acting)
(b. 1711 - d. 1798)
27 Jul 1760 - 3 Dec 1764 Henry Vansittart
(b. 1732 - d. 1769)
3 Dec 1764 - 3 May 1765 John Spencer (acting)
(b. c.1725 - d. c.1770)
3 May 1765 - 29 Jan 1767 Robert Clive, Baron Clive
of (s.a.)
Plassey (2nd time)
29 Jan 1767 - 26 Dec 1769 Harry Verelst
(b. c.1733 - d. 1785)
26 Dec 1769 - 13 Apr 1772 John Cartier
(b. 1733 - d. 1802)
13 Apr 1772 - 20 Oct 1774 Warren Hastings
(b. 1732 - d. 1818)
20 Oct 1774 - 1 May 1854 administered by the government
of British India
Lieutenant-governors
1 May 1854 - 1 May 1859 Frederick James Halliday
(b. 1807 - d. 1901)
1 May 1859 - 24 Apr 1862 John Peter Grant
(b. 1807 - d. 1893)
24 Apr 1862 - 1866
Sir Cecil Beadon
(b. 1816 - d. 1880)
23 Apr 1867 - 1 Mar 1871 William Grey
(b. 1818 - d. 1878)
1 Mar 1871 - 9 Apr 1874 George Campbell
(b. 1824 - d. 1892)
9 Apr 1874 - 8 Jan 1877 Richard Temple
(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
8 Jan 1877 - 15 Jul 1879 Ashley Eden
(b. 1831 - d. 1887)
15 Jul 1879 - 24 Apr 1882 Stewart Colvin Bayley (1st time)
(b. 1836 - d. 1925)
(acting)
24 Apr 1882 - 11 Aug 1885 Augustus Rivers Thompson
(b. 1829 - d. 1890)
11 Aug 1885 - 2 Apr 1887 Horace Abel Cockerell (acting)
(b. 1832 - d. 1908)
2 Apr 1887 - 17 Dec 1890 Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
17 Dec 1890 - 30 May 1893 Charles Alfred Elliot
(b. 1836 - d. 1911)
30 May 1893 - 18 Dec 1895 Anthony Patrick MacDonnell
(b. 1844 - d. 1925)
18 Dec 1893 - 23 Jun 1897 Alexander Mackenzie
(b. 1842 - d. 1902)
23 Jun 1897 - 7 Apr 1898 Sir Charles Cecil Stevens
(acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1909)
7 Apr 1898 - 23 Nov 1902 John Woodburn
(b. 1848 - d. 1902)
23 Nov 1902 - 2 Nov 1903 James Austen Bourdillon (acting)
(b. 1848 - d. 1913)
2 Nov 1903 - 10 Apr 1906 Arthur Henderson Leith Fraser
(b. 1848 - d. 1919)
10 Apr 1906 - 16 Aug 1906 Lancelot Hare (acting)
(b. 1851 - d. 1922)
16 Aug 1906 - 1 Dec 1908 Sir Francis Alexander Slacke
(b. 1853 - d. 1940)
1 Dec 1908 - 14 Jul 1911 Sir Edward Norman Baker
(b. 1857 - d. 1956)
14 Jul 1911 - 1 Apr 1912 Sir Frederick William Duke
(b. 1863 - d. 1924)
Governors
1 Apr 1912 - 26 Mar 1917 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael,
(b. 1859 - d. 1926)
Baron Carmichael of Skirling
26 Mar 1917 - 28 Mar 1922 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas
(b. 1876 - d. 1961)
28 Mar 1922
Henry Wheeler (acting)
(b. 1870 - d. 1950)
28 Mar 1922 - 28 Mar 1927 Victor Alexander George Robert
(b. 1876 - d. 1947)
Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton
28 Mar 1927 - 29 Mar 1932 Francis Stanley Jackson
(b. 1870 - d. 1947)
29 Mar 1932 - 10 Aug 1934 Sir John Anderson (1st time)
(b. 1882 - d. 1958)
10 Aug 1934 - 1 Apr 1937 John Ackroyd Woodhead (1st
time) (b. 1881 - d. 1973)
(acting)
1 Apr 1937 - 27 Nov 1937 Sir John Anderson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
27 Nov 1937 - 23 Jun 1938 Michael Herbert Rudolph
(b. 1895 - d. 1939)
Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Baron Brabourne
24 Feb 1939 - 12 Jun 1939 Robert Neil Reid (acting)
(b. 1883 - d. 1964)
12 Jun 1939 - 18 Nov 1939 John Ackroyd Woodhead (2nd time)
(s.a.)
18 Nov 1939 - 6 Sep 1943 John Arthur Herbert
(b. 1895 - d. 1943)
6 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Thomas George Rutherford (acting)
(b. 1886 - d. 1957)
22 Jan 1944 - 19 Feb 1946 Richard Gardiner Casey
(b. 1890 - d. 1976)
19 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick John Burrows
(b. 1887 - d. 1973)
Chief ministers
1937 - Jul 1943
A.K. Fazlul Huq
(b. 1873 - d. 1962) ML
Jul 1943 - Aug 1945 Khwaja
Nazimuddin
(b. 1894 - d. 1964) BPML
Aug 1945 - Jun 1946 Governor's
Rule
Chief minister of East Bengal
Jun 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy
(b. 1893 - d. 1963) BPML
Chief minister of West Bengal
3 Jul 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Prafulla Ghosh
(b. 1891 - d. 1983) INC
Agents to the Governor-General for Eastern States Agency
1933 - 1934 Edmund
Currey Gibson (b. 1886 -
d. ....)
1934 - 1937 A.S. Meek
1937 - 1939? H.W.C. Robson
1939 - 1941 Cyril
Percy Hancock (b.
1896 - d. 1990)
1941 - 1944 ....
1944 - 1947 Herbert John Todd
1947 C.W.L. Harvey
Bihar and Orissa
1756
Bihar part of Bengal.
14 Oct 1803
Orissa occupied by Britain.
1 Apr 1912
Separated from Bengal as Bihar and Orissa province.
1 Apr 1936
Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces.
23 Mar 1946
Bihar granted self rule.
23 Apr 1946
Orissa granted self rule.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Lieutenant governors
1 Apr 1912 - 19 Nov 1915 Sir Charles Stuart Bayley
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
19 Nov 1915 - 5 Apr 1918 Sir Edward Albert Gait (1st
time) (b. 1863 - d. 1950)
5 Apr 1918 - 12 Jul 1918 Sir Edward Vere Levinge
(b. 1867 - d. 1954)
12 Jul 1918 - 29 Dec 1920 Sir Edward Albert Gait (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Governors
29 Dec 1920 - 29 Nov 1921 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha,
(b. 1864 - d. 1928)
Baron Sinha of Raipur
29 Nov 1921 - 12 Apr 1922 Havilland Le Mesurier (acting)
(b. 1866 - d. 1931)
12 Apr 1922 - 7 Apr 1927 Sir Henry Wheeler
(b. 1870 - d. 1950)
7 Apr 1927 - 7 Apr 1932 Sir Hugh Lansdowne Stephenson
(b. 1871 - d. 1950)
7 Apr 1932 - 1 Apr 1936 Sir James David Sifton
(b. 1878 - d. 1952)
Bihar
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 11 Mar 1937 Sir James David Sifton
(s.a.)
11 Mar 1937 - 5 Aug 1939 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett
(b. 1883 - d. 1969)
5 Aug 1939 - 9 Jan 1943 Sir Thomas Alexander
Stewart (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
(acting to Sep 1939)
9 Jan 1943 - Mar 1943 Sir Thomas
George Rutherford (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
(1st time)
Mar 1943 - 1944
Sir Robert Francis Mudie (acting) (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
1944 - 13 May 1946
Sir Thomas George Rutherford (s.a.)
(2nd time)
13 May 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Hugh Dow
(b. 1886 - d. 1978)
Chief ministers
1937 - Oct 1939
Srikrishna Sinha (1st time) (b.
1888 - d. 1961) INC
Oct 1939 - 23 Mar 1946 Governor's Rule
23 Mar 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Srikrishna Sinha (2nd time)
(s.a.)
INC
Orissa
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 11 Aug 1938 Sir John Austen Hubback (1st
time) (b. 1878 - d. 1968)
11 Aug 1938 - 8 Dec 1938 George Townsend Boag (acting)
(b. 1884 - d. 1969)
8 Dec 1938 - 1 Apr 1941 Sir John Austen Hubback
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1941 - 1 Apr 1946 Sir William Hawthorne
Lewis (b. 1888 - d. 1970)
1 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(b. 1893 - d. 1981)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Jul 1937 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(b. 1892 - d. 1974) Non-party
Narayan Deo (1st time)
19 Jul 1937 - 4 Nov 1939 Biswanath Das
(b. 1889 - d. 1984) INC
4 Nov 1939 - 24 Nov 1941 Governor's Rule
24 Nov 1941 - 29 Jun 1944 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(s.a.)
Non-party
Narayan Deo (2nd time)
29 Jun 1944 - 23 Apr 1946 Governor's Rule
23 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Harekrushna Mahatab
(b. 1899 - d. 1987) INC
Bombay
23 Jun 1661
Bombay Island and its dependencies ceded to England by Portugal.
18 Sep 1662
English arrive to take possession, but are rebuffed.
16 Aug 1663
King of Portugal orders cession to take place.
23 Nov 1663
English forced to do battle with Portuguese.
18 Feb 1665
Final cession of Bombay to England (without its dependencies).
23 Sep 1668 - 2 May 1685 Bombay Presidency subordinated
to Surat; under British East
India Company rule (to 1858).
2 May 1685 - 1703
Surat subordinated to Bombay.
Jun 1703
Surat incorporated into Bombay.
Sep 1839 - 1932
Aden (in Yemen) subordinated to Bombay.
1843 - 1 Apr 1936 Sind subordinated to Bombay.
30 Mar 1946
Self rule granted.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Royal commander
19 Mar 1662 - Oct 1664 Sir Abraham Shipman
(d. 1664)
Governors
Oct 1664 - 5 Nov 1666 Humphrey Cooke
(acting)
5 Nov 1666 - 21 May 1667 Sir Gervase Lucas
22 May 1667 - 23 Sep 1668 Henry Garey (acting)
23 Sep 1668 - 14 Jul 1699 Sir George Oxenden (acting)
(b. 1620 - d. 1669)
14 Jul 1669 - 7 Jun 1672 Matthew Gray (acting)
7 Jun 1672 - 30 Jun 1677 Gerald Aungier
30 Jun 1677 - 27 Oct 1681 Henry Oxinden (acting)
1681 - 168.
John Child (1st time)
168. - 1683
St. John (acting)
1683 - 27 Dec 1683
Charles Ward (acting)
27 Dec 1683 - 19 Nov 1684 Richard Keigwin (acting)
19 Nov 1684 - 1685
Charles Zinzan (acting)
1685 - 2 May 1687
Sir John Wyborne (acting)
2 May 1687 - 4 Feb 1690 Sir John Child (2nd time)
4 Feb 1690 - 10 May 1694 Cook (acting)
10 May 1694 - 17 May 1694 Samuel Annesley (acting)
17 May 1694 - Nov 1704 Sir John Gayer
(b. 16.. - d. 1711)
Nov 1704 - 20 Apr 1708 Sir Nicholas Waite
20 Apr 1708 - 11 Oct 1715 William Aislabie
11 Oct 1715 - 26 Dec 1715 Stephen Strutt (acting)
26 Dec 1715 - 9 Jan 1722 Charles Boone
9 Jan 1722 - 10 Jan 1729 William Phipps
10 Jan 1729 - 22 Sep 1734 Robert Cowan
22 Sep 1734 - 7 Apr 1739 John Horne
7 Apr 1739 - 15 Nov 1742 Stephen Law
15 Nov 1742 - 26 Nov 1742 John Geekie (acting)
26 Nov 1742 - 17 Nov 1750 William Wake
17 Nov 1750 - 1760
Richard Bourchier
1760 - 28 Feb 1760
John Holkell (acting)
28 Feb 1760 - 27 Jan 1767 Charles Crommellin
27 Jan 1767 - 23 Feb 1771 Thomas Hodges
(d. 1771)
26 Feb 1771 - 1 Jan 1784 William Hornby
(d. 1803)
1 Jan 1784 - 9 Jan 1788 Rawson Hart Bodham
9 Jan 1788 - 6 Sep 1788 Andrew Ramsay (acting)
6 Sep 1788 - 21 Jan 1790 Sir William Medows
(b. 1738 - d. 1813)
21 Jan 1790 - 26 Nov 1792 Sir Robert Abercromby
(b. 1740 - d. 1827)
26 Nov 1792 - 9 Nov 1795 George Dick (acting)
9 Nov 1795 - 27 Dec 1795 John Griffith (acting)
27 Dec 1795 - 11 Aug 1811 Jonathan Duncan
(b. 1756 - d. 1811)
11 Aug 1811 - 12 Aug 1812 George Brown (acting)
12 Aug 1812 - 1 Nov 1819 Sir Evan Nepean
(b. 1751 - d. 1822)
1 Nov 1819 - 1 Nov 1827 Mountstuart Elphinstone
(b. 1779 - d. 1859)
1 Nov 1827 - 1 Dec 1830 Sir John Malcolm
(b. 1769 - d. 1833)
1 Dec 1830 - 17 Jan 1831 Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith
(b. 1772 - d. 1831)
(acting)
17 Jan 1831 - 21 Mar 1831 John Romer (acting)
21 Mar 1831 - 17 Mar 1835 John Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare
(b. 1792 - d. 1851)
17 Mar 1835 - 11 Jul 1838 Sir Robert Grant
(b. 1779 - d. 1838)
11 Jul 1838 - 31 May 1839 James Farish (acting)
31 May 1839 - 28 Apr 1841 Sir James Rivett-Carnac
(b. 1785 - d. 1846)
28 Apr 1841 - 9 May 1842 George William Anderson (acting)
(b. 1791 - d. 1857)
9 May 1842 - 6 Jul 1846 Sir George Arthur
(b. 1784 - d. 1854)
6 Jul 1846 - 23 Jan 1847 Lestock Robert Reid (acting)
23 Jan 1847 - 1 May 1848 Sir George Russell Clerk (1st
time)(b. 1800 - d. 1889)
(acting)
1 May 1848 - 26 Dec 1853 Lucius Bentinck Carey,
(b. 1803 - d. 1884)
Viscount Falkland
26 Dec 1853 - 11 May 1860 John Elphinstone, Baron
(b. 1807 - d. 1860)
Elphinstone
11 May 1860 - 24 Apr 1862 Sir George Russell Clerk (2nd time)(s.a.)
(acting)
24 Apr 1862 - 6 Mar 1867 Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere
(b. 1815 - d. 1884)
6 Mar 1867 - 6 May 1872 William Robert Seymour
Vesey
Fitzgerald
(b. 1818 - d. 1885)
6 May 1872 - 30 Feb 1877 Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse
(b. 1811 - d. 1887)
30 Feb 1877 - 13 Mar 1880 Sir Richard Temple
(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
13 Mar 1880 - 28 Apr 1880 Lionel Robert Ashburner (acting)
(b. 1827 - d. 1907)
28 Apr 1880 - 27 Mar 1885 Sir James Fergusson
(b. 1823 - d. 1907)
27 Mar 1885
James Braithwaite Peile (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1906)
27 Mar 1885 - 12 Apr 1890 Donald James Mackay, Baron Reay
(b. 1839 - d. 1921)
12 Apr 1890 - 16 Feb 1895 George Robert Canning Harris,
(b. 1851 - d. 1932)
Baron Harris
16 Feb 1895 - 18 Feb 1895 Herbert Mills Birdwood (acting)
(b. 1837 - d. 1907)
18 Feb 1895 - 17 Feb 1900 William Mansfield, Baron Sandhurst
(b. 1857 - d. 1933)
17 Feb 1900 - 5 Sep 1903 Henry Stafford Northcote,
Baron Northcote
(b. 1846 - d. 1911)
5 Sep 1903 - 12 Dec 1903 Sir James Monteath (acting)
(b. 1847 - d. 1929)
12 Dec 1903 - 28 Jul 1907 Charles Wallace Cochrane Baillie,
Baron Lamington
(b. 1860 - d. 1940)
28 Jul 1907 - 18 Oct 1907 Sir John William Pitt
Muir-Mackenzie (acting)
(b. 1854 - d. 1916)
18 Oct 1907 - 4 Apr 1913 Sir George Sydenham Clarke,
Baron Sydenham
(b. 1848 - d. 1933)
4 Apr 1913 - 17 Dec 1918 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas,
Baron Willingdon
(b. 1866 - d. 1941)
17 Dec 1918 - 8 Dec 1923 Sir George Ambrose Lloyd
(b. 1879 - d. 1941)
8 Dec 1923 - 10 Dec 1923 Sir Maurice Hayward (acting)
(b. 1868 - d. 1964)
10 Dec 1923 - 20 Mar 1926 Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
(b. 1876 - d. 1955)
20 Mar 1926 - 8 Dec 1928 Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence
(b. 1870 - d. 1949)
(acting)
8 Dec 1928 - 25 Apr 1931 Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes
(b. 1877 - d. 1954)
25 Apr 1931 - 30 May 1937 Michael Herbert Rudolph
(b. 1895 - d. 1939)
Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Baron Brabourne
30 May 1937 - 18 Sep 1937 Sir Robert Duncan Bell (acting)
(b. 1878 - d. 1953)
18 Sep 1937 - 24 Mar 1943 Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley
(b. 1896 - d. 1969)
24 Mar 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir David John Colville
(b. 1894 - d. 1954)
Chief minister
1937 - Oct 1939
Bal Gangadhar Kher (1st time) (b. 1888 -
d. 1957) INC
Oct 1939 - 30 Mar 1946 Governor's Rule
30 Mar 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Bal Gangadhar Kher (2nd time)
(s.a.)
INC
Central Provinces and Berar
1852
Nagpur province
11 Dec 1853
Napur province annexed to British India.
1861
Nagupr united with Saugor Nerbudda territories.
1862
Renamed Central Provinces.
1 Oct 1903
Berar falls under British administration.
24 Oct 1936
Central Provinces united with Berar.
20 Apr 1946
Self rule granted.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Resident
1850 - 13 Mar 1854
Charles G. Mansel
Chief Commissioners
13 Mar 1854 - 1854
Charles G. Mansel
1854 - 1855
Edward King Elliot (1st time)
1855 - 1860
G. Plowden
1861 - 1864
Edward King Elliot (2nd time)
1864 - 1867
Sir Richard Temple
(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1867 - 1883
Sir John Henry Morris
1883 - 1884
William Bence Jones
1884 - 1885
Sir Charles Haukes Todd
(b. 1835 - d. 1915)
Crosthwaite
1885 - 1887
Dennis Fitzpatrick
1887 - 1889
Alexander Mackenzie
1889 - 1893
Sir Anthony Patrick Macdonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
1893 - 1895
Sir John Woodburn
(b. 1843 - d. 1902)
1 Nov 1895 - 1899
Sir Charles James Lyall
(b. 1845 - d. 1920)
1899 - 1900
Sir Andrew Henderson Letih Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
1900 - 1902
Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
1902 - 1904
John Prescott Hewett
(b. 1854 - d. 1941)
1904 - 1905
Frederic Styles Philpin Ley
1905 - 1906
John Ontario Miller
(b. 1857 - d. 1943)
1907 - 1912
Reginald Henry Craddock
(b. 1864 - d. 1937)
1912 - 1920
Sir Benjamin Robertson
(b. 1864 - d. 1953)
1920 - 17 Dec 1920
Sir Frank George Sly
(b. 1876 - d. 1932)
Governors
17 Dec 1920 - 26 Jan 1925 Sir Frank George Sly
(s.a.)
26 Jan 1925 - 19 Aug 1927 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(b. 1873 - d. 1952)
(1st time)
19 Aug 1927 - 16 Dec 1927 John Thomas Marten (acting)
(b. 1872 - d. 1929)
16 Dec 1927 - 29 Nov 1929 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
29 Nov 1929 - 29 Mar 1930 Vacant
29 Mar 1930 - 29 Jul 1932 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
29 Jul 1932 - 25 Nov 1932 Sir Arthur Edward Nelson (acting)
(b. 1875 - d. 1950)
25 Nov 1932 - 15 Sep 1933 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (1st time)(b.
1878 - d. 1938)
15 Sep 1933 - 15 May 1936 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(s.a.)
(4th time)
15 May 1935 - 11 Sep 1936 E. Raghavendra Rao (acting)
11 Sep 1936 - 3 Mar 1938 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (2nd
time)(s.a.)
3 Mar 1938 - 27 May 1938 Hugh Bomford (acting)
(b. 1882 - d. 1939)
27 May 1938 - 1 Jun 1940 Sir Francis Verner Wylie
(b. 1891 - d. 1970)
1 Jun 1940 - 16 Sep 1946 Sir Henry Joseph Twynam
(b. 1887 - d. 1966)
(acting to 1 Oct 1940)
16 Sep 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne
(b. 1891 - d. 1977)
Prime ministers
Aug 1937 - Jul 1938 N.B.
Khare
INC
Jul 1938 - 20 Apr 1946 Governor's Rule
20 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Ravi Shankar Shukla
(b. 1877 - d. 1956) INC
Coorg
10 Apr 1834
British annex Coorg.
10 Apr 1834 - 15 Aug 1947 Subordinated to Mysore.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Chief Commissioners
10 Apr 1834 - 1 Jul 1940 the commissioners of Mysore
1 Jul 1940 - 26 Apr 1943 Joseph William Pritchard
26 Apr 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa
(b. 1878 - d. 19..)
Delhi
1832 - 1858
Part of North-West Provinces.
1858 - 1912
Part of Punjab.
17 Sep 1912
Delhi a separate province.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Chief Commissioners
1912 - 1918
William Malcolm Hailey
(b. 1872 - d. 1969)
1918 - 1924
Claud Alexander Barron
(b. 1871 - d. 1948)
1924 - 1926
Evelyn Robins Abbott
1926 - 1928
Alexander Montague Stow
(b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1928
John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
(b. 1885 - d. 1955)
(1st time) (acting)
1928 - 1932
John Perronet Thompson
(b. 1873 - d. 1935)
1932 - 1937
John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1937 - 1940
Evan Meredith Jenkins
(b. 1896 - d. 1985)
1940 - 1945
Arthur Vivian Askwith
(b. 1893 - d. 1971)
1945 - 15 Aug 1947
William Christie
(b. 1896 - d. 1983)
Madras
1 Mar 1640
Madras an English possession (Presidency of Fort St. George),
under British East India Company rule (to 1858).
1640 - 1652
Subordinated to Bantam (Madras Agency).
1652 - 1655
Presidency of Madras.
1684
Presidency of Madras.
10 Sep 1746 - Aug 1749 French occupation.
20 Oct 1774
Part of British India.
30 Apr 1946
Self rule granted.
15 Aug 1947
Part of independent India.
Agents
1 Mar 1640 - 1653
Andrew Cogan
1643 - 1644
Francis Day
1644 - 1648
Thomas Ivie
1648 - 1652
Thomas Greenhill
President
1652 - 1655
Aaron Baker
Agents
1655 - 1658
Thomas Greenhill
1658 - 1661
Sir Thomas Chambers
1661 - Aug 1665
Sir Edward Winter (1st time) (b. 1622
- d. 1686)
Aug 1665 - 16 Sep 1665 George Foxcraft
(1st time)
16 Sep 1665 - 22 Aug 1668 Sir Edward Winter (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
22 Aug 1668 - Jan 1670 George Foxcraft
(2nd time)
Jan 1670 - 27 Jan 1678 Sir William Langhorne
27 Jan 1678 - 3 Jul 1681 Streynsham Master
(b. 1640 - d. 1724)
3 Jul 1681 - 8 Aug 1684 William Gyfford
Presidents
8 Aug 1684 - 26 Jan 1685 Elihu Yale (1st time)(acting)
26 Jan 1685 - 25 Jul 1687 William Gyfford
27 Jul 1687 - 3 Oct 1692 Elihu Yale (2nd time)
3 Oct 1692 - 7 Jul 1698 Nathaniel Higginson
7 Jul 1698 - 18 Sep 1709 Thomas Pitt
(b. 1653 - d. 1726)
18 Sep 1709 - 17 Oct 1709 Gulston Addison
(b. 16.. - d. 1709)
17 Oct 1709 - 14 Nov 1709 Edmund Montague (acting)
14 Nov 1709 - 11 Jul 1711 William Fraser (acting)
11 Jul 1711 - 8 Jan 1717 Edward Harrison
8 Jan 1717 - 18 Jan 1720 Joseph Collet
18 Jan 1720 - 15 Oct 1721 Francis Hastings (acting)
15 Oct 1721 - 15 Jan 1725 Nathaniel Elwick
15 Jan 1725 - 14 May 1730 James Macrae
(b. c.1677 - d. 1744)
14 May 1730 - 23 Jan 1735 George Morton Pitt
23 Jan 1735 - 14 Jan 1744 Richard Benyon
(b. 1698 - d. ....)
17 Jan 1744 - 10 Sep 1746 Nicholas Morse
French Governors
10 Sep 1746 - 2 Oct 1746 Bertrand François Mahé,
comte de la Bourdonnais
(b. 1699 - d. 1753)
(acting)
2 Oct 1746 - Aug 1749 Jean-Jacques
Duval d'Eprémesnil (b. 1714 - d. 1764)
Presidents
10 Sep 1746 - 14 Apr 1747 John Hinde (in Fort David)
(d. 1747)
16 Apr 1747 - 19 Sep 1750 Charles Floyer (in Fort David)
19 Sep 1750 - 14 Jan 1755 Thomas Saunders
(in Fort David to 5 Apr 1752)
14 Jan 1755 - 14 Nov 1763 George Pigot (1st time)
(b. 1719 - d. 1777)
14 Nov 1763 - 25 Jan 1767 Robert Palk
(b. 1717 - d. 1798)
25 Jan 1767 - 31 Jan 1770 Charles Bourchier
31 Jan 1770 - 2 Feb 1773 Josias DuPré
2 Feb 1773 - 11 Dec 1775 Alexander Wynch
11 Dec 1775 - 23 Aug 1776 George Pigot (2nd time)
(s.a.)
23 Aug 1776 - 31 Aug 1777 George Stratton
31 Aug 1777 - 8 Feb 1778 John Whitehill (1st time)
(acting) (b. 1735 - d. ....)
8 Feb 1778 - 6 Apr 1780 Sir Thomas Rumbold
(b. 1736 - d. 1791)
6 Apr 1780 - 8 Nov 1780 John Whitehill (2nd time)
(acting) (s.a.)
8 Nov 1780 - 22 Jun 1781 Charles Smith (acting)
(b. 1736 - d. ....)
22 Jun 1781 - 12 Feb 1785 George Macartney
(b. 1737 - d. 1806)
Governors
12 Feb 1785 - 14 Jun 1785 George Macartney
(s.a.)
14 Jun 1785 - 6 Apr 1786 Alexander Davidson (acting)
(b. 1742 - d. 1791)
6 Apr 1786 - 7 Feb 1789 Sir Archibald Campbell
(b. 1739 - d. 1791)
7 Feb 1789 - 13 Feb 1790 John Holland (acting)
13 Feb 1790 - 20 Feb 1790 Edward J. Holland (acting)
20 Feb 1790 - 1 Aug 1792 William Medows
(b. 1738 - d. 1813)
1 Aug 1792 - 7 Sep 1794 Sir Charles Oakeley
(b. 1751 - d. 1826)
7 Sep 1794 - 21 Feb 1798 Robert Hobart, Baron Hobart
(b. 1760 - d. 1816)
21 Feb 1798 - 21 Aug 1798 George Harris (acting)
21 Aug 1798 - 30 Aug 1803 Edward Clive, Baron Powis
(b. 1754 - d. 1839)
30 Aug 1803 - 11 Sep 1807 William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
(b. 1774 - d. 1839)
11 Sep 1807 - Dec 1807 William Petrie (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1816)
Dec 1807 - 24 Feb 1808 .... (acting)
24 Feb 1808 - 21 May 1813 Sir George Hilario Barlow
(b. 1762 - d. 1846)
21 May 1813 - 16 Sep 1814 John Abercromby (acting)
(b. 1772 - d. 1817)
16 Sep 1814 - 10 Jul 1827 Sir Thomas Munro
(b. 1761 - d. 1827)
10 Jul 1827 - 18 Oct 1827 Henry Sullivan Graeme (acting)
18 Oct 1827 - 25 Oct 1832 Stephen Rumbold Lushington
(b. 1776 - d. 1868)
25 Oct 1832 - 4 Mar 1837 Sir Frederick Adam
(b. 1781 - d. 1853)
4 Mar 1837 - 6 Mar 1837 George Edward Russell
(acting)
6 Mar 1837 - 24 Sep 1842 John Elphinstone,
Baron Elphinstone
24 Sep 1842 - 23 Feb 1848 George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale
(b. 1787 - d. 1876)
23 Feb 1848 - 7 Apr 1848 Henry Dickinson (acting)
7 Apr 1848 - 24 Apr 1854 Sir Henry Eldred Pottinger
(b. 1789 - d. 1856)
24 Apr 1854 - 28 Apr 1854 Daniel Eliott (acting)
28 Apr 1854 - 28 Mar 1859 George Francis Robert Harris,
Baron Harris
(b. 1810 - d. 1872)
28 Mar 1859 - 8 Jun 1860 Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan
(b. 1807 - d. 1886)
8 Jun 1860 - 5 Jul 1860 William Ambrose Morehead
(1st time) (acting)
5 Jul 1860 - 2 Aug 1860 Sir Henry George Ward
(b. 1797 - d. 1860)
4 Aug 1860 - 18 Feb 1861 William Ambrose Morehead
(2nd time) (acting)
18 Feb 1861 - 26 Nov 1863 Sir William Thomas Denison
(b. 1804 - d. 1871)
(1st time)
26 Nov 1863 - 18 Jan 1864 Edward Maltby (acting)
18 Jan 1864 - 27 Mar 1866 Sir William Thomas Denison
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
27 Mar 1866 - 19 Feb 1872 Francis Napier, Baron Napier
(b. 1819 - d. 1898)
of Merchistoun
19 Feb 1872 - 15 May 1872 Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting)
(b. 1822 - d. 1907)
15 May 1872 - 29 Apr 1875 Vere Henry Hobart
(b. 1818 - d. 1875)
29 Apr 1875 - 23 Nov 1875 William Rose Robinson (acting)
(b. 1822 - d. 1886)
23 Nov 1875 - 20 Dec 1880 Richard Plantagenet Campbell
(b. 1823 - d. 1889)
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-
Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos
20 Dec 1880 - 24 May 1881 William Patrick Adam
(b. 1823 - d. 1881)
24 May 1881 - 5 Nov 1881 William Huddleston (acting)
(b. 1826 - d. 1894)
5 Nov 1881 - 8 Dec 1886 Mountstuart Elphinstone
Grant Duff (b. 1828 - d. 1906)
8 Dec 1886 - 1 Dec 1890 Robert Bourke, (from
1887) (b. 1827 - d. 1903)
Baron Connemara
1 Dec 1890 - 23 Jan 1891 John Henry Garstin
23 Jan 1891 - 18 Mar 1896 Bentley Lawley, Baron Wenlock
(b. 1849 - d. 1912)
18 Mar 1896 - 28 Dec 1900 Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock
(b. 1844 - d. 1908)
28 Dec 1900 - 30 Apr 1904 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell,
(b. 1869 - d. 1935)
Baron Ampthill (1st time)
30 Apr 1904 - 13 Dec 1904 James Thompson (acting)
13 Dec 1904 - 15 Feb 1906 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell,
(s.a.)
Baron Ampthill (2nd time)
15 Feb 1906 - 28 Mar 1906 Gabriel Stoles (acting)
(b. 1849 - d. 1920)
28 Mar 1906 - 3 Nov 1911 Sir Arthur Lawley
(b. 1860 - d. 1932)
3 Nov 1911 - 30 Mar 1912 Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael
(b. 1859 - d. 1926)
30 Mar 1912 - 30 Oct 1912 Sir Murray Hammick (acting)
(b. 1854 - d. 1936)
30 Oct 1912 - 29 Mar 1919 John Sinclair, Baron Pentland
(b. 1860 - d. 1925)
29 Mar 1919 - 10 Apr 1919 Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew
(b. 1861 - d. 1937)
(acting)
10 Apr 1919 - 12 Apr 1924 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas,
(b. 1866 - d. 1941)
Baron Willingdon
12 Apr 1924 - 14 Apr 1924 Sir Charles George Todhunter
(b. 1869 - d. 1949)
(acting)
14 Apr 1924 - 29 Jun 1929 George Joachim Goschen, Viscount
(b. 1866 - d. 1952)
Goschen of Hawkhurst
29 Jun 1929 - 11 Nov 1929 Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks
(b. 1872 - d. 1939)
(acting)
11 Nov 1929 - 16 May 1934 Sir George Frederick Stanley
(b. 1872 - d. 1938)
(1st time)
16 May 1934 - 16 Aug 1934 Khan Bahadur Sir Muhammad Usman
(b. 1884 - d. 1960)
Sahib Bahadur (acting)
16 Aug 1934 - 15 Nov 1934 Sir George Frederick Stanley
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
15 Nov 1934 - 18 Jun 1936 Sir John Francis Ashley Erskine
(b. 1895 - d. 1953)
(1st time)
18 Jun 1936 - 1 Oct 1936 Rai Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkata
(b. 1875 - d. 1942)
Reddi Naidu (acting)
1 Oct 1936 - 12 Mar 1940 Sir John Frederick Erskine
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
12 Mar 1940 - 26 Feb 1946 Arthur Oswald James Hope
(b. 1897 - d. 1958)
26 Feb 1946 - 5 May 1946 Sir Henry Foley Knight (acting)
(b. 1886 - d. 1960)
5 May 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Archibald Edward Nye
(b. 1895 - d. 1967)
Chief ministers
17 Dec 1920 - 11 Jul 1921 Subbarayalu Reddiar
JP
11 Jul 1921 - 3 Dec 1926 Raja of Panagal
JP
4 Dec 1926 - 27 Oct 1930 P. Subbarayan
(b. 1889 - d. 1963) Non-party
27 Oct 1930 - 4 Nov 1932 P. Munusamy Naidu
JP
5 Nov 1932 - 4 Apr 1936 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao,
Raja of
Bobbili (1st time)
(b. 1901)
JP
4 Apr 1936 - 24 Aug 1936 P.T. Rajan
JP
24 Aug 1936 - 1 Apr 1937 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja
of
Bobbili (2nd time)
(s.a.)
JP
1 Apr 1937 - 14 Jul 1937 Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Oct 1939 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
(b. 1878 - d. 1972) INC
29 Oct 1939 - 30 Apr 1946 Governor's Rule
30 Apr 1946 - 23 Mar 1947 Tanguturi Prakasam
(b. 1872 - d. 1957) INC
23 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Omandur P. Ramaswami Reddiar
(b. 1895 - d. 1970) INC
Mysore: see under Indian Princely States K-W
North-West Frontier Province
1849
British capture area from Punjab.
25 Oct 1901
North-Western Frontier Province created.
15 Aug 1947
Part of Pakistan.
Chief Commissioners
9 Nov 1901 - 7 Jul 1908 Harold Arthur Deane
(b. 1854 - d. 1908)
7 Jul 1908 - 16 Nov 1909 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(b. 1866 - d. 1921)
(1st time)
16 Nov 1909 - 1 Nov 1910 William Rudolph Henry Merck
(b. 1852 - d. 1925)
(acting)
1 Nov 1910 - 28 Aug 1913 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
28 Aug 1913 - 28 Jan 1915 Sir John Stuart Donald (acting)
(b. 1861 - d. 1948)
28 Jan 1915 - 10 Sep 1919 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
10 Sep 1919 - 8 Mar 1921 Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant
(b. 1872 - d. 1937)
8 Mar 1921 - Jul 1923 Sir John Loader
Maffey
(b. 1877 - d. 1969)
Jul 1923 - 3 Dec 1925 Horatio Norman
Bolton (1st time) (b. 1875 - d. 1965)
3 Dec 1925 - Aug 1926 William John
Keen (acting) (b. 1873
- d. 1958)
Aug 1926 - 10 May 1930 Horatio Norman Bolton
(2nd time) (s.a.)
10 May 1930 - 9 Sep 1931 Sir