Governor general of Bengal and India

• Brought the Dual Govt. of Bengal to an end by the Regulating Act, 1773.
• Established India’s first Supreme court Calcutta.

Lord Cornwallis ( 1786 – 1793 ) :—-

• First person to codify lawes (1793).
• Started the permanent settlement of Bengal.
• Father of Civil services in India.

Lord Wellesley ( 1798 -1803 ) :—-

• Introduced the system of subsidiary alliance.
• Madras presidency was formed during his tenure.
• First subsidiary treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad in 1800, he set up Fort William College in Calcutta, He was famous as Bengal Tiger.

Governor General’s of India

• Carried out the Social reforms like Prohibition of Sati (1829) and suppression of thugs (1830).
• Made English the medium of higher education in the country.
• Suppressed female infanticide and child sacrifice.
• Charter Act of 1833 was passed ; made him the first Governor General in India.
• Lord Charles Metcalfe  (1835-36) He is known as liberator of press.

Lord Dalhousie ( 1848 – 1856 ) :—-

• Opened the first Indian Railway line in 1853 (from Bombay to Thane).
• Laid out the telegraph lines in 1853 (first was from Calcutta to Agra).
• Introduced the Doctrine of Lapse and captured Satara (1848) . Jaipur and Sambhalpur (1849), Udaipur in 1854, ‘Wood’s Dispatch’ was passed.