History Governor Generals

• Collectors were appointed during Warren Hastings
• When Hastings resigned Clavering was to become his successor.He even took oath.
• Cole brook and William Jones codified the Hindu Law
• With the help of Colonel Sleeman Bentinck suppressed the Thuggis
• In 1850 Sikkim was annexed by Dalhousie
• Annexation of Lower Burma or Pegu in 1852
• Lord Amherst captured Bharatpur in 1826
• Wasil, Chitu and Karim Khan led the Pindaris.They were suppressed by Hastings
• Dalhousie concluded a treaty with the Nizam in 1853 by which Berar was ceded to the company
• Anglo Bhutanese war during Lord Lawrence
• State Railways were started during Lord Mayo
• Dept of Agriculture and Commerce was started during Mayo
• Initially railway was started by private parties
• Lytton started Statutory Civil Service
• In 1886 during the tenure of Lord Duffin,Aichinson Commission was appointed on Civil Services
• Rendition of Mysore by Ripon
• Bentinck created the post of Commissioners
• Indian Post and Telegraph Act-1854
• Abolition of Slavery by Ellenbrough
• Lord Hardinge-ban on female infanticide and human sacrifice,First Anglo sikh war
• First Anglo Afghan War- During Lord Auckland and Second during Lord Lytton
• PWD was formed during Dalhousie
• Cornwalis separated Revenue from administration and abolished the judicial power of the collectors
• During Warren Hastings treasury was transferred to Calcutta from Murshidabad
• Rohilla war in 1774.Their leader Hafiz Rehmat KhanThe decisive battle was fought in Miranpur
• Warren Hastings was expert in Arabic,Persian and could speak in Bengali.He patronised oriental Learning
• During Cornwalis provincial courts were established in Valcutta,Dacca,Murshidabad and Patna.In certain cases such courts even had original jurisdiction
• John Shore and James Grant helped Cornwallis in evolving the Permanent Settlement
• Wellesley called himself Bengal tiger
• Wellesley sent Mehdi Ali Khan as envoy to Persia
• Bentinck regularised and licensed opium trade and export
• Bentick signed a treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh
• Lytton patronised free trade and abolished duties on many products like sugar,clothings,drills etc.