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The Charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. William Bentinck was the first to be designated as the Governor-general of India in 1833. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the company rule was brought to an end, but the British India along with princely states came under the direct rule of the ...
His council as now known as the 'India Council'. Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India in the end of 1833. [1] The "Governor-General in Council" were given exclusive legislative powers, that is, the right to proclaim laws which would be enforced as the law of the land across the whole of British India.
The Governor-General of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the monarch of India.
The Saint Helena Act 1833, also called the Charter Act 1833, was passed during Bentinck's tenure and, accordingly, the monopoly of the East India Company in China was abolished, whilst in India it was extended for further next 20 years. The Governor-General of Bengal became the Governor-General of India.
The Government of India Act 1833 formally separated the East India Company from political control, and the governor-general of Bengal became the governor general of India. Since the Government of India Act 1858 , the council was known as the Viceroy's Executive Council .
The term Government of India Act refers to the series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the government of Colonial India, in particular: Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85) or Saint Helena Act 1833, created the post of Governor-General of India
In 1772, Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor General of Fort William in Bengal which ended the title of Governor of Bengal. [1] The Saint Helena Act, 1833 enacted that the Governor-General of India shall also act as the Governor of the Bengal presidency. From this time the Governors-General of India held also the separate office of ...
The Council of India ... 1833 1906 1897 1907 General Sir John James Hood Gordon, GCB [7] ... Lieutenant Governor of United Provinces 1895–1901