NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Governor Generals of India
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Lord William Bentinck (1828 − 1835)
- Carried out the social reforms like Prohibition of Sati (1829) and elimination of thugs (1830) .
- Made English the Medium of higher education in the country (After the recommendations of Macaulay) .
- Suppressed female infanticide and child sacrifice.
- Charter Act of 1833 was passed; made him the first Governor General of India. Before him, the designation was Governor General of Bengal.
Sir Charles Metcalfe (1835 − 1836)
Abolished all restrictions on vernacular press (called Liberator of the Press) .
Lord Auckland (1836 − 1842)
The most important event of his reign was the First Afghan War, which proved to be a disaster for the English.
Lord Ellenborough (1842 − 1844)
Lord Hardinge I (1844 − 1848)
Lord Dalhousie (1848 − 1856)
- Opened the first Indian Railway 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 (1852) , Jhansi (1853) and Nagpur (1854) .
- Established the postal system on the modern lines through the length and breadth of the country, which made communication easier.
- Started the Public Works Department. Many bridges were constructed and the work on Grand Trunk Road was started. The harbors of Karachi, Bombay and Calcutta were also developed.
- Made Shimla the summer capital.
- Started Engineering College at Roorkee.
- Encouraged science, forestry, commerce, mineralogy and industry.
- In 1854, Wood՚s Dispatch was passed, which provided for the properly articulated system of education from the primary school to the university.
- Due to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar՚s efforts, remarriage of widows was legalized by (Widow Remarriage Act, 1856) .