Rulers: India
Provinces
Ajmer-Merwara
1818 ceded to Britain
1832 part of North-Western Provinces
1 Apr 1871 Ajmer-Merwara a separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1 Apr 1871 - 21 Jun 1873 Richard Harte Keatinge (b. 1825 - d. 1904)
21 Jun 1873 - 12 Dec 1878 Lewis Pelly (from 30 May 1874,
Sir Lewis Pelly) (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
(acting to 6 Feb 1874)
12 Dec 1878 - 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford
(from 6 Jun 1885, Sir 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 (from
22 Jun 1897, Sir Robert Joseph
Crosthwaite) (b. 1841 - d. 1917)
10 Mar 1898 - 1 Apr 1905 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale
(from 24 Jun 1904, Sir Arthur
Henry Temple Martindale) (b. 1854 - d. 1942)
1 Apr 1905 - 4 Jan 1918 Elliot Graham Colvin (from 12 Dec
1911, Sir Elliot Graham Colvin) (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
(acting to 1 Oct 1905)
4 Jan 1918 - 21 Apr 1919 John Manners Smith (b. 1864 - d. 1920)
21 Apr 1919 - 22 Dec 1919 Alan Thomas Holme (acting) (b. 1872 - d. 1931)
22 Dec 1919 - 7 Aug 1925 Robert 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 (from 3
Jun 1931, Sir Leonard William
Reynolds) (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
14 Oct 1932 - 28 Oct 1937 George Drummond Ogilvie (from 1
Jan 1936, Sir George Drummond
Ogilvie) (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
28 Oct 1937 - 1 Dec 1944 Arthur Cunningham Lothian (from 12
Jun 1941, Sir Arthur Cunningham
Lothian) (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
1 Dec 1944 - 14 Aug 1947 Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani (b. 1904 - d. 1951)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1754/56 Nicobar Islands (Frederik Oerne Islands) a Danish colony
(administered from Tranquebar)
1784 - 1807/09 Nicobar Islands abandoned
1789 Andaman Islands part of British India
1830 - 1834 Nicobar Islands abandoned
1848 Nicobar Islands gradually abandoned
16 Oct 1868 Nicobar Islands part of British India
23 Mar 1942 - 7 Oct 1945 Japanese occupation
Dec 1943 - 22 Jul 1945 administered by Japanese-sponsored Free India Movement
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Superintendents
1858 Henry Stuart Man (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1898)
1858 - 1859 James Pattison Walker (b. 1823 - d. 1906)
1859 - 1862 John Colpoys Haughton (b. 1817 - d. 1887)
1862 - 1864 Robert Christopher Tytler (b. 1818 - d. 1872)
1864 - 1868 Barnett Ford (b. 1824 - d. 1907)
1868 - 16 Mar 1871 Henry Stuart Man (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Mar 1871 - 15 Jul 1872 Frederick Lyon Playfair (acting) (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
15 Jul 1872 - 29 Jul 1872 Donald Martin Stewart (acting) (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
Chief commissioners
29 Jul 1872 - 7 May 1875 Donald Martin Stewart (s.a.)
(acting to 18 Feb 1873)
7 May 1875 - 26 May 1875 Montague Protheroe (1st time) (b. 1841 - d. 1905)
(acting)
26 May 1875 - 12 Dec 1879 Charles Arthur Barwell (b. 1826 - d. 1895)
(acting to 24 Mar 1876)
27 Nov 1876 - 27 Feb 1878 Montague Protheroe (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Barwell)
12 Dec 1879 - 16 Apr 1892 Thomas Cadell (b. 1835 - d. 1919)
(acting to 21 Dec 1880)
17 Oct 1881 - 28 Feb 1883 Montague Protheroe (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Cadell)
16 Apr 1892 - 25 Jul 1894 Norman Macleod Thomas Horsford (b. 1840 - d. 1907)
25 Jul 1894 - 3 Aug 1894 Edward Horace Man (acting) (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
3 Aug 1894 - 25 Jan 1904 Richard Carnac Temple (from 15 Mar
1902, Sir Richard Carnac Temple) (b. 1850 - d. 1931)
(acting to 3 Sep 1895)
25 Jan 1904 - 9 Apr 1904 Francis Edward Tuson (acting) (b. 1850 - d. 1923)
9 Apr 1904 - 15 Apr 1906 William Rudolph Henry Merk (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
15 Apr 1906 - 16 Feb 1913 Herbert Arrott Browning (b. 1861 - d. 1951)
16 Feb 1913 - 23 May 1920 Montagu William Douglas (b. 1863 - d. 1957)
23 May 1920 - 24 Apr 1923 Henry Cecil Beadon (b. 1869 - d. 1959)
24 Apr 1923 - 12 Apr 1931 Michael Lloyd Ferrar (b. 1876 - d. 1971)
(acting to 23 May 1923)
12 Apr 1931 - 25 Aug 1931 Geoffrey Worsley (acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1931)
25 Aug 1931 - 7 Dec 1931 Edward Courtenay Kenny (acting) (b. 1885 - d. 1956)
7 Dec 1931 - 7 Feb 1935 John William Smyth (b. 1880 - d. 1968)
7 Feb 1935 - 7 Feb 1938 William Alexander Cosgrave (b. 1879 - d. 1952)
7 Feb 1938 - 1945 Charles Francis Waterfall (b. 1888 - d. 1954)
(Japanese prisoner 1942-45)
18 Feb 1944 - Sep 1944 Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan (b. 1888 - d. 1949)
(for Free India Movement)
Sep 1944 - 22 Jul 1945 Mansoor Ali Alvi (acting)
(for Free India Movement)
1945 - 1947 Noel Kennedy Paterson (b. 1905 - d. 1984)
(acting to 7 Feb 1946)
Assam
24 Feb 1826 ceded to U.K. by Burma; becomes part of Bengal
1832 princely state restored
1838 part of Bengal
1874 Assam a separate province
16 Oct 1905 - 1 Apr 1912 part of province of Eastern Bengal and Assam
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
7 Feb 1874 - 22 Jun 1878 Richard Harte Keatinge (b. 1825 - d. 1904)
22 Jun 1878 - 25 Mar 1881 Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
25 Mar 1881 - 27 Feb 1885 Charles Alfred Elliott (b. 1835 - d. 1911)
27 Feb 1885 - 31 Oct 1887 William Erskine Ward (1st time) (b. 1838 - d. 1916)
(acting)
31 Oct 1887 - 16 Jul 1889 Dennis Fitzpatrick (b. 1837 - d. 1920)
16 Jul 1889 - 22 Oct 1889 James Westland (b. 1842 - d. 1903)
22 Oct 1889 - 25 Mar 1891 James Wallace Quinton (b. 1834 - d. 1891)
25 Mar 1891 - 27 May 1891 Henry Collett (acting) (b. 1836 - d. 1901)
27 May 1891 - 28 Nov 1896 William Erskine Ward (from 20 May
1896, Sir William Erskine Ward)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Nov 1896 - 29 Apr 1902 Henry Cotton (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
29 Apr 1902 - 16 Oct 1905 Bampfylde Fuller (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
(acting to 20 Oct 1902)
Lieutenant governors (of Eastern Bengal and Assam)
16 Oct 1905 - 20 Aug 1906 Bampfylde Fuller (from 1 Jan 1906,
Sir Bampfylde Fuller) (s.a.)
20 Aug 1906 - 22 Aug 1911 Lancelot Hare (from 28 Jun 1907,
Sir Lancelot Hare) (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
22 Aug 1911 - 1 Apr 1912 Sir Charles Bayley (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
Chief commissioners
1 Apr 1912 - 1 Apr 1918 Sir Archdale Earle (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
1 Apr 1918 - 3 Jan 1921 Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (from
1 Jan 1919, 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 Laurie Hammond (b. 1873 - d. 1939)
11 May 1932 - 4 Mar 1937 Sir Michael Keane (b. 1874 - d. 1937)
4 Mar 1937 - 4 May 1942 Sir Robert Niel Reid (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
4 May 1942 - 4 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
4 May 1947 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Sep 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (1st time)
19 Sep 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1950)
17 Nov 1939 - 24 Dec 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (2nd time)
25 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (3rd time)
11 Feb 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd time) (s.a.)
Baluchistan
19 Jun 1887 British Baluchistan Province and Tribal Areas
1896 province of British India
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Chief commissioners
19 Jun 1887 - 29 Jan 1892 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman (b. 1835 - d. 1892)
Acting for Sandeman:
19 Jun 1887 - 11 Dec 1887 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
St. John (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1891)
3 Apr 1889 - 8 Oct 1889 Sir Harry North Dalrymple
Prendergast (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
23 Apr 1891 - 8 May 1891 Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(1st time) (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
9 May 1891 - 3 Jun 1891 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
St. John (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1891 - 9 Jul 1891 Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jul 1891 - 16 Nov 1891 John Biddulph (b. 1840 - d. 1921)
30 Jan 1892 - 21 Mar 1892 Hugh Shakespear Barnes (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
22 Mar 1892 - 13 Jun 1896 Sir James Browne (b. 1839 - d. 1896)
14 Jun 1896 - 14 Nov 1896 James Adair Crawford (acting) (b. 1857 - d. 1936)
15 Nov 1896 - 20 Nov 1900 Hugh Shakespear Barnes (4th time) (s.a.)
12 Apr 1899 - 21 Dec 1899 Henry Wylie (acting for Barnes) (b. 1844 - d. 1918)
20 Nov 1900 - 4 Nov 1904 Charles 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 - 25 Apr 1911 Sir Henry McMahon (b. 1862 - d. 1949)
3 Jun 1909 - 6 Sep 1909 Charles Archer (1st time) (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
(acting for McMahon)
25 Apr 1911 - 5 Dec 1917 John Ramsay (from 3 Jun 1915,
Sir John Ramsay) (2nd time) (s.a.)
Acting for Ramsay:
21 Oct 1912 - 14 Nov 1912 Charles Archer (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Apr 1914 - 23 May 1914 Charles Archer (3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Jun 1915 - 5 Jul 1915 Charles Archer (4th time) (s.a.)
5 Dec 1917 - 1 Sep 1919 Henry Robert Conway Dobbs (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
1 Sep 1919 - Jun 1922 Armine Brereton Dew (from 3 Jun
1921, Sir Armine Brereton Dew) (b. 1867 - d. 1941)
Jun 1922 - 7 Jul 1926 Frederick William Johnston (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
(acting to 15 Sep 1923)
7 Jul 1926 - 4 Nov 1927 Edmund Henry Salt James (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
(acting)
4 Nov 1927 - 29 Oct 1930 Beauchamp St. John (from 1 Jan
1930, Sir Beauchamp St. John) (b. 1874 - d. 1954)
2 Jan 1929 - 1 Oct 1929 Edmund Henry Salt James
(2nd time) (acting for St. John) (s.a.)
29 Oct 1930 - 23 Mar 1931 Charles Edward Bruce (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1950)
23 Mar 1931 - 1 Apr 1936 Norman Cater (from 1 Jan 1934,
Sir Norman Cater) (b. 1880 - d. 1957)
(acting to 17 Dec 1931)
10 May 1932 - 1 Oct 1932 John Aloysius Brett (b. 1879 - d. 1955)
(acting for Cater)
1 Apr 1936 - 18 Apr 1936 Ronald Wingate (1st time) (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1978)
18 Apr 1936 - 20 Jun 1937 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1966)
20 Jun 1937 - 28 Nov 1937 Ronald Wingate (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
28 Nov 1937 - 14 Mar 1938 Olaf Caroe (acting) (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
14 Mar 1938 - 11 Aug 1939 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(from 9 Jun 1938, Sir Arthur
Edward Broadbent Parsons)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Aug 1939 - 24 Nov 1943 Sir Aubrey Metcalfe (b. 1883 - d. 1957)
24 Nov 1943 - 14 May 1946 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
1633 first English settlement (subordinate to Madras)
3 Sep 1681 Bengal a separate agency
Jan 1694 - 1698 subordinated to Madras
26 May 1700 Presidency of Bengal
20 Oct 1774 direct rule by central government of British India
1854 Bengal province
16 Oct 1905 divided into two provinces: Bengal, and Eastern Bengal and Assam
1 Apr 1912 division reversed; Bengal Presidency restored; Assam and Bihar and
Orissa made separate provinces
15 Aug 1947 divided between India (West Bengal) and Pakistan
(East Bengal)
Governors
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 Stackhouse
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 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
Plassey (2nd time) (s.a.)
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)
Lieutenant governors
1854 - 1 May 1859 Frederick James Halliday (b. 1806 - d. 1901)
1 May 1859 - 24 Apr 1862 John Peter Grant (from 14 Feb
1862, Sir John Peter Grant) (b. 1807 - d. 1893)
24 Apr 1862 - 24 Apr 1867 Cecil Beadon (from 24 May 1866,
Sir Cecil Beadon) (b. 1816 - d. 1880)
24 Apr 1867 - 1 Mar 1871 William Grey (from 28 May 1870,
Sir William Grey) (b. 1818 - d. 1878)
1 Mar 1871 - 9 Apr 1874 George Campbell (from 24 May 1873,
Sir George Campbell) (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
9 Apr 1874 - 8 Jan 1877 Sir Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
8 Jan 1877 - 24 Apr 1882 Ashley Eden (from 25 May 1878,
Sir Ashley Eden) (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
(acting to 1 Jun 1877)
15 Jul 1879 - 1 Dec 1879 Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley
(1st time) (acting for Eden) (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
24 Apr 1882 - 2 Apr 1887 Augustus Rivers Thompson (from 1
Jan 1885, Sir Augustus Rivers
Thompson) (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
11 Aug 1885 - 17 Sep 1885 Horace Abel Cockerell (b. 1832 - d. 1908)
(acting for Thompson)
2 Apr 1887 - 17 Dec 1890 Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Dec 1890 - 18 Dec 1895 Sir Charles Alfred Elliott (b. 1835 - d. 1911)
30 May 1893 - 30 Nov 1893 Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
(acting for Elliott)
18 Dec 1895 - 7 Apr 1898 Sir Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
23 Jun 1897 - 21 Dec 1897 Charles Cecil Stevens (b. 1840 - d. 1909)
(acting for Mackenzie)
7 Apr 1898 - 21 Nov 1902 Sir John Woodburn (b. 1843 - d. 1902)
22 Nov 1902 - 2 Nov 1903 James Austin Bourdillon (acting) (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
2 Nov 1903 - 1 Dec 1908 Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
10 Apr 1906 - 16 Aug 1906 Lancelot Hare (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
(acting for Fraser)
16 Aug 1906 - 8 Oct 1906 Francis Alexander Slacke (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
(acting for Fraser)
1 Dec 1908 - 14 Jul 1911 Sir Edward Norman Baker (b. 1857 - d. 1913)
14 Jul 1911 - 1 Apr 1912 Frederick William Duke (from 12
Dec 1911, Sir Frederick William
Duke) (b. 1863 - d. 1924)
Governors
1 Apr 1912 - 26 Mar 1917 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael,
Baron Carmichael (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
26 Mar 1917 - 28 Mar 1922 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl
of Ronaldshay (b. 1876 - d. 1961)
28 Mar 1922 - 28 Mar 1927 Victor Alexander George Robert
Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
28 Mar 1927 - 29 Mar 1932 Sir Stanley Jackson (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
29 Mar 1932 - 27 Nov 1937 Sir John Anderson (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
27 Nov 1937 - 23 Feb 1939 Michael Herbert Rudolph
Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
24 Feb 1939 - 12 Jun 1939 Sir Robert Niel Reid (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
12 Jun 1939 - 18 Nov 1939 Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead (b. 1881 - d. 1973)
18 Nov 1939 - 6 Sep 1943 Sir John Arthur Herbert (b. 1895 - d. 1943)
6 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Sir Thomas George Rutherford (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
(acting)
22 Jan 1944 - 19 Feb 1946 Richard Gardiner Casey (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
19 Feb 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick Burrows (b. 1887 - d. 1973)
Chief ministers
1937 - Jul 1943 A.K. Fazlul Huq (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
Jul 1943 - Aug 1945 Khwaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894 - d. 1964)
Chief minister of East Bengal
Jun 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (b. 1893 - d. 1963)
Chief minister of West Bengal
3 Jul 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Prafulla Ghosh (b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Bihar and Orissa
1756 Bihar part of Bengal
1803 Orissa occupied by U.K.
1 Apr 1912 separated from Bengal as Bihar and Orissa province
1 Apr 1936 Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Lieutenant governors
1 Apr 1912 - 19 Nov 1915 Sir Charles Bayley (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
19 Nov 1915 - 29 Dec 1920 Sir Edward Albert Gait (b. 1863 - d. 1950)
5 Apr 1918 - 12 Aug 1918 Sir Edward Vere Levinge (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
(acting for Gait)
Governors
29 Dec 1920 - 29 Nov 1921 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha,
Baron Sinha of Raipur (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
29 Nov 1921 - 12 Apr 1922 Havilland Le Mesurier (from 2 Jan
1922, Sir Havilland Le Mesurier) (b. 1866 - d. 1931)
(acting)
12 Apr 1922 - 7 Apr 1927 Sir Henry Wheeler (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
7 Apr 1927 - 7 Apr 1932 Sir Hugh Stephenson (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
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 Mar 1943 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
(acting to Sep 1939)
9 Mar 1943 - 13 May 1946 Thomas George Rutherford (from
19 Mar 1943, Sir Thomas George
Rutherford) (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
6 Sep 1943 - 24 Apr 1944 Francis Mudie (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
(acting for Rutherford)
13 May 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Hugh Dow (b. 1886 - d. 1978)
Chief minister
1937 - Oct 1939 Srikrishna Sinha (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
23 Mar 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Srikrishna Sinha (2nd time) (s.a.)
Orissa
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 1 Apr 1941 Sir John Hubback (b. 1878 - d. 1968)
11 Aug 1938 - 8 Dec 1938 George Townsend Boag (b. 1884 - d. 1969)
(acting for Hubback)
1 Apr 1941 - 1 Apr 1946 Sir Hawthorne Lewis (b. 1888 - d. 1970)
1 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (b. 1893 - d. 1980)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Jul 1937 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Narayan Deo (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
19 Jul 1937 - 4 Nov 1939 Biswanath Das (b. 1889 - d. 1984)
24 Nov 1941 - 29 Jun 1944 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Narayan Deo (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Harekrushna Mahatab (b. 1899 - d. 1987)
Bombay
23 Jun 1661 Bombay Island and dependencies ceded to England by Portugal
18 Sep 1662 English arrive to take possession
18 Feb 1665 final cession of Bombay to England
23 Sep 1668 - 2 May 1685 Bombay Presidency subordinated to Surat,
under British East India Company rule
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
17 May 1694 - Nov 1704 Sir John Gayer (b. 16... - d. 1711)
Nov 1704 - Sep 1708 Sir Nicholas Waite
Sep 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 (b. ... - d. 1771)
26 Feb 1771 - 1 Jan 1784 William Hornby (b. ... - 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 George Russell Clerk (from 27 Apr
1848, Sir George Russell Clerk)
(1st time) (b. 1800 - d. 1889)
1 May 1848 - 26 Dec 1853 Lucius Bentinck Carey, Viscount
Falkland (b. 1803 - d. 1884)
26 Dec 1853 - 11 May 1860 John Elphinstone, Baron
Elphinstone (b. 1807 - d. 1860)
11 May 1860 - 24 Apr 1862 Sir George Russell Clerk
(2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1862 - 6 Mar 1867 Sir Bartle Edward Frere (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
6 Mar 1867 - 6 May 1872 William Robert Seymour Vesey
Fitzgerald (from 22 Oct 1867,
Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey
Fitzgerald) (b. 1818 - d. 1885)
6 May 1872 - 30 Apr 1877 Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse (b. 1811 - d. 1887)
30 Apr 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. 1832 - d. 1907)
27 Mar 1885 - 30 Mar 1885 James Braithwaite Peile (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1906)
30 Mar 1885 - 12 Apr 1890 Donald James Mackay, Baron Reay (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
12 Apr 1890 - 16 Feb 1895 George Robert Canning Harris,
Baron Harris (b. 1851 - d. 1932)
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. 1855 - d. 1921)
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 Alexander Napier
Cochrane-Baillie, Baron Lamington (b. 1860 - d. 1940)
28 Jul 1907 - 18 Oct 1907 John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie (b. 1854 - d. 1916)
(acting)
18 Oct 1907 - 4 Apr 1913 Sir George Sydenham Clarke (b. 1848 - d. 1933)
4 Apr 1913 - 17 Dec 1918 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 - 8 Dec 1928 Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
20 Mar 1926 - 19 Jul 1926 Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence (b. 1870 - d. 1949)
(acting for Wilson)
8 Dec 1928 - 9 Dec 1933 Sir Frederick Sykes (b. 1877 - d. 1954)
9 Dec 1933 - 18 Sep 1937 Michael Herbert Rudolph
Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
30 May 1936 - 29 Sep 1936 Sir Robert Duncan Bell (b. 1878 - d. 1953)
(acting for Brabourne)
18 Sep 1937 - 24 Mar 1943 Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
24 Mar 1943 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir David John Colville (b. 1894 - d. 1954)
Chief minister
30 Mar 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Bal Gangadhar Kher (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
Central Provinces and Berar
1852 Nagpur province
1861 Nagpur united with the Saugor Nerbudda territories
1862 renamed Central Provinces
1 Oct 1903 Berar (perpetually leased from Haydarabad) administered by
Central Provinces
24 Oct 1936 Central Provinces united with Berar
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
11 Dec 1861 - 12 Mar 1864 Edward King Elliot (b. 1811 - d. 1865)
12 Mar 1864 - 17 Mar 1864 John Scarlett Campbell (acting) (b. 1828 - d. 1897)
17 Mar 1864 - 4 Apr 1867 Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
4 Apr 1867 - 27 Nov 1867 John Henry Morris (1st time) (b. 1828 - d. 1912)
(acting)
27 Nov 1867 - 16 Apr 1868 George Campbell (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
16 Apr 1868 - 30 Apr 1883 John Henry Morris (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 27 May 1870)
30 Apr 1883 - 1 Apr 1884 William Brittain Jones (b. 1834 - d. 1912)
1 Apr 1884 - 15 Dec 1885 Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
(acting to 27 Jan 1885)
15 Dec 1885 - 19 Feb 1887 Dennis Fitzpatrick (acting) (b. 1837 - d. 1920)
19 Feb 1887 - 24 Mar 1887 John William Neill (1st time)
(acting)
24 Mar 1887 - 18 Nov 1890 Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
18 Nov 1890 - 28 Jan 1891 John William Neill (2nd time)
(acting)
28 Jan 1891 - 25 May 1893 Antony Patrick MacDonnell (from
2 Jan 1893, Sir Antony Patrick
MacDonnell) (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
25 May 1893 - 21 Dec 1895 John Woodburn (b. 1843 - d. 1902)
(acting to 30 Nov 1893)
21 Dec 1895 - 14 Jul 1898 Charles James Lyall (from 22 Jun
1897, Sir Charles James Lyall) (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
14 Jul 1898 - 27 Nov 1899 Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
27 Nov 1899 - 16 Sep 1902 Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
(acting to 5 Mar 1902)
16 Sep 1902 - 18 Mar 1904 John Hewett (b. 1854 - d. 1941)
(acting to 2 Nov 1903)
18 Mar 1904 - 4 May 1905 Frederic Styles Philpin Lely (from
2 Jan 1905, Sir Frederic Styles
Philpin Lely) (b. 1846 - d. 1934)
(acting to 23 Dec 1904)
4 May 1905 - 25 Mar 1907 John Ontario Miller (b. 1857 - d. 1943)
21 Jul 1906 - 22 Oct 1906 Stanley Ismay (b. 1848 - d. 1914)
(acting for Miller)
25 Mar 1907 - 26 Jan 1912 Reginald Craddock (from 12 Dec
1911, Sir Reginald Craddock) (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
26 Jan 1912 - 17 Feb 1912 Henry Ashbrooke Crump (acting) (b. 1863 - d. 1941)
17 Feb 1912 - 3 Aug 1912 Maurice Walter Fox-Strangways (b. 1862 - d. 1938)
(acting)
3 Aug 1912 - 26 Jan 1920 Sir Benjamin Robertson (b. 1864 - d. 1953)
26 Jan 1920 - 17 Dec 1920 Sir Frank George Sly (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
Governors
17 Dec 1920 - 26 Jan 1925 Sir Frank George Sly (s.a.)
26 Jan 1925 - 29 Nov 1929 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(1st time) (b. 1873 - d. 1952)
29 Nov 1929 - 29 Mar 1930 Shripad Balwant Tambe (acting) (b. 1875 - d. 1958)
29 Mar 1930 - 15 Sep 1933 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler
(2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1933 - 3 Mar 1938 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (b. 1878 - d. 1938)
3 Mar 1938 - 27 May 1938 Hugh Bomford (acting) (b. 1882 - d. 1939)
28 May 1938 - 1 Jun 1940 Sir Francis Verner Wylie (b. 1891 - d. 1970)
1 Jun 1940 - 16 Sep 1946 Henry Joseph Twynam (from 4 Oct
1940, Sir Henry Joseph Twynam) (b. 1887 - d. 1966)
(acting to 1 Oct 1940)
16 Sep 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
Chief ministers
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Jul 1938 Narayan Bhaskar Khare (b. 1882 - d. 1970)
20 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Ravi Shankar Shukla (b. 1877 - d. 1956)
Coorg
1834 annexed by U.K.
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Commissioners (from 24 Feb 1869, chief commissioners)
Oct 1834 - Jan 1836 James Stuart Fraser (b. 1783 - d. 1869)
Jan 1836 - 25 Mar 1881 the (chief) commissioners of Mysore
25 Mar 1881 - 1 Jul 1940 the residents in Mysore
1 Jul 1940 - 26 Apr 1943 Joseph William Pritchard (b. 1903 - d. ...)
26 Apr 1943 - 14 Aug 1947 Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa (b. 1878 - d. 1963)
Delhi
1832 part of North-Western Provinces
1858 part of Punjab
1912 separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1 Oct 1912 - 7 Nov 1918 Malcolm Hailey (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
7 Nov 1918 - 31 Mar 1924 Claud Alexander Barron (b. 1871 - d. 1948)
31 Mar 1924 - 15 Apr 1926 Evelyn Robins Abbott (b. 1873 - d. 1950)
15 Apr 1926 - 29 Mar 1928 Alexander Montague Stow (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
29 Mar 1928 - 7 Aug 1928 Gordon Johnson (1st time) (acting) (b. 1885 - d. 1955)
8 Aug 1928 - 21 Mar 1932 Sir John Perronet Thompson (b. 1873 - d. 1935)
21 Mar 1932 - 21 Mar 1937 Gordon Johnson (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Mar 1937 - 1 Jul 1940 Evan Meredith Jenkins (b. 1896 - d. 1985)
1 Jul 1940 - 6 Sep 1945 Arthur Vivian Askwith (b. 1893 - d. 1971)
6 Sep 1945 - 14 Aug 1947 William Christie (b. 1896 - d. 1983)
Madras
1 Mar 1640 Madras an English possession
1640 - 1652 subordinate to Bantam (in the East Indies)
1652 - 1655 Presidency of Madras
1684 Presidency of Madras
10 Sep 1746 - Aug 1749 French occupation
20 Oct 1774 part of British India
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
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 - 3 Nov 1709 Edmund Montague (acting)
3 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 - 17 Jan 1744 Richard Benyon (b. 1698 - d. ...)
17 Jan 1744 - 10 Sep 1746 Nicholas Morse
10 Sep 1746 - 14 Apr 1747 John Hinde (in Fort David) (b. ... - d. 1747)
Sep 1746 - Aug 1749 Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil (b. 1714 - d. 1767)
(French governor)
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 Thomas Rumbold (from 23 Mar 1779,
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 - 14 Jun 1785 George Macartney (b. 1737 - d. 1806)
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 Hollond (acting)
13 Feb 1790 - 20 Feb 1790 Edward J. Hollond (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 Jun 1820 Hugh Elliot (b. 1752 - d. 1830)
10 Jun 1820 - 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) (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
6 Mar 1837 - 24 Sep 1842 John Elphinstone, Baron
Elphinstone (b. 1807 - d. 1860)
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 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) (b. 1805 - d. 1863)
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) (s.a.)
18 Feb 1861 - 27 Mar 1866 Sir William Thomas Denison (b. 1804 - d. 1871)
27 Mar 1866 - 19 Feb 1872 Francis Napier, Baron Napier
of Merchistoun (b. 1819 - d. 1898)
19 Feb 1872 - 15 May 1872 Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting) (b. 1822 - d. 1907)
15 May 1872 - 27 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
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-
Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos (b. 1823 - d. 1889)
20 Dec 1880 - 24 May 1881 William Patrick Adam (b. 1823 - d. 1881)
24 May 1881 - 5 Nov 1881 William Hudleston (acting) (b. 1826 - d. 1894)
5 Nov 1881 - 8 Dec 1886 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
(from 28 Jul 1886, Sir Mountstuart
Elphinstone Grant Duff) (b. 1829 - d. 1906)
8 Dec 1886 - 1 Dec 1890 Robert Bourke, (from 12 May 1887)
Baron Connemara (b. 1827 - d. 1902)
1 Dec 1890 - 23 Jan 1891 John Henry Garstin (acting) (b. 1838 - d. 1903)
23 Jan 1891 - 18 Mar 1896 Beilby Lawley, Baron Wenlock (b. 1849 - d. 1912)
18 Mar 1896 - 28 Dec 1900 Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock (b. 1844 - d. 1908)
28 Dec 1900 - 15 Feb 1906 Oliver Villiers Russell, Baron
Ampthill (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
15 Feb 1906 - 28 Mar 1906 Gabriel Stokes (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
(from 9 Feb 1912, Thomas David
Gibson-Carmichael, Baron
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 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron
Willingdon (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
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
Goschen (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
29 Jun 1929 - 11 Nov 1929 Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks (b. 1872 - d. 1939)
(acting)
12 Nov 1929 - 15 Nov 1934 Sir George Frederick Stanley (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
15 Nov 1934 - 12 Mar 1940 Sir John Francis Ashley Erskine (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
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)
6 May 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Archibald Edward Nye (b. 1895 - d. 1967)
Chief ministers
17 Dec 1920 - 11 Jul 1921 Subbarayalu Reddiar (b. 1855 - d. 1921)
11 Jul 1921 - 3 Dec 1926 Raja of Panagal (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
4 Dec 1926 - 27 Oct 1930 P. Subbarayan (b. 1889 - d. 1963)
27 Oct 1930 - 4 Nov 1932 Munuswamy Naidu (b. 1885 - d. 1935)
5 Nov 1932 - 4 Apr 1936 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of
Bobbili (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1978)
4 Apr 1936 - 24 Aug 1936 P.T. Rajan
24 Aug 1936 - 1 Apr 1937 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of
Bobbili (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1937 - 14 Jul 1937 Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Oct 1939 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (b. 1878 - d. 1972)
30 Apr 1946 - 23 Mar 1947 Tanguturi Prakasam (b. 1872 - d. 1957)
23 Mar 1947 - 14 Aug 1947 Amandur Ramaswami Reddiar
North-West Frontier Province
1849 British capture area from Punjab
1901 North-West Frontier Province created
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Chief commissioners
9 Nov 1901 - 7 Jul 1908 Harold Arthur Deane (from 1 Jan
1906, Harold Arthur Deane) (b. 1854 - d. 1908)
8 Jul 1908 - 10 Sep 1919 George Olof Roos-Keppel (from
14 Aug 1908, Sir George Olof
Roos-Keppel) (b. 1866 - d. 1921)
16 Nov 1909 - 31 Oct 1910 William Rudolph Henry Merk (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
(acting for Roos-Keppel)
28 Aug 1913 - 28 Jan 1915 John Stuart Donald (b. 1861 - d. 1948)
(acting for Roos-Keppel)
10 Sep 1919 - 8 Mar 1921 Sir Hamilton Grant (b. 1872 - d. 1937)
8 Mar 1921 - Jul 1923 Sir John Loader Maffey (b. 1877 - d. 1969)
Jul 1923 - 10 May 1930 Norman Bolton (from 1 Jan 1926,
Sir Norman Bolton) (b. 1875 - d. 1965)
(acting to Dec 1924)
3 Dec 1925 - Aug 1926 William John Keen (b. 1873 - d. 1958)
(acting for Bolton)
10 May 1930 - 9 Sep 1931 Steuart Edmund Pears (from 1 Jan
1931, Sir Steuart Edmund Pears) (b. 1875 - d. 1931)
10 Sep 1931 - 18 Apr 1932 Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith
(from 1 Jan 1932, Sir Ralph Edwin
Hotchkin Griffith) (b. 1882 - d. 1963)
Governors
18 Apr 1932 - 2 Mar 1937 Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith (s.a.)
2 Mar 1937 - 3 Mar 1946 Sir George Cunningham (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
11 Aug 1939 - 10 Dec 1939 Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent
Parsons (acting for Cunningham) (b. 1884 - d. 1966)
3 Mar 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Olaf Caroe (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
26 Jun 1947 - 13 Aug 1947 Sir Rob Lockhart (b. 1893 - d. 1981)
(acting for Caroe)
13 Aug 1947 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir George Cunningham (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Caroe)
Premiers
1 Apr 1937 - 7 Sep 1937 Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
7 Sep 1937 - 10 Nov 1939 Khan Sahib (1st time) (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
25 May 1943 - 16 Mar 1945 Sardar Aurangzeb Khan
16 Mar 1945 - 22 Aug 1947 Khan Sahib (2nd time) (s.a.)
Panth Piploda
1935 chief commissioner's province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1935 - 1940 Kenneth Samuel Fitze (b. 1887 - d. 1960)
1940 - 1942 Gerald Fisher (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
1942 - 1946 Walter Fendall Campbell (from
13 Jun 1946, Sir Walter Fendall
Campbell) (b. 1894 - d. 1973)
1946 - 1947 Henry Mortimer Poulton (b. 1898 - d. 1973)
Punjab
2 Apr 1849 annexed by Britain
15 Aug 1947 divided between India (see Punjab under Indian states) and
Pakistan (see Punjab under Pakistani provinces)
Chief commissioners
1 Apr 1849 - 1853 Board of Administration
1853 - 1 Jan 1859 John Laird Mair Lawrence (from
5 Feb 1856, Sir John Laird Mair
Lawrence) (b. 1811 - d. 1879)
Lieutenant governors
1 Jan 1859 - 25 Feb 1859 Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence (s.a.)
25 Feb 1859 - 10 Jan 1865 Robert Montgomery (from 20 May
1859, Sir Robert Montgomery) (b. 1809 - d. 1887)
10 Jan 1865 - 1 Jun 1870 Donald Friell McLeod (from 24 May
1866, Sir Donald Friell McLeod) (b. 1810 - d. 1872)
1 Jun 1870 - 1 Jan 1871 Sir Henry Durand (b. 1812 - d. 1871)
20 Jan 1871 - 2 Apr 1877 Robert Henry Davies (from 30 May
1874, Sir Robert Henry Davies) (b. 1824 - d. 1902)
2 Apr 1877 - 3 Apr 1882 Robert Eyles Egerton (from 29 Jul
1879, Sir Robert Eyles Egerton) (b. 1857 - d. 1912)
3 Apr 1882 - 2 Apr 1887 Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (b. 1832 - d. 1896)
2 Apr 1887 - 5 Mar 1892 James Broadwood Lyall (from 24 May
1888, Sir James Broadwood Lyall) (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
5 Mar 1892 - 6 Mar 1897 Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (b. 1827 - d. 1920)
6 Mar 1897 - 6 Mar 1902 Sir William Mackworth Young (b. 1840 - d. 1924)
6 Mar 1902 - 6 Mar 1907 Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (b. 1845 - d. 1926)
6 Mar 1907 - 22 Jan 1908 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
22 May 1907 - 12 Aug 1907 Thomas Gordon Walker (1st time) (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
(acting for Ibbetson)
22 Jan 1908 - 25 May 1908 Sir Thomas Gordon Walker
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
25 May 1908 - 26 May 1913 Sir Louis William Dane (b. 1856 - d. 1948)
28 Apr 1911 - 4 Aug 1911 James McCrone Douie (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
(acting for Dane)
26 May 1913 - 26 May 1919 Sir Michael O'Dwyer (b. 1864 - d. 1940)
26 May 1919 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 31 May 1924 Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (s.a.)
31 May 1924 - 9 Aug 1928 Sir Malcolm Hailey (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
9 Aug 1928 - 12 Apr 1933 Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de
Montmorency (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
19 Jul 1932 - 19 Oct 1932 Sikander Hyat Khan (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1942)
(acting for Montmorency)
12 Apr 1933 - 4 Apr 1938 Sir Herbert Emerson (b. 1881 - d. 1962)
15 Feb 1934 - 9 Jun 1934 Sir Sikander Hyat Khan
(2nd time) (acting for Emerson) (s.a.)
4 Apr 1938 - 7 Apr 1941 Sir Henry Duffield Craik (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
7 Apr 1941 - 8 Apr 1946 Sir Bertrand James Glancy (b. 1882 - d. 1953)
8 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (b. 1896 - d. 1985)
Premiers
1 Apr 1937 - 26 Dec 1942 Sir Sikander Hyat Khan (s.a.)
Dec 1942 - Feb 1945 Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana
(1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1975)
Apr 1946 - 4 Mar 1947 Sir Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Sind
1843 annexed by Britain; subordinated to Bombay
Apr 1936 separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Commissioners
1843 - 1847 Sir Charles James Napier (b. 1782 - d. 1853)
1847 - 1851 Robert Keith Pringle (b. 1802 - d. 1897)
1851 - Oct 1859 Bartle Edward Frere (from 20 May
1859, Sir Bartle Edward Frere) (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
Oct 1859 - 1862 Jonathan Duncan Inverarity (b. 1812 - d. 1882)
1862 - 1867 Samuel Mansfield (b. 1815 - d. 1893)
1867 - 1868 William Henry Havelock (b. 1826 - d. 1876)
1868 - 1876 William Lockyer Merewether (from
24 Aug 1868, Sir William Lockyer
Merewether) (b. 1825 - d. 1880)
12 Sep 1877 - 6 Jun 1879 Francis Dawes Melvill (b. 1836 - d. 1881)
7 Jun 1879 - 13 Apr 1887 Henry Napier Bruce Erskine (b. 1831 - d. 1893)
14 Apr 1887 - 17 May 1889 Charles Bradley Pritchard (b. 1837 - d. 1903)
17 May 1889 - 22 May 1891 Arthur Charles Trevor (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
20 Jun 1891 - 18 Dec 1900 Henry Evan Murchison James (b. 1846 - d. 1923)
18 Dec 1900 - 1 Apr 1902 Robert Giles (b. 1846 - d. 1928)
1 Apr 1902 - 14 Dec 1903 Alexander Cumine (b. 1851 - d. 1909)
14 Dec 1903 - 3 Mar 1904 Charles Mules (acting) (b. 1856 - d. 1939)
3 Mar 1904 - 31 Mar 1905 John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie (b. 1854 - d. 1916)
31 Mar 1905 - Nov 1905 William Thomson Morison (acting) (b. 1860 - d. 1931)
Nov 1905 - 1912 Arthur Delaval Younghusband (b. 1854 - d. 1931)
1912 - 1916 William Henry Lucas (b. 1867 - d. 1937)
1916 - 1920 Henry Staveley Lawrence (b. 1870 - d. 1949)
1920 - 1925 Louis Rieu (b. 1872 - d. 1964)
1925 - 1926 Patrick Robert Cadell (b. 1871 - d. 1961)
1926 - 1929 Frank Hudson (b. 1875 - d. 1958)
1929 - 1931 George Arthur Thomas (b. 1877 - d. 1950)
1931 - 1935 Raymond Evelyn Gibson (b. 1878 - d. 1969)
1935 - 1936 Godfrey Ferdinando Stratford
Collins (acting) (b. 1888 - d. 1952)
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 1 Apr 1941 Sir Lancelot Graham (b. 1880 - d. 1958)
1 Apr 1941 - 15 Jan 1946 Sir Hugh Dow (b. 1886 - d. 1978)
15 Jan 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Francis Mudie (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
Premiers
28 Apr 1937 - 23 Mar 1938 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
23 Mar 1938 - 18 Mar 1940 Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh
(1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1943)
18 Mar 1940 - 7 Mar 1941 Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur
7 Mar 1941 - 14 Feb 1942 Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh
(2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Oct 1942 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (2nd time) (s.a.)
United Provinces
14 Nov 1834 Presidency of Agra
1 Jan 1836 North-Western Provinces
3 Apr 1858 Oudh taken under British control
15 Feb 1877 Oudh added to North-Western Provinces
22 Mar 1902 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
1 Apr 1937 United Provinces
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
14 Nov 1834 - 20 Mar 1835 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
20 Mar 1835 - 1 Dec 1835 William Blunt
1 Dec 1835 - 1 Jun 1836 Alexander Ross (b. 1777 - d. 18...)
Lieutenant governors
1 Jun 1836 - 1 Jun 1838 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (s.a.)
1 Jun 1838 - Feb 1840 administered by gov.-gen. of India
Feb 1840 - Dec 1842 Thomas Campbell Robertson (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
1843 - 27 Sep 1853 James Thomason (b. 1804 - d. 1853)
1853 - 9 Sep 1857 John Russell Colvin (b. 1807 - d. 1857)
1857 - 19 Jan 1859 administered by gov.-gen. of India
19 Jan 1859 - 27 Feb 1863 George Frederick Edmonstone (b. 1813 - d. 1864)
27 Feb 1863 - 7 Mar 1863 Rowland Money (acting) (b. 1812 - d. 1869)
7 Mar 1863 - 10 Mar 1868 Edmund Drummond (b. 1814 - d. 1895)
10 Mar 1868 - 7 Apr 1874 Sir William Muir (b. 1819 - d. 1905)
7 Apr 1874 - 26 Jul 1876 Sir John Strachey (b. 1823 - d. 1907)
26 Jul 1876 - 15 Feb 1877 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper (b. 1824 - d. 1908)
Lieutenant governors of the North-Western Provinces and chief commissioners of Oudh
15 Feb 1877 - 17 Apr 1882 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper (s.a.)
17 Apr 1882 - 21 Nov 1887 Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall (b. 1835 - d. 1911)
21 Nov 1887 - 28 Nov 1892 Sir Auckland Colvin (b. 1838 - d. 1908)
28 Nov 1892 - 9 Jan 1895 Sir Charles Haukes Todd
Crosthwaite (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
9 Jan 1895 - 6 Nov 1895 Alan Cadell (acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1921)
6 Nov 1895 - 14 Nov 1901 Sir Antony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1935)
14 Nov 1901 - 22 Mar 1902 Sir James John Digges La Touche (b. 1844 - d. 1921)
Lieutenant governors
22 Mar 1902 - 1 Jan 1907 Sir James John Digges La Touche (s.a.)
1 Jan 1907 - 15 Sep 1912 Sir John Hewett (b. 1854 - d. 1941)
30 Apr 1910 - 20 Oct 1910 Leslie Porter (1st time) (b. 1854 - d. 1932)
(acting for Hewett)
1 Apr 1911 - 16 Dec 1911 Leslie Porter (from 12 Dec 1911,
Sir Leslie Porter) (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting for Hewett)
15 Sep 1912 - 7 Feb 1917 Sir James Scorgie Meston (b. 1865 - d. 1943)
18 Sep 1913 - 15 Nov 1913 Duncan Baillie (b. 1856 - d. 1919)
(acting for Meston)
7 Feb 1917 - 15 Feb 1918 John Mitchell Holms (acting) (b. 1863 - d. 1948)
15 Feb 1918 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Harcourt Butler (b. 1869 - d. 1938)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 21 Dec 1922 Sir Harcourt Butler (s.a.)
21 Dec 1922 - 24 Dec 1922 Sir Ludovic Porter (acting) (b. 1869 - d. 1928)
24 Dec 1922 - 14 Jan 1928 Sir William Sinclair Marris (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
13 Aug 1926 - 1 Dec 1926 Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
(acting for Marris)
14 Jan 1928 - 17 Jun 1928 Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman (b. 1875 - d. 1928)
17 Jun 1928 - 8 Aug 1928 Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan,
Nawwab of Chhatari (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1982)
(acting)
9 Aug 1928 - 16 Oct 1930 Sir Malcolm Hailey (1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
16 Oct 1930 - 19 Apr 1931 Sir George Bancroft Lambert (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
19 Apr 1931 - 6 Apr 1933 Sir Malcolm Hailey (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Apr 1933 - 27 Nov 1933 Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan,
Nawwab of Chhatari (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Nov 1933 - 6 Dec 1934 Sir Malcolm Hailey (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Dec 1934 - 7 Dec 1939 Sir Harry Graham Haig (b. 1881 - d. 1956)
7 Dec 1939 - 7 Dec 1945 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
7 Dec 1945 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Francis Verner Wylie (b. 1891 - d. 1970)
Chief minister
1 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Govind Ballabh Pant (b. 1887 - d. 1961)
Oudh
Chief commissioners
7 Feb 1856 - 21 Mar 1857 Sir James Outram (1st time) (b. 1803 - d. 1863)
21 Mar 1857 - 4 Jul 1857 Sir Henry Lawrence (b. 1806 - d. 1857)
5 Jul 1857 - 21 Jul 1857 John Sherbrooke Banks (b. 1811 - d. 1857)
11 Sep 1857 - 3 Apr 1858 Sir James Outram (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Apr 1858 - 15 Feb 1859 Robert Montgomery (b. 1809 - d. 1887)
15 Feb 1859 - 26 Aug 1865 Charles John Wingfield (b. 1820 - d. 1892)
26 Aug 1865 - 17 Mar 1866 Robert Henry Davies (1st time) (b. 1824 - d. 1902)
(acting)
17 Mar 1866 - 24 May 1867 John Strachey (b. 1823 - d. 1907)
24 May 1867 - 18 Jan 1871 Robert Henry Davies (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 9 Mar 1868)
18 Jan 1871 - 20 Apr 1871 Lousada Barrow (b. 1816 - d. 1877)
20 Apr 1871 - 26 Jul 1876 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper (b. 1824 - d. 1908)
(acting to 8 Dec 1873)
26 Jul 1876 - 15 Feb 1877 John Forbes David Inglis (acting) (b. 1820 - d. 1894)