- 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.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
HISTORY-GOVERNOR GENERALS
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