Sl. No. |
Name |
Took office |
Left office |
1 |
Warren Hastings |
20 October 1773 |
1 February 1785 |
2 |
Sir John Macpherson |
1 February 1785 |
12 September 1786 |
3 |
The Earl Cornwallis |
12 September 1786 |
28 October 1793 |
4 |
Sir John Shore |
28 October 1793 |
18 March 1798 |
5 |
Sir Alured Clarke |
18 March 1798 |
18 May 1798 |
6 |
The Marquess Wellesley |
18 May 1798 |
30 July 1805 |
7 |
The Marquess Cornwallis |
30 July 1805 |
5 October 1805 |
8 |
Sir George Barlow |
10 October 1805 |
31 July 1807 |
9 |
The Lord Minto |
31 July 1807 |
4 October 1813 |
10 |
The Marquess of Hastings |
4 October 1813 |
9 January 1823 |
11 |
John Adam |
9 January 1823 |
1 August 1823 |
12 |
The Lord Amherst |
1 August 1823 |
13 March 1828 |
13 |
William Butterworth Bayley |
13 March 1828 |
4 July 1828 |
14 |
Lord William Bentinck |
4 July 1828 |
1833 |
15 |
Lord William Bentinck |
1833 |
20 March 1835 |
16 |
Sir Charles Metcalfe |
20 March 1835 |
4 March 1836 |
17 |
The Lord Auckland |
4 March 1836 |
28 February 1842 |
18 |
The Lord Ellenborough |
28 February 1842 |
June 1844 |
19 |
William Wilberforce Bird |
June 1844 |
23 July 1844 |
20 |
Sir Henry Hardinge |
23 July 1844 |
12 January 1848 |
21 |
The Marquess of Dalhousie |
12 January 1848 |
28 February 1856 |
22 |
The Viscount Canning |
28 February 1856 |
1 November 1858 |
23 |
The Earl Canning |
1 November 1858 |
21 March 1862 |
24 |
The Earl of Elgin |
21 March 1862 |
20 November 1863 |
25 |
Sir Robert Napier |
21 November 1863 |
2 December 1863 |
26 |
Sir William Denison |
2 December 1863 |
12 January 1864 |
27 |
Sir John Lawrence |
12 January 1864 |
12 January 1869 |
28 |
The Earl of Mayo |
12 January 1869 |
8 February 1872 |
29 |
Sir John Strachey |
9 February 1872 |
23 February 1872 |
30 |
The Lord Napier |
24 February 1872 |
3 May 1872 |
31 |
The Lord Northbrook |
3 May 1872 |
12 April 1876 |
32 |
The Lord Lytton |
12 April 1876 |
8 June 1880 |
33 |
The Marquess of Ripon |
8 June 1880 |
13 December 1884 |
34 |
The Earl of Dufferin |
13 December 1884 |
10 December 1888 |
35 |
The Marquess of Lansdowne |
10 December 1888 |
11 October 1894 |
36 |
The Earl of Elgin |
11 October 1894 |
6 January 1899 |
37 |
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston |
6 January 1899 |
18 November 1905 |
38 |
The Earl of Minto |
18 November 1905 |
23 November 1910 |
39 |
The Lord Hardinge |
23 November 1910 |
4 April 1916 |
40 |
The Lord Chelmsford |
4 April 1916 |
2 April 1921 |
41 |
The Earl of Reading |
2 April 1921 |
3 April 1926 |
42 |
The Lord Irwin |
3 April 1926 |
18 April 1931 |
43 |
The Earl of Willingdon |
18 April 1931 |
18 April 1936 |
44 |
The Marquess of Linlithgow |
18 April 1936 |
1 October 1943 |
45 |
The Viscount Wavell |
1 October 1943 |
21 February 1947 |
46 |
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
21 February 1947 |
15 August 1947 |
47 |
The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma |
15 August 1947 |
21 June 1948 |
48 |
C. Rajagopalachari |
21 June 1948 |
26 January 1950 |