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The following page compiles the list of all Governor Generals and Viceroys of India from 1774 to 1950.

Governors General and Viceroys of India, 1774 - 1858

1.	Warren Hastings	20 October 1774 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 March 1798
5.	Sir Alured Clarke	March 1798 18 May 1798
6.	The Earl of Mornington	18 May 1798 30 July 1805
7.	The Marquess Cornwallis	30 July 1805 5 October 1805
8.	Sir George Hilario Barlow	10 October 1805 31 July 1807
9.	The Lord Minto	31 July 1807 4 October 1813
10.	The Earl of Moira	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 Bayly	13 March 1828 4 July 1828
14.	Lord William Bentinck	4 July 1828 20 March 1835
15.	Sir Charles Metcalfe	20 March 1835 4 March 1836
16.	The Lord Auckland	4 March 1836 28 February 1842
17.	The Lord Ellenborough	28 February 1842 June 1844
18.	William Wilberforce Bird	June 1844 23 July 1844
19.	Sir Henry Hardinge	23 July 1844 12 January 1848
20.	The Earl of Dalhousie	12 January 1848 28 February 1856
21.	The Viscount Canning	28 February 1856 1 November 1858

Governors General and Viceroys of India, 1858-1947

1.	The Viscount Canning	1 November 1858 21 March 1862
2.	The Earl of Elgin	21 March 1862 20 November 1863
3.	Sir Robert Napier	21 November 1863 2 December 1863
4.	Sir William Denison	2 December 1863 12 January 1864
5.	Sir John Lawrence	12 January 1864 12 January 1869
6.	The Earl of Mayo	12 January 1869 8 February 1872
7.	Sir John Strachey	9 February 1872 23 February 1872
8.	The Lord Napier	24 February 1872 3 May 1872
9.	The Lord Northbrook	3 May 1872 12 April 1876
10.	The Lord Lytton	12 April 1876 8 June 1880
11.	The Marquess of Ripon	8 June 1880 13 December 1884
12.	The Earl of Dufferin	13 December 1884 10 December 1888
13.	The Marquess of Lansdowne	10 December 1888 11 October 1894
14.	The Earl of Elgin	11 October 1894 6 January 1899
15.	The Lord Curzon of Kedleston	6 January 1899 18 November 1905
16.	The Earl of Minto	18 November 1905 23 November 1910
17.	The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst	23 November 1910 4 April 1916
18.	The Lord Chelmsford	4 April 1916 2 April 1921
19.	The Earl of Reading	2 April 1921 3 April 1926
20.	The Lord Irwin	3 April 1926 18 April 1931
21.	The Earl of Willingdon	18 April 1931 18 April 1936
22.	The Marquess of Linlithgow	18 April 1936 1 October 1943
23.	The Viscount Wavell	1 October 1943 21 February 1947
24.	The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma	21 February 1947 15 August 1947

Governors General of India ,1858-1947

1. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma:	1947-1948
2. Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari:	1948-1950

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