The following table illustrates the Viceroys of India along with their ruling period −
Name | Period | Picture |
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Viscount Canning | 1858 to 1862 | |
Earl of Elgin | 1862 to 1863 | |
Sir Robert Napier | Nov 1863 to Dec 1863 | |
Sir William Denison | 1863 to 1864 | |
Sir John Lawrence | 1864 to 1869 | |
Earl of Mayo | 1869 to 1872 | |
Sir John Strachey | Feb 9, 1872 to Feb 23, 1872 | |
Lord Napier | Feb 1872 to May 1872 | |
Lord Northbrook | 1872 to 1876 | |
Lord Lytton | 1876 to 1880 | |
Marquess of Ripon | 1880 to 1884 | |
Earl of Dufferin | 1884 to 1888 | |
Marquess of Lansdowne | 1888 to 1894 | |
Earl of Elgin | 1894 to 1899 | |
Lord Curzon | 1899 to 1905 | |
Earl of Minto | 1905 to 1910 | |
Lord Hardinge | 1910 to 1916 | |
Lord Chelmsford | 1916 to 1921 | |
Earl of Reading | 1921 to 1926 | |
Lord Irwin | 1926 to 1931 | |
Earl of Willingdon | 1931 to 1936 | |
Marquess of Linlithgow | 1936 to 1943 | |
Viscount Wavell | 1943 to 1947 | |
Lord Mountbatten | Feb 1947 to Aug 1947 | |
Governors-General of Independent India | ||
Lord Mountbatten | 1947 to 1948 | |
C. Rajagopalachari | 1948 to 1950 |