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Warren Hastings (1773-1785)
1. Regulating act 1773
2. Act of 1781- powers of jurisdiction between the Governor General in council and Supreme Court of Calcutta, were clearly divided
3. Pitt’s India act 1784
4. Rohilla war 1774
5. First Maratha war 1775-82
6. Treaty of salbai 1782
7. Second Mysore war 1780-84
8. Strained relationship with Chait Singh , the Maharaja of Benaras, which led to Hastings’ subsequent impeachment in England
9. Foundation of Asiatic society of Bengal
Lord Cornwallis ( 1786-1793)
1. Third Mysore War ( 1790-92)
2. Treaty of Seringapatam(1792)
3. Cornwallis code (1793) incorporating several judicial reforms and separating of revenue administration and civil jurisdiction
4. Permanent settlement of Bengal 1793
5. Europeanisation of administrative machinery and introduction of civil services
Sir John shore ( 1793- 1798)
1. Charter act 1793
2. Battle of Kharda between the Nizam and the Marathas 1795
Lord Wellesley (1798-1805)
1. Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance System 1798
2. First alliance with Nizam of Hyderabad
3. Fourth Mysore war 1799
4. Second Maratha war 1803-05
5. Took over administration of Tanjore 1799 , Surat 1800 , Carnatic 1801
6. Treaty of Bassein 1802
Sir George Barlow (1805-07)
Vellore mutiny 1806
Lord Minto ( 1807-1813)
Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh 1809
Lord Hastings (1813-1823)
1. Anglo Nepal war (1814-16)
2. Treaty of Sagauli 1816
3. Third Maratha war (1817-19) and the dissolution of Maratha confederacy
4. Creation of Bombay presidency 1818
5. Strife with Pindaris (1817-1818)
6. Treaty with Sindhis 1817
7. Establishment of ryotwari system by Thomas Munro , governor of Madras 1820
Lord Amherst (1823-1828)
First Burmese war (1824-1826)
Capture of Bharatpur (1826)
Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835)
Abolition of Sati and other cruel rites (1829)
Suppression of thugi 1830
Charter act 1833
Resolution of 1835 and educational reforms and introduction of English as an official language
Annexation of Mysore 1831, Coorg 1834 , Central Cachar 1834
Treaty of perpetual friendship with Ranjit Singh
Abolition of provincial courts of appeal and circuit set up by Cornwallis , appointment of commissioners of revenue and circuit
Lord Metcalfe (1835-1836)
New press law removing restrictions on the press in India
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