Viceroy | MCQs

Explanation

• First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning in 1858
• Last Viceroy of India: Lord Mountbatten in 1947
• First Governor of Bengal: Robert Clive
• First Governor-General of Bengal: Warren Hastings (1772-1785)
• First Governor-General of India: William Bentinck in 1833

Explanation

• The Partition of Bengal was announced by Lord Curzon on 20 July 1905.
• It came into force on 16 October 1905.
• The Hindu community and the Indian National Congress strongly opposed it.
• In December 1911, King George V announced the revocation of the partition at his Coronation Durbar in Delhi.

Explanation

Lord Curzon divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905

On October 16, 1905, by Lord Curzon, the British colonial administrator of India at the time

The partition of Bengal was the most important event during the rule of Lord Curzon

The province was divided into :

West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,

East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

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Lord Mountbatten had the shortest duration, from March 22 to August 15, 1947.

He was the last viceroy

Lord Mountbatten through "The Indian Independence Act of 1947"

This plan is known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten Plan.

This plan was the last plan for independence.

Additional information

Lord Linlithgow was longest reign as Viceroy of India.

Lord Canning

Warren Hastings was the first governor-general of india.

Explanation

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Lord Wavell remained viceroy of India from 1943 to 1947

Explanation

Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy under two prime ministers, Churchill and Attlee.

He came to India as the successor to Lord Linlithgow.

Explanation

• The Viceroy of India at the time the Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 was Lord Dufferin.
• The Indian National Congress was formed when 72 representatives from all over the country met at Bombay in 1885.
• The Indian National Congress dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain.

Explanation

The Simla Deputation (1906) was led by Aga Khan.

He presented Muslim demands to the British, especially for separate electorates.

Lord Minto, then Viceroy of India, welcomed the deputation positively.

It was later led to the Minto-Morley Reforms of 1909 granting Muslims separate electorates.