Screening Paper I · 1 History & Culture · APPSC Group 1
1.4.3 Governors-General and Viceroys notes
8 notes, in reading order.
- 1.4.3.1Warren Hastings and Cornwallis
Warren Hastings (1772–85) built the Company's first rule over Bengal and Cornwallis (1786–93) gave it a permanent civil, judicial and revenue structure.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.3.2Wellesley, Minto I and Lord Hastings: paramountcy established
Wellesley built British supremacy by alliances and war, Minto I and Barlow consolidated, and Lord Hastings (1813–23) completed the subjugation of the Marathas and declared British paramountcy.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.3.3William Bentinck: reforms of the first Governor-General of India
Bentinck (1828–35) was a liberal reformer who ended sati, put down thuggee, made English the medium of higher education and became the first Governor-General of India under the Charter Act of 1833.
Advanced · 4 min · Full course - 1.4.3.4Dalhousie: annexations and modernisation
Dalhousie (1848–56) enlarged British India by war and lapse and began its modern machinery: railways, telegraph, a uniform postal system and public works.
Advanced · 4 min · Full course - 1.4.3.5Viceroys 1858–1884: Canning to Ripon
The Viceroys from Canning to Ripon rebuilt the empire after 1857, moving from conciliation (Canning, Ripon) to reaction (Lytton).
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.3.6Viceroys 1884–1905: Dufferin to Curzon
From Dufferin to Curzon the Congress rose and the Raj grew more defensive; Curzon's reforms and the Partition of Bengal (1905) ended the era in conflict.
Advanced · 4 min · Full course - 1.4.3.7Viceroys 1905–1947: Minto II to Mountbatten
From Minto II to Mountbatten the Viceroys faced the nationalist movement and ended with the transfer of power on 15 August 1947.
Advanced · 5 min · Full course - 1.4.3.8Constitutional reforms 1858–1947: the politics behind each step
Each constitutional Act from 1858 to 1947 was a British response to a political pressure, giving as little power as possible while keeping control, until independence made control impossible.
Advanced · 6 min · Full course
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