14 Nov 1834 Agra presidency
01 Jan 1836 North-Western provinces
15 Feb 1877 Merged with Oudh province
22 Mar 1902 United Provnces of Agra and Oudh
Governors
14 Nov 1834 - 20 Mar 1835 Sir Charles Theophilus Metchalfe ............... 1785-1846
20 Mar - 01 Dec 1835 William Blunt .................................. 1800-1889
(acting)
01 Dec 1835 - 31 May 1836 Alexander T. Ross .............................. 1777-18..
Lieutenant-governors for the Upper Provinces of Bengal
01 Jun 1836 - 01 Jun 1838 Sir Charles Theophilus Metchalfe ............... s.a
04 Feb 1840 - 31 Dec 1842 Thomas Campbell Patterson ...................... 1789-1863
30 Jun - 22 Dec 1843 Sir George Russell Clerk ....................... 1800-1889
22 Dec 1843 - 29 Nov 1853 James Thomason ................................. 1804-1853
10 Oct - 07 Nov 1853 Alfred William Begbie .......................... 1801-1873
(acting)
07 Nov 1853 - 09 Sep 1857 John Russell Colvin ............................ 1807-1857
(acting)
09 Sep - 30 Sep 1857 Edward Anderton Reade .......................... 1807-1886
(acting)
30 Sep 1857 - 09 Feb 1858 Hugh Fraser .................................... 1808-1858
19 Jan 1859 - 27 Feb 1863 Sir George Frederick Edomstone ................. 1813-1864
27 Feb - 07 Mar 1863 Rowland Money .................................. 1812-1869
(acting)
07 Mar 1863 - 10 Mar 1868 Edmund Drummond ................................ 1814-1895
10 Mar 1868 - 10 May 1874 Sir William Muir ............................... 1819-1905
07 Apr 1874 - 26 Jul 1876 Sir John Strachey .............................. 1823-1907
26 Jul 1876 - 15 Feb 1877 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper .............. 1824-1908
Lieutenant-governors for the North Western Provinces
15 Feb 1877 - 17 Apr 1882 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper .............. s.a
17 Apr 1882 - 21 Nov 1887 Sir Alfred Comys Lyall ......................... 1835-1911
21 Nov 1887 - 28 Nov 1892 Sir Auckland Colvin ............................ 1838-1908
28 Nov 1892 - 09 Jan 1895 Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite ............ 1835-1915
09 Jan - 06 Nov 1895 Alan Cadell .................................... 1841-1921
(acting)
06 Nov 1895 - 14 Nov 1901 Sir Anthony Patrick MacDowell .................. 1844-1935
25 Jun 1818 Ajmer ceded to Great Britain by Gwalior
1823 Merwara ceded to Great Britain
1832 Part of the North-Western provinces
1856 Part of the Agra Presidency
01 Apr 1871 Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri a separate province
15 Apr 1947 Part of independent India as Ajmer-Merwara province
26 Jan 1950 Ajmer-Merwara state
01 Nov 1956 Part of Rajastan
Chief-Commissioners
01 Apr 1871 - 21 Jun 1873 Richard Harte Keatinge ......................... 1825-1904
01 Apr 1871 - 21 Jun 1873 John Cheape Brooke ............................. 1818-1899
(acting for Keatinge)
21 Jun 1873 - 06 Apr 1874 Sir Lewis Pelly (1st Time) ..................... 1825-1892
(acting)
06 Apr - 06 Jul 1874 William H. Beynon .............................. 1826-1903
(acting)
06 Jul - 14 Nov 1874 Sir Lewis Pelly (2nd Time)
14 Nov 1874 - 18 Aug 1876 Alfred Comys Lyall ............................. 1835-1911
(acting)
18 Aug 1876 - 05 Mar 1877 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter ............... 1833-1892
(1st Time, acting)
05 Mar 1877 - 12 Dec 1878 Sir Lewis Pelly (3rd Time)
12 Dec 1878 - 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford (1st Time) ..... 1836-1911
17 Mar 1881 - 28 Nov 1882 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (2nd Time)
(acting)
27 Mar 1887 - 20 Mar 1890 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (3rd Time)
20 Mar 1890 - 22 Nov 1893 George Herbert Trevor (1st Time) ............... 1840-1927
27 Aug - 02 Dec 1891 P.W. Powlett
(acting)
22 Nov 1893 - 11 Jan 1894 William Frances Prideaux ....................... 1840-1904
(acting)
11 Jan 1894 - 20 Mar 1895 George Herbert Trevor (2nd Time)
20 Mar 1895 - 10 Mar 1898 Robert Joseph Crosthwaite ...................... 1841-1917
10 Mar 1898 - 01 May 1900 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (1st Time) ...... 1854-1942
(acting)
01 May 1900 - 01 Apr 1901 William Hutt Curzon Wyllie ..................... 1848-1909
(acting)
01 May 1901 - 03 Feb 1902 A.P. Thornton
(acting)
03 Feb 1902 - 01 Apr 1905 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1905 - 04 Jan 1918 Elliot Graham Colvin ........................... 1861-1940
10 Jul 1906 - 08 Jan 1907 Charles Herbert
(acting for Colvin)
06 Nov 1908 - 17 Oct 1909 A.F. Pinhey
(acting for Colvin)
17 Oct 1909 - 1910 Philip Trevor Augustine Spence
(acting for Colvin)
04 May - 04 Nov 1912 Wallace Christopher Ramsay Stratton ............ 1862-1942
04 Jan 1918 - 22 Dec 1919 John Manners Smith ............................. 1864-1920
22 Dec 1919 - 07 Aug 1925 Robert Erskine Holland ......................... 1873-1965
07 Aug 1925 - 18 Mar 1927 Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson ............... 1872-1942
18 Mar 1927 - 14 Oct 1932 Leonard William Reynolds ....................... 1874-1946
14 Oct 1932 - 28 Oct 1937 Basil John Knight Hallowes ..................... 1884-1971
28 Oct 1937 - 01 Oct 1942 Arthur Cunningham Lothian ...................... 1887-1962
01 Oct 1942 - 01 Dec 1944 George Van Bearle Gillan ....................... 1890-1974
01 Dec 1944 - 14 Aug 1947 Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani ................... 1904-1951
15 Aug 1947 - 1948 Shankar Prasada ................................ 1905-19..
1948 - 1951 Chandrakant Belwantrao Nagarkar ................ 1894-19..
Jan 1952 - Mar 1954 Anand Dattatraya Pandit ........................ 1909-19..
Mar 1954 - 31 Oct 1956 Moti K. Kripalani .............................. 1901-19..
Chief Minister
24 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Haribhau Upadhyay .............................. 1892-1972
22 Jan 1858 Andaman Islands under British rule
27 Mar 1869 Annexed by Great Britain
16 Apr 1869 Annexed to British India
23 Mar 1942 - 09 Oct 1945 Japanese occupation
29 Dec 1943 - 02 Aug 1945 Civil administration under Free Government of India
10 Oct 1945 - 06 Feb 1946 British military administration
15 Aug 1947 Province of independent India
26 Jan 1950 Territory
Chief Commissioners
15 Jul 1872 - 07 May 1875 Donald Martin Stewart .......................... 1824-1900
07 May - 26 May 1875 Montagne Protheroe (1st Time) .................. 1841-1905
26 May 1875 - 27 Nov 1876 Charles Arthur Barwell (1st Time) .............. 1826-1895
27 Nov 1876 - 27 Feb 1878 Montagne Protheroe (2nd Time)
(acting)
27 Feb - 13 Dec 1878 Charles Arthur Barwell (2nd Time)
13 Dec 1878 - 24 Feb 1879 Reginald Justus Wimberley (1st Time) ........... 1841-1911
24 Feb - 12 Dec 1879 Charles Arthur Barwell (3rd Time)
12 Dec 1879 - 17 Oct 1881 Thomas Cadell (1st Time)
17 Oct 1881 - 28 Feb 1883 Montague Protheroe (3rd Time)
28 Feb 1883 - 12 Feb 1887 Thomas Cadell (2nd Time)
12 Feb - 25 Feb 1887 Reginald Justus Wimberley (2nd Time)
25 Feb 1887 - 05 Oct 1888 Thomas Cadell (3rd Time)
05 Oct 1888 - 29 Apr 1889 Louis Henry Emile Tucker ....................... 1843-1925
(acting)
29 Apr 1889 - 15 Apr 1892 Thomas Cadell (4th Time)
16 Apr 1892 - 25 Jul 1894 Norman Mcleod Thomas Horsford .................. 1840-1907
25 Jul - 03 Aug 1894 Edward Horace Man
(acting)
03 Aug 1894 - 03 Sep 1896 Richard Carnac Temple (1st Time) ............... 1850-1931
(acting)
03 Sep - 24 Nov 1896 Frank William Chatterton ....................... 1839-1924
(acting)
24 Nov 1896 - 21 Jan 1898 Richard Carnac Temple (2nd Time)
21 Jan 1898 - 31 Jan 1900 George Wemyss Anson ............................ 1848-1916
(acting)
31 Jan 1900 - 09 May 1901 Richard Carnac Temple (3rd Time)
09 May - 10 Nov 1901 Somerset Henry Paul Graves
(acting)
10 Nov - 14 Nov 1901 Francis Edward Tuson (1st Time) ................ 1850-1923
(acting)
14 Nov 1901 - 09 May 1903 Richard Carnac Temple (4th Time)
09 May 1903 - 09 Apr 1904 Francis Edward Tuson (2nd Time)
(acting)
09 Apr 1904 - 14 Apr 1906 William Rudolph Henry Merk ..................... 1852-1925
14 Oct 1906 - 24 Sep 1907 Herbert Arrott Browning (1st Time) ............. 1861-1951
24 Sep - 10 Oct 1907 Henry Graham Tayler ............................ 1855-1941
(acting)
10 Oct 1907 - 16 Oct 1908 Lionel Herbert ................................. 1860-1929
(acting)
16 Oct 1908 - 16 Feb 1913 Herbert Arrott Browning (2nd Time)
16 Feb 1913 - 14 Apr 1914 Montague William Douglas (1st Time) ............ 1863-1957
14 Apr - 16 Oct 1914 John Hope Simpson (1st Time) ................... 1868-1941
(acting)
16 Oct 1914 - 13 May 1916 Montague William Douglas (2nd Time)
13 May - 19 May 1916 John Hope Simpson (2nd Time)
19 May 1916 - 29 Jun 1919 Montague William Douglas (3rd Time)
29 Jun - 11 Oct 1919 Reginald Fendall Lowis ......................... 1867-1962
(acting)
11 Oct 1919 - 23 May 1920 Montague William Douglas (4th Time)
23 May 1920 - 17 Sep 1922 Henry Cecil Beadon ............................. 1874-1959
17 Sep 1922 - 23 Apr 1923 John Moncrieff Wright (1st Time) ............... 1884-1971
(acting)
23 Apr 1923 - 18 Jun 1924 Michael Lloyd Ferrar (1st Time) ................ 1876-1971
18 Jun - 27 Oct 1924 John Moncrieff Wright (2nd Time)
(acting)
27 Oct 1924 - 01 Nov 1927 Michael Lloyd Ferrar (2nd Time)
01 Nov 1927 - 01 Aug 1928 John Moncrieff Wright (3rd Time)
01 Aug 1928 - 12 Apr 1931 Michael Lloyd Ferrar (3rd Time)
12 Apr - 25 Aug 1931 Geoffrey Worsley ............................... 1888-1931
(acting)
25 Aug - 07 Dec 1931 Edward Courtenay Kenny ......................... 1885-1956
(acting)
07 Dec 1931 - 06 Feb 1935 John William Smyth ............................. 1880-1968
06 Feb 1935 - 07 Feb 1938 William Alexander Cosgrave ..................... 1879-1952
07 Feb 1938 - 23 Mar 1942 Charles Francis Waterfall ...................... 1888-1954
(Japanese prisoner 1942-45)
23 Mar 1942 - 26 Jun 1944 Ishikawa Shigeru ............................... 1889-1947
(Japanese military governor)
29 Dec 1943 - 02 Aug 1945 Arcot Doraisawmy Loganadan ..................... 1889-1949
(Free Governemnt of India governor)
26 Jun 1944 - 09 Oct 1945 Hara Teizo ..................................... 1892-1946
(Japanese military governor)
02 Oct 1944 - 02 Aug 1945 Mansoor Ali Avi
(acting for Loganandan)
09 Oct 1945 - 06 Feb 1946 Joseph Arthur Salomons ......................... 1900-1973
07 Feb 1946 - Feb 1947 Noel Kennedy Paterson .......................... 1905-1984
Feb 1947 - 07 Jul 1949 Inam-ul Majid .................................. 1895-19..
1824 Occupied by Great Britain
1826 Ceded to British ruled Bengal by Burma
16 Oct 1905 - 01 Apr 1912 Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam
01 Apr 1912 Assam a separate province
15 Mar - Jul 1944 Naga occupied by Japan
01 Apr 1946 Self-rule
15 Aug 1947 Part of independent India
26 Jan 1950 State
Chief Commissioners
07 Feb 1874 - 25 Jun 1878 Richard Harte Keatinge ......................... s.a
22 Jun 1878 - 25 May 1881 Stewart Colvin Bayley .......................... 1836-1925
(acting to 17 Jun 1880)
25 Mar 1881 - 08 Jul 1883 Charles Alfred Elliott (1st Time) .............. 1835-1911
08 Jul - 07 Oct 1883 William Erskine Ward (1st Time) ................ 1833-1916
(acting)
07 Oct 1883 - 27 Feb 1885 Charles Alfred Elliott (2nd Time)
27 Feb 1885 - 31 Oct 1887 William Erskine Ward (2nd Time)
31 Oct 1887 - 16 Jul 1889 Dennis Fitzpatrick ............................. 1837-1920
16 Jul - 22 Oct 1889 James Westland ................................. 1842-1903
22 Oct 1889 - 24 Mar 1891 James Wallace Quinton .......................... 1834-1891
24 Mar - 27 May 1891 Sir Henry Collett .............................. 1836-1902
27 May 1891 - 17 Jul 1894 William Erskine Ward (3rd Time)
17 Jul 1894 - 27 Nov 1896 Sir Charles James Lyall ........................ 1845-1920
27 Nov 1896 - 29 Apr 1902 Henry John Stedman Cotton ...................... 1845-1915
29 Apr 1902 - 30 Jul 1903 Charles Walter Bolton .......................... 1850-19..
(acting)
30 Jul 1903 - 16 Oct 1905 Joseph Bampfylde Fuller ........................ 1854-1935
01 Apr 1912 - 1918 Archdale Earle ................................. 1861-1934
1918 - 02 Apr 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell ................. 1867-1936
Governors
02 Apr 1921 - 10 Oct 1922 Sir William Sinclair Marris .................... 1873-1945
10 Oct 1922 - 28 Jun 1927 Sir John Henry Kerr ............................ 1871-1934
10 Apr - 11 Dec 1925 William James Reid ............................. 1871-1939
(acting)
28 Jun 1927 - 11 May 1932 Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond ................ 1873-1939
11 May 1932 - 04 May 1937 Sir Michael Keane .............................. 1874-1937
04 May 1937 - 04 May 1942 Robert Neil Reid ............................... 1883-1964
04 May 1942 - 04 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow ........................ 1890-1957
15 Mar - 18 Jul 1944 Mutaguchi Renya ................................ 1888-1966
(Japanese Military commander)
16 Mar - 16 Jul 1944 A.C. Chatterjee
(governor of the Free India liberated territories)
04 May 1947 - 28 Dec 1948 Sir Mohammed SalidAkbar Hydari ................. 1894-1948
30 Dec 1948 - 16 Feb 1949 Sir Ronald Francis Lodge ....................... 1889-1960
16 Feb 1949 - 27 May 1950 Sri Prakasa .................................... 1890-1971
Chief Ministers
01 Apr 1937 - 19 Sep 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Mohammed Saadullah (1st Time) ... 1885-1955
19 Sep 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st Time) ................... 1890-1950
17 Nov 1939 - 24 Dec 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Mohammed Saadullah (2nd Time)
25 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Mohammed Saadullah (3rd Time)
11 Feb 1946 - 06 Aug 1950 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd Time)
19 Jun 1877 British occupation of Quetta
01 Oct 1887 Baluchistan and Tribal Areas province
01 Nov 1887 Part of British Indian Empire
14 Aug 1947 Part of independent Pakistan
Chief Commissioners
19 Jul 1877 - 11 Dec 1887 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John ......... 1837-1891
(1st Time, acting)
11 Dec 1887 - 21 Apr 1891 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman (1st Time) .......... 1835-1892
03 Apr - 08 Oct 1889 Sir Henry North Dalrymple Prendergast .......... 1834-1913
(acting)
23 Apr - 09 Jul 1891 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (1st Time) .......... 1853-1940
(acting)
09 Jul - 16 Nov 1891 John Biddulph .................................. 1840-1922
(acting)
16 Nov 1891 - 29 Jan 1892 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman (2nd Time)
30 Jan - 21 Mar 1892 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (2nd Time)
(acting)
22 Mar 1892 - 13 Jun 1896 Sir James Browne ............................... 1839-1896
13 Jun 1896 - 12 Apr 1899 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (3rd Time)
(acting)
12 Apr - 21 Dec 1899 Henry Wylie .................................... 1844-1918
(acting)
22 Dec 1899 - 20 Nov 1900 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes (5th Time)
28 Nov 1900 - 31 Oct 1904 Charles Edward Yate ............................ 1849-1940
01 Nov 1904 - 23 Jan 1905 John Ramsay (1st Time) ......................... 1862-1942
(acting)
23 Jan 1905 - 02 Apr 1907 Alexander Lauzen Pendock Turner ................ 1861-1941
02 Apr 1907 - 03 Jun 1909 Sir Arthur Henry McMahon (1st Time) ............ 1862-1949
03 Jun - 06 Sep 1909 Charles Archer (1st Time) ...................... 1861-1941
(acting)
06 Sep 1909 - 25 Apr 1911 Sir Arthur Henry McMahon (2nd Time)
25 Apr 1911 - 21 Oct 1912 John Ramsay (2nd Time)
21 Oct - 14 Nov 1912 Charles Archer (2nd Time)
(acting)
14 Nov 1912 - 02 Apr 1914 John Ramsay (2nd Time)
02 Apr - 23 May 1914 Charles Archer (3rd Time)
23 May 1914 - 05 Dec 1917 John Ramsay (3rd Time)
05 Dec 1917 - 01 Sep 1919 Sir Henry Robert Conway Dobbs .................. 1871-1934
01 Sep 1919 - 12 Jun 1922 Armine Brereton Dew ............................ 1867-1941
12 Jun 1922 - 07 Jul 1926 Frederick William Johnston ..................... 1872-1947
12 Nov 1925 - 04 Nov 1927 Edmond Henry Salt James (1st Time) ............. 1874-1952
(acting to 07 Jul 1926)
04 Feb 1927 - 02 Feb 1929 Henry Beauchamp St. John ....................... 1874-1954
02 Sep - 01 Oct 1929 Edmond Henry Salt James (2nd Time)
(acting)
01 Oct 1929 - 17 Dec 1931 Charles Edward Bruce ........................... 1876-1950
(acting)
17 Dec 1931 - 10 May 1932 Alexander Norman Ley Carter (1st Time) ......... 1880-1957
(acting)
10 May - 01 Oct 1932 John Aloysius Brett ............................ 1879-1955
(acting)
01 Oct 1932 - 01 Apr 1936 Alexander Norman Ley Carter (2nd Time)
18 Apr 1936 - 20 Jun 1937 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons (1st Time) ..... 1884-1966
20 Jun - 28 Nov 1937 Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate ................... 1889-1978
(acting)
28 Nov 1937 - 14 Mar 1938 Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe ......................... 1892-1981
14 Mar 1938 - 11 Aug 1939 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons (2nd Time)
11 Aug 1939 - 24 Nov 1943 Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe ............ 1883-1943
24 Nov 1943 - 12 May 1946 William Rupert Hay ............................. 1893-1962
12 May - 1946 Henry Mortimer Poulton ......................... 1898-1973
1946 - 03 Oct 1947 Sir Geoffrey Prior ............................. 1896-1972
03 Sep 1681 English Bengal Agency
17 Jul 1682 - 1694 Presidency of Coromandel and Bengal
26 May 1700 Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
20 Oct 1774 - 1858 Direct rule by the British East India Company
01 May 1854 Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Assam part of the Lower Provinces
of Bengal
01 Jan 1877 Part of the British Indian Empire
16 Oct 1905 - 31 Mar 1912 Partioned into (West) Bengal and East Bengal and Assam provinces
01 Apr 1912 Assam, Bihar and Orissa separate provinces
01 Apr 1937 Bengal Presidency
03 Jul 1946 Divieded into East Bengal and West Bengal provinces
14 Aug 1947 Partioned between independent India and Pakistan
Chief Agents of the Bengal Agency
03 Sep 1681 - 17 Jul 1684 William Hedges
17 Jul 1684 John Beard
Presidents of the Presidency
08 Aug 1684 - 26 Jan 1685 William Gyfford
26 Jan 1685 - 10 Jan 1693 Job Charnock
10 Jan - 12 Aug 1693 Francis Ellis
(acting)
Chief Agents of the Bengal Agency
12 Aug 1693 - 1698 Charles Eyre (1st Time)
1698 - 1699 John Beard
Dec 1699 - 26 May 1700 Charles Eyre (1st Time)
Lieutenant governors of Lower Provinces of Bengal
01 May 1854 - 01 May 1859 Frederick James Hal ........................... 1807-1901
01 May 1859 - 24 Apr 1862 John Peter Grant .............................. 1807-1863
24 Apr 1862 - 24 Apr 1867 Sir Cecil Beadon .............................. 1816-1880
24 Apr 1867 - 01 Mar 1871 William Grey .................................. 1818-1878
01 Mar 1878 - 09 Apr 1874 George Campbell ............................... 1824-1892
09 Apr 1874 - 08 Jan 1877 Richard Temple ................................ 1826-1902
08 Jan 1877 - 15 Jul 1879 Ashley Eden ................................... 1831-1887
15 Jul 1879 - 24 Apr 1882 Stewart Colvin Bayley (1st Time) .............. 1836-1925
(acting to 01 Dec 1879)
24 Apr 1882 - 11 Aug 1885 Augustus Rivers Thompson ...................... 1829-1890
11 Aug 1885 - 02 Apr 1887 Horace Abel Cockerell ......................... 1832-1908
02 Apr 1887 - 17 Dec 1890 Stewart Colvin Bayley (2nd Time)
17 Dec 1890 - 30 May 1893 Charles Alfred Elliot ......................... 1836-1911
30 May 1893 - 18 Dec 1895 Anthony Patrick McDonnell ..................... 1844-1925
18 Dec 1895 - 23 Jun 1897 Alexander Mackenzie ........................... 1842-1902
23 Jun 1897 - 06 Apr 1898 Sir Charles Cecil Stevens ..................... 1841-1909
06 Apr 1898 - 21 Nov 1902 John Woodburn ................................. 1848-1902
22 Nov 1902 - 02 Nov 1903 James Austen Bourdillon ....................... 1848-1913
(acting)
02 Nov 1903 - 16 Oct 1905 Arthur Henderson Leith Smith .................. 1848-1919
Governors
01 Apr 1912 - 26 Mar 1917 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael,
Baron Carmichael of Skirling ................. 1859-1926
26 Mar 1917 - 28 Mar 1922 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas ................... 1876-1961
28 Mar 1922 Henry Wheeler ................................. 1870-1950
(acting)
28 Mar 1922 - 10 Apr 1925 Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton,
Earl of Lytton (1st Time) .................... 1876-1947
10 Apr - 06 Aug 1925 Sir Henry John Kerr ........................... 1871-1934
(acting)
06 Aug 1926 - 10 Jun 1926 Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton,
Earl of Lytton (2nd Time)
10 Jun - 09 Oct 1926 Sir Hugh Lansdowne Stephenson ................. 1871-1969
(1st Time, acting)
09 Oct 1926 - 28 Mar 1927 Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton,
Earl of Lytton (3rd Time)
28 Mar 1927 - 05 Jun 1930 Francis Stanley Jackson (1st Time) ............ 1870-1947
05 Jun - 21 Sep 1930 Sir Hugh Lansdowne Stephenson (2nd Time)
(acting)
21 Sep 1930 - 29 Mar 1932 Francis Stanley Jackson (2nd Time)
29 Mar 1932 - 10 Aug 1934 Sir John Anderson (1st Time) .................. 1882-1958
10 Aug - 02 Dec 1934 John Ackroyd Woodhead (1st Time) .............. 1881-1973
(acting)
02 Dec 1934 - 27 Nov 1937 Sir John Anderson (2nd Time)
27 Nov 1937 - 24 Feb 1939 Michael Herbert Rudolph Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Baron Brabourne .............................. 1895-1939
24 Feb - 12 Jun 1939 Robert Neil Reed (1st Time) ................... 1883-1964
(acting)
12 Jun - 18 Nov 1939 John Ackroyd Woodhead (2nd Time)
18 Nov 1939 - 06 Sep 1943 John Arthur Herbert ........................... 1895-1943
06 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Thomas George Rutherford ...................... 1886-1957
(acting)
22 Jan 1944 - 19 Feb 1946 Richard Gardiner Casey ........................ 1890-1976
19 Feb 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick John Burrows .................... 1887-1973
Chief Ministers
01 Apr 1937 - 24 Apr 1943 Abdul Kashem Fazlul Hug ....................... 1873-1962
24 Apr 1943 - 28 Mar 1945 Khawaja Nazimuddin ............................ 1894-1964
01 Apr 1936 Bihar a separate province
23 Apr 1946 Self-rule
15 Aug 1947 Part of independent India
26 Jan 1950 Bihar state
Governors
01 Apr 1936 - 11 Mar 1937 Sir James David Sifton ........................ s.a
11 Mar 1937 - 05 Aug 1939 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett ................... 1883-1969
05 Aug 1939 - 09 Jan 1943 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart .................. 1888-1964
09 Jan - 06 Sep 1943 Sir Thomas George Rutherford .................. 1886-1957
(1st Time, acting)
06 Sep 1943 - 23 Apr 1944 Sir Robert Francis Mudie ...................... 1890-1976
(acting)
23 Apr 1944 - 13 May 1946 Sir Thomas George Rutherford (2nd Time)
13 May 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Huw Dow ................................... 1886-1978
15 Aug 1947 - 11 Jan 1948 Jairamdas Daulatram ........................... 1891-1979
12 Jan 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Madhavrao Srihari Aney ........................ 1880-1968
Chief Ministers
01 Apr 1936 - 19 Jul 1937 Mohammed Yunus ................................ 1884-1952
20 Jul 1937 - 31 Oct 1939 Srikrishna Sinha (1st Time) ................... 1888-1961
23 Mar 1946 - 25 Jan 1950 Srikrishna Sinha (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1912 Bihar and Orissa province separated from the Bengal presidency
01 Apr 1936 Bihar and Orissa separated into separate provinces
Lieutenant Governors
01 Apr 1912 - 19 Nov 1915 Sir Charles Stuart Bayley ..................... 1854-1935
19 Nov 1915 - 05 Apr 1918 Sir Edward Albert Gait (1st Time) ............. 1863-1950
05 Apr - 12 Jul 1918 Sir Edward Vere Levinge ....................... 1867-1954
(acting)
12 Jul 1918 - 29 Dec 1920 Sir Edward Albert Gait (2nd Time)
Governors
29 Dec 1920 - 29 Nov 1921 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha,
Baron Sinha of Raipur ........................ 1864-1928
29 Nov 1921 - 12 Apr 1922 Havilland Le Mesurier ......................... 1866-1931
(acting)
12 Apr 1922 - 07 Apr 1927 Sir Henry Wheeler ............................. 1871-1956
07 Apr 1927 - 07 Apr 1932 Sir Hugh Landsdowne Stephanson ................ 1871-1950
07 Apr 1932 - 31 Mar 1937 Sir James David Sifton ........................ 1878-1952
23 Dec 1534 Mumbai ceded to the Portuguese by the Mughal Empire
23 Jun 1661 Portuguese Bombaim colony ceded to England as part of
Catherine of Braganza's dowry to King Charles II
18 Sep 1662 Portuguese governor refuses to hand over Bombaim
to the English
16 Aug 1663 King Joao IV orders the cession to England
23 Sep 1668 - 02 May 1685 Bombay presidency subordinated to Surat
27 Dec 1683 - 19 Nov 1684 Keigwin rebellion against the East India Company
1703 Surat incorporated into Bombay
1843 - 31 Mar 1936 Sindh subordinated to Bombay
30 Mar 1946 Self-rule
15 Aug 1947 Province of independent India
26 Jan 1950 State
01 May 1960 Divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat
General and Governor of Bombay
19 Mar 1662 - Oct 1664 Sir Abraham Shipman
Governors of Bombay
Oct 1664 - 05 Nov 1666 Humfrey Cooke (acting)
(in Bombay from Feb 1665)
05 Nov 1666 - 21 May 1667 Sir Gervase Lucas ............................. 1611-1667
22 May 1667 - 23 Sep 1668 Henry Garey (acting)
23 Sep 1668 - 14 Jul 1669 Sir George Oxenden ............................ 1620-1669
1668 - 13 Nov 1669 Henry Young (deputy governor)
14 Jul 1669 - 30 Jun 1677 Gerald Aungier ................................ 1635-1677
1670 - 1676 Phillip Gifford
(Deputy Governor)
30 Jun 1677 - 27 Oct 1681 Thomas Rolt ................................... 1631–1710
30 Jun 1677 - 27 Oct 1681 Sir Henry Oxenden 1645–1709
(Deputy Governor)
27 Oct 1681 - 04 Feb 1690 Sir John Child ................................ 163.-1690
1682 - 19 Nov 1684 Charles Ward
(Deputy Governor)
(Prisoner of Keigwin 27 Dec 1683 - 19 Nov 1684)
27 Dec 1683 - 19 Nov 1684 Richard Keigwin ............................... 1647-1690
(in rebellion)
19 Nov 1684 - 1685 Charles Zinzan ................................ 16..-1714
1685 - 1689 Sir John Wyborne .............................. 1650-1708
04 Feb 1690 - 10 May 1694 Bartholomew Harris ............................ 1648–1694
10 May 1694 - 17 May 1694 Daniel Annesley
(acting)
17 May 1694 - Nov 1704 Sir John Gayer ................................ 1651-1711
Nov 1704 - Sep 1708 Sir Nicholas Waite
Sep 1708 - 11 Oct 1715 William Aislabie .............................. 1671-1725
11 Oct - 26 Dec 1715 Stephen Strutt
(acting)
Presidents and Governors of Bombay
26 Dec 1715 - 09 Jan 1722 Charles Boone
09 Jan 1722 - 10 Jan 1729 William Phipps
10 Jan 1729 - 22 Sep 1734 Robert Cowan
22 Sep 1734 - 07 Apr 1739 John Horne
07 Apr 1739 - 15 Nov 1742 Stephen Law ................................... 1699-1787
15 Nov - 26 Nov 1742 John Geekie
(acting)
26 Nov 1742 - 17 Nov 1750 William Wake
17 Nov 1750 - 28 Feb 1760 Richard Bourchier ............................. 1700-1770
28 Feb 1760 - 27 Jan 1767 Charles Crommelin ............................. 1717-1788
27 Jan 1767 - 23 Feb 1771 Thomas Hodges
26 Feb 1771 – 31 Dec 1783 William Hornby ................................ 1723-1803
Governors
01 Jan 1784 - 09 Jan 1788 Rawson Hart Bodham ............................ 1734-1812
09 Jan - 06 Sep 1788 Andrew Ramsay Karr ............................ 1739-1799
(acting)
06 Sep 1788 - 21 Jan 1790 Sir William Medows ............................ 1738-1813
21 Jan 1790 - 26 Nov 1792 Sir Robert Abercromby ......................... 1740-1827
26 Nov 1792 - 09 Nov 1795 George Dick ................................... 1739-1818
(acting)
09 Nov - 27 Dec 1795 John Griffith
(acting)
27 Dec 1795 - 11 Aug 1811 Jonathan Duncan ............................... 1756-1811
11 Aug 1811 - 12 Aug 1812 George Brown .................................. 1775-1819
(acting)
12 Aug 1812 – 31 Oct 1819 Sir Evan Nepean ............................... 1751-1822
01 Nov 1819 – 31 Oct 1827 Mountstuart Elphinstone ....................... 1779-1859
01 Nov 1827 – 30 Nov 1830 Sir John Malcolm .............................. 1769-1833
01 Dec 1830 - 15 Jan 1831 Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith 1772-1831
17 Jan - 21 Mar 1831 John Romer .................................... 1780-18..
(acting)
21 Mar 1831 - 17 Mar 1835 John Fitzgibbon,
Earl of Clare ................................ 1792-1851
17 Mar 1835 - 09 Jul 1838 Sir Robert Grant .............................. 1779-1838
11 Jul 1838 - 31 May 1839 James Farish .................................. 1791-1873
(acting)
31 May 1839 - 28 Apr 1841 Sir James Rivett-Carnac ....................... 1785-1846
28 Apr 1841 - 09 Jun 1842 George William Anderson ....................... 1791-1857
(acting)
09 Jun 1842 - 06 Aug 1846 Sir George Arthur ............................. 1784-1854
06 Aug 1846 - 23 Jan 1847 Lestock Robert Reid ........................... 1799-1878
(acting)
23 Jan 1847 - 01 May 1848 Sir George Russell Clerk (1st Time) ........... 1800-1889
(acting)
01 May 1848 - 26 Dec 1853 Lucius Bentinck Carey,
Viscount Falkland ............................ 1803-1884
26 Dec 1853 - 11 May 1860 John Elphinstone, Baron Elphinstone ........... 1807-1860
11 May 1860 - 24 Apr 1862 Sir George Russell Clerk (2nd time)
(acting)
24 Apr 1862 - 06 Mar 1867 Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere ................. 1815-1884
06 Mar 1867 - 06 May 1872 William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald ....... 1818-1885
06 May 1872 - 30 Apr 1877 Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse ................... 1811-1887
30 Apr 1877 - 13 Mar 1880 Sir Richard Temple, Baron Nash ................ 1826-1902
13 Mar - 28 Apr 1880 Lionel Robert Ashburner ....................... 1827-1907
(acting)
28 Apr 1880 - 27 Mar 1885 Sir James Fergusson ........................... 1823-1907
27 Mar - 30 Mar 1885 James Braithwaite Peile ....................... 1833-1906
(acting)
30 Mar 1885 - 12 Apr 1890 Donald James Mackay, Baron Reay ............... 1839-1921
12 Apr 1890 - 16 Feb 1895 George Robert Canning Harris,
Baron Harris ................................. 1851-1932
16 Feb 1895 - 18 Feb 1895 Herbert Mills Birdwood ........................ 1837-1907
(acting)
18 Feb 1895 - 17 Feb 1900 William Mansfield, Baron Sandhurst ............ 1857-1933
17 Feb 1900 - 05 Sep 1903 Henry Stafford Northcote,
Baron Northcote .............................. 1846-1911
05 Sep - 12 Dec 1903 Sir James Monteath ............................ 1847-1929
(acting)
12 Dec 1903 - 28 Jul 1907 Charles Wallace Cochrane Baillie,
Baron Lamington .............................. 1860-1940
28 Jul - 18 Oct 1907 Sir John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie .......... 1854-1916
(acting)
18 Oct 1907 - 04 Apr 1913 Sir George Sydenham Clarke,
Baron Sydenham ............................... 1848-1933
04 Apr 1913 - 17 Dec 1918 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas,
Baron Willingdon ............................. 1866-1941
17 Dec 1918 - 08 Dec 1923 Sir George Ambrose Lloyd ...................... 1879-1941
08 Dec - 10 Dec 1923 Sir Maurice Hayward ........................... 1868-1964
(acting)
10 Dec 1923 - 20 Mar 1926 Sir Leslie Orme Wilson ........................ 1876-1955
20 Mar 1926 - 08 Dec 1928 Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence ................... 1870-1949
(acting)
08 Dec 1928 - 25 Apr 1931 Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes ...................... 1877-1954
25 Apr 1931 - 30 May 1937 Michael Herbert Rudolph Knatchbull-Hugessen,
Baron Brabourne .............................. 1895-1939
30 May - 18 Sep 1937 Sir Robert Duncan Bell ........................ 1878-1953
(acting)
18 Sep 1937 - 24 Mar 1943 Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley ..................... 1896-1969
24 Mar 1943 - 05 Jan 1948 Sir David John Colville ....................... 1894-1954
06 Jan 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Raja Sir Maharja Singh ........................ 1878-1959
Chief Ministers
01 Apr - 19 Jul 1937 Sir Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper ................ 1878-1947
(interim)
19 Jul 1939 - 04 Nov 1939 Bal Gangadhar Kher (1st Time) ................. 1888-1957
30 Mar 1946 - 25 Jan 1950 Bal Gangadhar Kher (2nd Time)
Lieutenant Governors
16 Oct 1905 - 10 Apr 1906 Arthur Henderson Leith Smith .................. 1848-1919
10 Apr - 16 Aug 1906 Lancelot Hare ................................. 1851-1922
(acting)
16 Aug 1906 - 01 Dec 1908 Sir Francis Alexander Slacke .................. 1853-1940
01 Dec 1908 - 14 Jul 1911 Sir Edward Norman Baker ....................... 1857-1913
14 Jul 1911 - 31 Mar 1912 Sir Frederick William Duke .................... 1863-1914
Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 21 Jun 1948 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari ................... 1878-1972
21 Jun 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Kailash Nathi Katju ........................... 1887-1968
Chief Ministers
03 Jul 1946 - 14 Jan 1948 Prafulla Chandra Ghosh ........................ 1891-1983
14 Jan 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Bidhan Chandra Roy ............................ 1882-1962
1852 Kingdom of Nagpur annexed by Britain
11 Dec 1853 Nagpur formally annexed by Great Britain
1861 Nagpur united Saugor and Nerbudda
1862 Renamed Central Provinces
01 Oct 1903 Hydrabadi ruled Berar under British administration
24 Oct 1936 Berar united with the Central Provinces
20 Apr 1946 Self-rule
15 Aug 1947 Central Provinces and Berar part of independent India
26 Jan 1950 Renamed Madhya Pradesh state
Chief Commissioners
11 Dec 1861 - 27 Feb 1862 Edward King Elliot (1st Time) ................. 1811-1865
27 Feb - 25 Apr 1862 J.K Spence
(acting)
25 Apr 1862 - 18 Dec 1863 Sir Richard Temple (1st Time) ................. 1826-1902
(acting)
18 Dec 1863 - 12 Mar 1864 Edward King Elliot (2nd Time)
17 Mar 1864 - 24 Apr 1865 Sir Richard Temple (2nd Time)
24 Apr - 06 Nov 1865 John Scarlett Campbell ........................ 1828-1897
(acting)
06 Nov 1865 - 04 Apr 1866 Sir Richard Temple (3rd Time)
04 Apr 1866 - 27 Nov 1867 Sir John Henry Morris (1st Time) .............. 1828-1896
(acting)
27 Nov 1867 - 16 Apr 1868 George Campbell ............................... 1824-1892
16 Apr 1868 - 08 Jul 1870 Sir John Henry Morris (2nd Time)
08 Jul 1870 - 06 Jul 1872 Richard Hart Keatinge ......................... 1825-1904
(acting)
06 Jul 1872 - 11 Apr 1879 Sir John Henry Morris (3rd Time)
11 Apr - 15 Nov 1879 Charles Grant ................................. 1836-1903
(acting)
15 Nov 1879 - 30 Apr 1883 Sir John Henry Morris (4th Time)
01 May 1883 - 31 Mar 1884 William Brittain Jones ........................ 1834-1921
01 Apr 1884 - 15 Dec 1885 Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite ........... 1885-1915
15 Dec 1885 - 19 Feb 1887 Dennis FitzPatrick ............................ 1827-1920
(acting)
19 Feb - 27 Mar 1887 John William Neil (1st Time)
(acting)
27 Mar 1887 - 22 Jul 1889 Alexander MacKenzie (1st Time) ................ 1842-1902
22 Jul - 07 Oct 1889 Robert Joseph Crosthwaite ..................... 1841-1917
(acting)
07 Jul 1889 - 18 Nov 1890 Alexander MacKenzie (2nd Time)
18 Nov 1890 - 28 Jan 1891 John William Neil (2nd Time)
28 Jan 1891 - 25 May 1893 Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell ................ 1844-1925
25 May 1893 - 21 Dec 1895 Sir John Woodburn ............................. 1843-1902
21 Dec 1895 - 14 Jul 1898 Sir Charles James Lyall ....................... 1845-1920
14 Jul 1898 - 27 Nov 1899 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson .............. 1847-1908
27 Nov 1899 - 16 Sep 1902 Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser ............. 1848-1919
16 Sep 1902 - 18 Mar 1904 John Prescott Hewett .......................... 1854-1911
18 Mar 1904 - 04 May 1905 Frederick Styles Philpin Lely ................. 1846-1934
04 May 1905 - 27 Jul 1906 John Ontario Miller (1st Time) ................ 1857-1943
27 Jul - 21 Oct 1906 Stanley Ismay ................................. 1848-1914
(acting)
22 Oct 1906 - 04 Mar 1907 John Ontario Miller (2nd Time)
04 Mar - 24 Mar 1907 Francis Angelo Theodore Phillips .............. 1857-1935
25 Mar 1907 - 02 Aug 1912 Reginald Henry Craddock ....................... 1864-1937
03 Aug 1912 - 25 Jan 1920 Sir Benjamin Robertson ........................ 1864-1953
Governors
26 Jan 1920 - 26 Jan 1925 Sir Frank George Sly .......................... 1876-1932
26 Jan 1925 - 19 Aug 1927 Sir Montagu Sherard Daws Butler (1st Time) .... 1873-1952
19 Aug - 16 Dec 1927 John Thomas Martens ........................... 1872-1929
(acting)
16 Dec 1927 - 29 Nov 1929 Sir Montagu Sherard Daws Butler (2nd Time)
29 Nov 1929 - 29 Mar 1930 Shripad Balwant Tambe
(acting)
29 Mar 1930 - 29 Jul 1932 Sir Montagu Sherard Daws Butler (3rd Time)
29 Jul - 25 Nov 1932 Sir Arthur Edward Nelson ...................... 1875-1950
25 Nov 1932 - 15 Sep 1933 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (1st Time) ........... 1878-1939
15 Sep 1933 - 15 May 1935 Sir Montagu Sherard Daws Butler (4th Time)
15 May 1935 - 11 Sep 1936 E. Raghavendra Rao ............................ 1889-1942
(acting)
11 Sep 1936 - 03 Mar 1938 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (2nd Time)
03 Mar - 27 Mar 1938 Hugh Bromford ................................. 1882-1942
27 Mar 1938 - 01 Jul 1940 Sir Francis Verner Wylie ...................... 1891-1970
01 Jul 1940 - 16 Sep 1946 Sir Henry Joseph Twynam ....................... 1887-1966
16 Sep 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick Chalmers-Bourne ................. 1891-1977
15 Aug 1947 - 25 Jan 1950 Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa ................... 1882-1968
Chief Ministers
01 Apr 1936 - 14 Jul 1937 E. Raghavendra Rao ............................ s.a
14 Jul 1936 - 29 Jul 1938 Narayan Bhaskar Khare ......................... 1882-1970
20 Apr 1946 - 31 Dec 1956 Ravi Shakar Shukla ............................ 1877-1956
10 Apr 1834 Kodagu (Coorge) kingdom annexed by Great Britain
24 Feb 1869 - 30 Jun 1940 Coorge province subordinated to the Kingdom of Mysore
15 Aug 1947 Province of independent India
26 Jan 1950 State of Coorge (part C)
01 Nov 1956 Part of Mysore (Karnataka) state
Chief Commissioners
01 Jul 1940 - 26 Apr 1943 Joseph William Pritchard ...................... 1903-19..
26 Apr 1943 - Mar 1949 Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa ................ 1878-19..
Mar 1949 - 1950 C.T Mudaliar
1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Kanwar Daya Singh Bedi ........................ 1899-1975
Chief Minister
17 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha ................... 1910-1990 INC
30 Dec 1803 British protectorate over Delhi
1819 Delhi territory part of Bengal
29 May 1832 - 11 Dec 1858 Delhi a division of North-Western provinces
11 Dec 1858 - 17 Sep 1912 Part of Punjab
1911 Capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi
17 Sep 1912 Delhi province separated from Punjab
15 Aug 1947 Delhi a province of independent India
26 Jan 1950 State
Civil Commissioner for Delhi
30 Jan 1819 - 20 Feb 1821 Thomas Fortescue .............................. 1784-1872
Chief Commissioners
01 Oct 1912 - 1918 William Malcolm Hailey ........................ 1872-1969
1918 - 1924 Claud Alexander Barron ........................ 1871-1948
1924 - 1926 Evelyn Robins Abbott .......................... 1873-1950
1926 - 1928 Alexander Montague Stow ....................... 1873-1936
1928 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (1st Time) ........ 1885-1955
(acting)
08 Sep 1928 - 1932 John Parronet Thompson ........................ 1873-1935
22 Mar 1932 - 1937 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson (2nd Time)
1937 - 1940 Evan Meredith Jenkins ......................... 1896-1985
01 Jul 1940 - 1945 Arthur Vivian Askwith ......................... 1893-1971
06 Sep 1945 - 14 Aug 1947 William Christie .............................. 1896-1983
15 Aug 1947 - 25 Jan 1950 Shankar Prasada ............................... 1905-19..
1640 Madras Agency
1684 - 1936 Presidency of Fort St. George
1936 - 1947 Madras Presidency
1947 - 1950 Madras Province
Governors
28 Mar 1859 - 08 Jun 1860 Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan .................. 1807-1886
08 Jun - 05 Jul 1860 William Ambrose Morehead (1st Time) ........... 1805-1863
(acting)
05 Jul - 02 Aug 1860 Sir Henry George Ward ......................... 1797-1860
04 Aug 1860 - 18 Feb 1861 William Ambrose Morehead (2nd Time)
(acting)
18 Feb 1861 - 27 Mar 1866 Sir William Thomas Denison .................... 1804-1871
26 Nov 1863 - 18 Jan 1864 Edward Maltby ................................. 1812-1894
(acting)
27 Mar 1866 - 19 Feb 1872 Francis Napier,
Baron Napier of Merchistoun .................. 1819-1898
19 Feb - 15 May 1872 Alexander John Arbuthont ...................... 1822-1907
(acting)
15 May 1872 - 27 Apr 1875 Vere Henry Hobart ............................. 1818-1875
29 Apr - 23 Nov 1875 William Rose Robinson ......................... 1822-1886
(acting)
23 Nov 1875 - 20 Dec 1880 Richard Plantagenet Campbell
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville,
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos ............... 1823-1889
20 Dec 1880 - 24 May 1881 William Patrick Adam .......................... 1823-1881
24 May - 05 Nov 1881 William Huddleston ............................ 1826-1894
(acting)
05 Nov 1881 - 08 Dec 1886 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff ............ 1828-1896
08 Dec 1886 - 01 Dec 1890 Robert Bourke, Baron Connemara ................ 1827-1903
01 Dec 1890 - 23 Jan 1891 John Henry Garstin ............................ 1838-1903
(acting)
23 Jan 1891 - 18 Mar 1896 Bentley Lawley, Baron Wentley ................. 1849-1912
18 Mar 1896 - 28 Dec 1900 Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock ................... 1844-1908
28 Dec 1900 - 15 Feb 1906 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell,
Baron Ampthill ............................... 1869-1935
30 Apr - 13 Dec 1904 James Thompson ................................ 1848-1929
(acting)
15 Feb - 28 Mar 1906 Gabriel Stoles ................................ 1849-1920
(acting)
28 Mar 1906 - 03 Nov 1911 Sir Arthur Lawley ............................. 1860-1932
03 Nov 1911 - 30 Mar 1912 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael,
Baron Carmichael ............................. 1859-1926
30 Mar - 30 Oct 1912 Sir Murray Hammick ............................ 1854-1936
(acting)
30 Oct 1912 - 29 Mar 1919 John Sinclair, Baron Pentland ................. 1860-1925
29 Mar - 10 Apr 1919 Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew ................... 1861-1937
(acting)
10 Apr 1919 - 12 Apr 1924 George Freeman Freeman-Thomas,
Baron Willington ............................. 1866-1941
14 Apr 1924 - 29 Jun 1929 George Joachim Goschen,
Viscount Goschen Hawkhurst ................... 1866-1952
29 Jun - 11 Nov 1929 Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks ................. 1872-1939
(acting)
11 Nov 1929 - 15 Nov 1934 Sir George Frederick Stanley .................. 1872-1938
16 May - 16 Aug 1934 Khan Bahadur Sir Mohammed Usman Sahib Bahadur . 1884-1960
(acting)
15 Nov 1934 - 12 Mar 1940 Sir Francis Ashley Erskine .................... 1895-1953
18 Jun - 01 Oct 1936 Rai Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkata Reddi Naidu ..... 1875-1942
(acting)
12 Mar 1940 - 26 Feb 1946 Arthur Oswald James Hope ...................... 1897-1958
26 Feb - 05 May 1946 Sir Henry Foley Knight ........................ 1886-1960
(acting)
05 May 1946 - 07 Sep 1948 Sir Archibald Edward Nye ...................... 1895-1967
Chief Ministers
11 Jul 1921 - 03 Dec 1926 Raja Sir Panaganti Ramarayaningar of Panagal .. 1866-1928
04 Dec 1926 - 27 Oct 1930 Paramasivan Subbarayan ........................ 1889-1962
27 Oct 1930 - 04 Nov 1932 Bollina Munuswamy Naidu ....................... 1885-1935
05 Nov 1932 - 04 Apr 1936 Raja Sri Ravu Svetachalapati
Sir Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of Bobbili ... 1901-1978
(1st Time)
04 Apr - 24 Aug 1936 Ponnambala Thiago Rajan ....................... 1892-1974
24 Aug 1936 - 01 Apr 1937 Raja Sri Ravu Svetachalapati
Sir Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of Bobbili
(2nd Time)
01 Apr - 14 Jul 1937 Rao Bahadur Kurma Venkatareddy Naidu .......... 1875-1942
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Oct 1939 Chakravati Rajagopalachari .................... 1878-1972
29 Oct 1939 - 30 Apr 1946 Governor's Rule
01 May 1946 - 23 Mar 1947 Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu .................... 1872-1957
23 Mar 1947 - 06 Apr 1949 Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar ..................... 1895-1970
25 Oct 1901 North-West Frontier Province created from part of Punjab
14 Oct 1947 Part of Pakistan
Chief Commissioners
09 Nov 1901 - 07 Jul 1908 Harold Arthur Deane ........................... 1854-1908
07 Jul 1908 - 16 Nov 1909 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel (1st Time) ........ 1866-1921
16 Nov 1909 - 01 Nov 1910 William Rudolph Henry Merck ................... 1852-1925
(acting)
01 Nov 1910 - 28 Aug 1913 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel (2nd Time)
28 Aug 1913 - 28 Jan 1915 Sir John Stuart Donald ........................ 1861-1948
(acting)
28 Jan 1915 - 10 Sep 1919 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel (3rd Time)
10 Sep 1919 - 08 Mar 1921 Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant ..................... 1872-1937
08 Mar 1921 - 07 Jul 1923 Sir John Loader Maffey ........................ 1877-1969
27 Apr - 31 Oct 1922 Edmond Henry Salt James ....................... 1874-1952
(acting)
07 Jul 1923 - 03 Dec 1925 Horatio Norman Bolton (1st Time) .............. 1875-1965
04 Dec - 12 Dec 1924 Richard Garratt ............................... 1873-1958
(acting)
03 Dec 1925 - Aug 1926 William John Keen ............................. 1873-1958
(acting)
Aug 1926 - 10 May 1930 Horatio Norman Bolton (2nd Time)
10 May 1930 - 09 Sep 1931 Sir Stuart Edmond Pearks ...................... 1875-1931
Governors
10 Sep 1931 - 02 Mar 1937 Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith ............. 1882-1963
02 Mar 1937 - 11 Aug 1939 Sir George Cunningham (1st Time) .............. 1888-1964
11 Aug - 10 Dec 1939 Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons ........... 1884-1966
10 Dec 1939 - 03 Mar 1946 Sir George Cunningham (2nd Time)
03 Mar 1946 - 26 Jun 1947 Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe .................... 1892-1981
26 Jun - 13 Aug 1947 Sir Robert Lockhart ........................... 1893-1981
(acting)
13 Aug 1947 - 08 Apr 1948 Sir George Cunningham (3rd Time)
Premiers
01 Apr - 07 Sep 1937 Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan ............... 1863-1937
07 Sep 1937 - 10 Nov 1939 Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1st Time) ............. 1882-1958
10 Nov 1939 - 25 May 1943 Governor's Rule
25 May 1943 - 16 Mar 1945 Sardar Aurangzeb Khan ......................... 1899-1953
16 Mar 1945 - 22 Aug 1947 Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1st Time)
01 Apr 1936 Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
23 Apr 1946 Self-rule
15 Aug 1947 Part of independent India
Governors
01 Apr 1936 - 01 Apr 1941 Sir John Austen Hubback ....................... 1878-1968
11 Aug - 08 Dec 1938 George Townsend Boag .......................... 1884-1969
(acting)
01 Apr 1941 - 01 Apr 1946 Sir William Hawthorne Lewis ................... 1888-1970
01 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Chundulal Madhavlal Trivedi ............... 1893-1981
15 Aug 1947 - 20 Jun 1948 Kailash Nath Katju ............................ 1887-1968
Chief Ministers
01 Apr 1936 - 19 Jul 1937 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo . 1892-1974
(1st Time)
19 Jul 1937 - 04 Nov 1939 Biswanath Das ................................. 1889-1984
04 Nov 1939 - 24 Nov 1941 Governor's Rule
24 Nov 1941 - 29 Jun 1944 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo (2nd Time)
29 Jun 1944 - 23 Apr 1946 Governor's Rule
23 Apr 1946 - 12 May 1950 Harekrushna Mahatab ........................... 1899-1987
1935 Chief commissioners province separated from Bombay
1942 Province
1947 Incorporated into Madhya Pradesh province
Chief Commissioners
1935 - 1940 Kennel Samuel Fitze ........................... 1887-1960
1940 - 1942 Gerald Thomas Fisher .......................... 1887-1965
1942 - 1946 Walter Fendall Campbell ....................... 1894-1973
1946 - 1947 Henry Mortimer Poulton ........................ 1898-1973
29 Mar 1849 Sikh Empire annexed by Great Britain
02 Apr 1849 Punjab province
01 Apr 1937 Self-rule
14 Aug 1947 Partitioned between India and Pakistan
Chief-Commissioner
31 Mar 1849 - 25 Feb 1859 Sir John Laird Mair Larence ................... 1811-1879
Lieutenant-Governors
25 Feb 1859 - 10 Jan 1865 Sir Robert Montgomery ......................... 1809-1897
10 Jan 1865 - 01 Jun 1870 Donald Friell McLeod .......................... 1810-1872
01 Jun 1870 - 01 Jan 1871 Sir Henry Marion Durand ....................... 1812-1871
20 Jan 1871 - 02 Apr 1877 Sir Robert Henry Davies ....................... 1824-1902
02 Apr 1877 - 03 Apr 1882 Sir Robert Eyles Egerton ...................... 1827-1912
03 Apr 1882 - 02 Apr 1887 Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchinson ............. 1832-1896
02 Apr 1887 - 05 Mar 1892 Sir Charles James Lyall ....................... 1845-1920
05 Mar 1892 - 06 Mar 1897 Sir Dennis FitzPatrick ........................ 1827-1920
06 Mar 1897 - 06 Mar 1902 Sir William Mackworth Young ................... 1840-1924
06 Mar 1902 - 06 Mar 1907 Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz .................. 1845-1926
06 Mar 1907 - 25 May 1908 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson .............. 1847-1908
26 May - 12 Aug 1907 Sir Thomas Gordon Walker ...................... 1849-1917
(1st Time, acting)
22 Jan - 25 May 1908 Sir Thomas Gordon Walker ...................... 1849-1917
(2nd Time, acting)
25 May 1908 - 28 Apr 1911 Sir Louis William Dane (1st Time) ............. 1856-1948
28 Apr - 04 Aug 1911 James MacCrone Douie ......................... 1854-1935
04 Aug 1911 - 26 May 1913 Sir Louis William Dane (2nd Time)
26 May 1913 - 26 May 1919 Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer ................... 1864-1940
Governors
26 May 1919 - 31 May 1924 Sir Edward Douglas Maclagen ................... 1864-1972
31 May 1924 - 09 Apr 1928 Sir William Malcolm Hailey .................... 1872-1969
09 Apr 1928 - 12 Apr 1933 Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montgomery ......... 1876-1955
12 Apr 1933 - 04 Apr 1938 Sir Herbert William Emerson ................... 1881-1940
04 Apr 1938 - 07 Apr 1941 Sir Henry Duffield Craik ...................... 1876-1955
07 Apr 1941 - 08 Apr 1946 Sir Bertrand James Glancy ..................... 1882-1953
08 Apr 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins ..................... 1896-1985
Chief-Ministers
01 Apr 1937 - 27 Dec 1942 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan ....................... 1892-1942
27 Dec 1942 - 04 Mar 1947 Sir Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwan ................... 1900-1975
29 Nov 1834 British protectorate over the as-Sindh Khanate
12 Feb 1843 State extinguished and annexed to British India;
subordinated to the Bombay presidency
1847 Renamed Sind
01 Apr 1936 Sind a separate province
14 Aug 1947 Part of Pakistan
Governors
01 Apr 1936 - 01 Aug 1938 Sir Lancelot Graham (1st Time) ................ 1890-1962
01 Aug - 30 Nov 1938 Joseph Hugh Garrett ........................... 1880-1978
(acting)
01 Dec 1938 - 01 Apr 1941 Sir Lancelot Graham (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1941 - 15 Jan 1946 Sir Hugh Dow .................................. 1886-1978
15 Jan 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Robert Francis Mudie ...................... 1890-1976
Chief-Ministers
24 Apr 1937 - 23 Mar 1938 Sir Gulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (1st Time) ............... 1879-1948
23 Mar 1938 - 18 Mar 1940 Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro (1st Time) ........... 1900-1943
18 Mar 1940 - 07 Mar 1941 Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur .................... 1909-1963
07 Mat 1941 - 14 Aug 1942 Shaheed Allah Bux Soomro (2nd Time)
14 Aug 1942 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Gulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (2nd Time)
12 Jul 1609 English factory established in Surat
1658 Surat presidency
23 Sep 1668 - 02 May 1685 Bombay presidency subordinated to Surat
02 May 1685 Surat subordinanted to Bombay
Dec 1688 - 28 Apr 1690 Mughal ocupation
1703 Incorporated into Bombay presidency
Commander
12 Mar 1612 - Feb 1613 Thomas Best
Agents
12 Jul 1609 - 1611 William Finch
11 Oct 1611 - 1612 Alexander Sharpeigh
02 Apr 1615 - 1616 Thomas Aldworth
Presidents
02 Oct 1616 - 09 Nov 1622 Thomas Kerridge (1st Time)
09 Nov 1622 - 09 Apr 1625 Thomas Rastell (1st Time)
09 Apr 1625 - 1628 Thomas Kerridge (2nd Time)
12 Dec 1628 - 1630 Richard Wylde
1630 John Skibbow
(acting)
29 Sep 1630 - 1631 Thomas Rastell (2nd Time)
25 Jan 1631 - 07 Nov 1633 John Hopkinson
07 Nov 1633 - 27 Dec 1638 William Methwold
27 Dec 1638 - 1643 William Fremlen
07 Feb 1643 - 1649 Francis Breton
25 Jan 1649 - 1651 Thomas Merry
12 Jan 1651 - 1654 Jeremy Blackman
15 Mar 1654 - 1656 Edward Pearce
19 Jan 1656 - 1657 John Spiller
1657 - 1658 Henry Revington
1658 - 23 May 1659 Nathaniel Wyche
1659 - 1662 Matthew Andrews
18 Sep 1662 - 14 Jul 1669 Sir George Oxdenden
14 Jul 1669 - 30 Jun 1677 Gerald Aungier
30 Jun 1677 - 27 Oct 1681 Sir Thomas Rolt
27 Oct 1681 - 04 Feb 1690 Sir John Child
05 May 1687 - Dec 1688 Bartholomew Harris
(acting for Child)
1690 - 10 May 1694 Bartholomew Harris
10 May 1694 - 13 May 1698 Samuel Annesley
11 Mar 1698 - 1703 Benjamin Newse
(for New India Trading)
13 May 1698 - Jun 1703 Stephen Colt
(for Old India Trading)
22 Jan 1902 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
03 Jan 1921 United Provinces of British India
01 Apr 1937 United Provinces
15 Aug 1947 Part of independent India
26 Jan 1950 State of Uttar Pradesh
Lieutenant-governors
14 Nov 1901 - 31 Dec 1906 Sir James John DiggersLa Touche .............. 1844-1921
01 Jan 1907 - 15 Sep 1912 Sir John Prescott Hewett ..................... 1854-1941
30 Apr - 20 Oct 1910 Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter (1st Time) . 1854-1932
(acting)
01 Apr - 16 Dec 1911 Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter (2nd Time)
(acting)
15 Sep 1912 - 07 Feb 1917 Sir James Scorgie Meston ..................... 1865-1943
18 Sep - 15 Nov 1913 Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie .................... 1856-1919
(acting)
07 Feb 1917 - 15 Feb 1918 John Mitchell Holms .......................... 1863-1948
(acting)
15 Feb 1918 - 03 Jan 1921 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler .................. 1869-1938
Governor
03 Jan 1921 - 21 Dec 1922 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler .................. s.a
21 Dec - 24 Dec 1922 Sir Ludovic Charles Porter ................... 1869-1928
24 Dec 1922 - 14 Jan 1927 Sir William Sinclair Marris .................. 1873-1945
13 Aug - 01 Dec 1926 Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell ................... 1874-1946
(acting)
14 Jun 1927 - 17 Jun 1928 Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman .............. 1875-1928
17 Jun - 09 Aug 1928 Nawwab Sir Muhammed Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari . 1888-1982
(1st Time, acting)
09 Aug 1928 - 16 Oct 1930 Sir William Malcolm Hailey (1st Time) ........ 1872-1969
16 Oct 1930 - 19 Apr 1931 Sir George Bancroft Lambert .................. 1873-1945
(acting)
19 Apr 1931 - 08 Apr 1933 Sir William Malcolm Hailey (2nd Time)
08 Apr - 27 Nov 1933 Nawwab Sir Muhammed Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
(2nd Time, acting)
27 Nov 1933 - 06 Dec 1934 Sir William Malcolm Hailey (3rd Time)
06 Dec 1934 - 07 Dec 1939 Sir Henry Graham Haig ........................ 1881-1956
07 Dec 1939 - 07 Dec 1945 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett .................. 1883-1969
07 Dec 1945 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Francis Verner Wylie ..................... 1891-1970
15 Aug 1947 - 02 Mar 1949 Sarojini Naidu ............................... 1879-1949
02 Mar - 02 Mar 1949 Bidhubhusan Malik ............................ 1895-1981
(acting)
Chief Ministers
03 Apr - 17 Jul 1937 Nawwab Sir Muhammed Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari . s.a
17 Jul 1937 - 02 Nov 1939 Govind Ballabh Pant (1st Time) ............... 1887-1961
01 Apr 1946 - 25 Jan 1950 Govind Ballabh Pant (2nd Time)