List of governors-general of India (section)
| # | Name (birth–death) |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Appointer |
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| Governors of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1774–1833 | |||||
| 1 | Warren Hastings (1732–1818) |
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20 October 1773 | 1 February 1785 | East India Company |
| 2 | Sir John Macpherson (acting) (1745–1821) |
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1 February 1785 | 12 September 1786 | |
| 3 | The Earl Cornwallis[1] (1738–1805) |
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12 September 1786 | 28 October 1793 | |
| 4 | Sir John Shore (1751–1834) |
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28 October 1793 | 18 March 1798 | |
| 5 | Sir Alured Clarke (acting) (1744–1832) |
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18 March 1798 | 18 May 1798 | |
| 6 | The Marquess Wellesley [2] (1760–1842) |
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18 May 1798 | 30 July 1805 | |
| 7 | The Marquess Cornwallis (1738–1805) |
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30 July 1805 | 5 October 1805 | |
| 8 | Sir George Barlow, Bt (acting) (1762–1847) |
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10 October 1805 | 31 July 1807 | |
| 9 | The Lord Minto (1751–1814) |
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31 July 1807 | 4 October 1813 | |
| 10 | The Marquess of Hastings (1754–1826)[3] |
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4 October 1813 | 9 January 1823 | |
| 11 | John Adam (acting) (1779–1825) |
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9 January 1823 | 1 August 1823 | |
| 12 | The Lord Amherst[4] (1773–1857) |
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1 August 1823 | 13 March 1828 | |
| 13 | William Butterworth Bayley (acting) (1782–1860) |
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13 March 1828 | 4 July 1828 | |
| 14 | Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839) |
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4 July 1828 | 1833 | |
| Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 | |||||
| 14 | Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839) |
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1833 | 20 March 1835 | East India Company |
| 15 | Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bt (acting) (1785–1846) |
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20 March 1835 | 4 March 1836 | |
| 16 | The Lord Auckland[5] (1784–1849) |
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4 March 1836 | 28 February 1842 | |
| 17 | The Lord Ellenborough (1790–1871) |
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28 February 1842 | June 1844 | |
| 18 | William Wilberforce Bird (acting) (1784–1857) |
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June 1844 | 23 July 1844 | |
| 19 | Sir Henry Hardinge[6] (1785–1856) |
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23 July 1844 | 12 January 1848 | |
| 20 | The Marquess of Dalhousie[7] (1812–1860) |
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12 January 1848 | 28 February 1856 | |
| 21 | The Viscount Canning (1812–1862) |
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28 February 1856 | 1 November 1858 | |
| Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858–1947 | |||||
| 21 | The Earl Canning[8] (1812–1862) |
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1 November 1858 | 21 March 1862 | Victoria |
| 22 | The Earl of Elgin (1811–1863) |
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21 March 1862 | 20 November 1863 | |
| 23 | Sir Robert Napier (acting) (1810–1890) |
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21 November 1863 | 2 December 1863 | |
| 24 | Sir William Denison (acting) (1804–1871) |
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2 December 1863 | 12 January 1864 | |
| 25 | Sir John Lawrence, Bt (1811–1879) |
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12 January 1864 | 12 January 1869 | |
| 26 | The Earl of Mayo (1822–1872) |
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12 January 1869 | 8 February 1872 | |
| 27 | Sir John Strachey (acting) (1823–1907) |
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9 February 1872 | 23 February 1872 | |
| 28 | The Lord Napier (acting) (1819–1898) |
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24 February 1872 | 3 May 1872 | |
| 29 | The Lord Northbrook (1826–1904) |
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3 May 1872 | 12 April 1876 | |
| 30 | The Lord Lytton (1831–1891) |
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12 April 1876 | 8 June 1880 | |
| 31 | The Marquess of Ripon (1827–1909) |
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8 June 1880 | 13 December 1884 | |
| 32 | The Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) |
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13 December 1884 | 10 December 1888 | |
| 33 | The Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) |
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10 December 1888 | 11 October 1894 | |
| 34 | The Earl of Elgin (1849–1917) |
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11 October 1894 | 6 January 1899 | |
| 35 | The Lord Curzon of Kedleston[9] (1859–1925) |
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6 January 1899 | 18 November 1905 | |
| 36 | The Earl of Minto (1845–1914) |
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18 November 1905 | 23 November 1910 | Edward VII |
| 37 | The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst (1858–1944) |
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23 November 1910 | 4 April 1916 | George V |
| 38 | The Lord Chelmsford (1868–1933) |
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4 April 1916 | 2 April 1921 | |
| 39 | The Earl of Reading (1860–1935) |
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2 April 1921 | 3 April 1926 | |
| 40 | The Lord Irwin (1881–1959) |
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3 April 1926 | 18 April 1931 | |
| 41 | The Earl of Willingdon (1866–1941) |
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18 April 1931 | 18 April 1936 | |
| 42 | The Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952) |
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18 April 1936 | 1 October 1943 | Edward VIII |
| 43 | The Viscount Wavell (1883–1950) |
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1 October 1943 | 21 February 1947 | George VI |
| 44 | The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) |
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21 February 1947 | 15 August 1947 | |
| Governors-General of the Union of India, 1947–1950 | |||||
| 44 | The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) |
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15 August 1947 | 21 June 1948 | George VI |
| 45 | C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) |
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21 June 1948 | 26 January 1950 | |
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