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    The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the...
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  • Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of Four (based in India) to assist the Governor-General, and...
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    Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general...
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    The governor-general of Pakistan (Urdu: گورنر جنرل پاکستان) was the representative of the Pakistani monarch in the Dominion of Pakistan, established by...
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  • In India, a governor is the constitutional head of a state of India that has similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president...
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    The governor-general of the Union of South Africa (Afrikaans: Goewerneur-generaal van Unie van Suid-Afrika; Dutch: Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van...
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    "Presidency of Agra", were to be a part of a new "India", and the new office of Governor-General of India along with the Government of India was established...
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    the Governor-General of India. However, these units were disbanded during the reorganisation of the army by Robert Clive after his return to India in 1765...
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    of Four and officially known as the Council of the Governor-General of India (since 1858), was an advisory body and cabinet of the Governor-General of...
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    Bentinck became the first Governor General of India in 1834 under the Government of India Act 1833. The English East India Company ("the Company") was...
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  • The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively...
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    Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at GHQ India, and liaised with the civilian Governor-General of India. Following the Partition of India in 1947 and...
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    British Raj (redirect from Empire of India)
    Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinates to the Governor-General of India. (5.) The expression "India" shall mean...
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    In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states...
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    constituent assembly for Muslims in India. On 3 June 1947 Lord Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, announced his intention to scrap...
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  • Article 165) and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level. The governor of each state shall appoint a person who...
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    This is a list of military administrators, commissioners, governors and governors-general of Uganda. The governor of Uganda was ultimately replaced by...
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    Oaths of allegiance were made to the emperor or empress and the lawful successors by the governors-general, princes, governors, commissioners in India in...
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    He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. Mountbatten attended the Royal Naval...
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    former India governor) to Sofala. (***) – Title of Viceroy of Indies extinguished by royal letter in 1771, replaced by Capitão-Geral (Captain-General) of the...
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    Council of the Governor-General of India, and was succeeded by the Constituent Assembly of India and after 1950, was succeeded by Parliament of India. During...
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    the Governor-General. It was based in large part on the Government of India Act 1935, which was itself based on the uncodified constitution of the United...
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    for India Governor-General of India The Order of the Crown of India was established by Queen Victoria in 1878 as a companion order to the Order of Victoria...
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    dual assent of the governor or lieutenant-governor of the province and the governor-general of India, who functioned as the representative of the Emperor...
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  • of India Act 1833 formally separated the East India Company from political control, and the governor-general of Bengal became the governor general of...
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    He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828. Born at Bath, Somerset, Amherst was the son of William Amherst and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas...
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    in the Presidency as the Governor-General of India, and observed the same order and course in their proceedings. Governors of Bombay and Madras Presidencies...
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    reported to the Governor-General of India. The agency was overseen by a political agent who maintained relations of the Government of India with the princely...
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  • Government of India Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 85) or Saint Helena Act 1833, created the post of Governor-General of India Government of India Act 1858...
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  • region. The governor-general of India, Lord Dalhousie, implemented a three-member Board of Administration to govern the province. The Board of Administration...
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