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 representative...
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adoption of the Government of India Act of 1858, the Governor-General representing the Crown became known as the Viceroy. The designation 'Viceroy', although...
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A viceroy (/ˈvaɪsrɔɪ/) is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives...
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RMS Viceroy of India was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). She was a British Royal Mail Ship on the Tilbury–Bombay...
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Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese...
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in the government of India. The Viceroy's Union Flag banner, featuring the star emblem, was officially considered the "Flag of India," and the Red Ensign...
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"The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a "newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called TOI "the...
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of the Secretary of State for India, through the Governor-General of India (the Viceroy of India), would continue to control India's financial obligations...
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British Raj (redirect from Empire of India)
the Viceroy and Governor-General of India governed by Indian rulers, under the suzerainty of The British Crown exercised through the Viceroy of India) Simla...
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was drawn, began the task of drafting a constitution for independent India. Viceroy's Executive Council Council of State (India) Imperial Legislative Council...
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of any person who held the office of: Viceroy of India Governor of Madras Governor of Bombay Governor of Bengal Commander-in-Chief India Secretary of...
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Hindus. 1909 percentage of Muslims. 1909 percentage of Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains. In 1905, during his second term as viceroy of India, Lord Curzon divided...
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Lord Mountbatten (redirect from Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Baron Romsey of Romsey Mountbatten)
War. 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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Robes of the Order, by Alfred James Downey. Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India, in the robes of the Order of the Star of India (as Grand...
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Delhi Durbar (redirect from Enthronement of the Emperor of India)
of Lytton—Viceroy of India, maharajas, nawabs and intellectuals. Inside the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta is an inscription taken from the Message of...
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Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms (category Government of British India)
India. The reforms take their name from Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State for India from 1917 to 1922, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy of India between...
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Rashtrapati Niwas (redirect from Viceroy lodge)
Observatory Hills of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. It was formerly the residence of the British Viceroy of India. It houses some of the most ancient...
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Lok Sabha (redirect from House of Representatives of India)
sub-continent, and the office of Viceroy of India was created, along with an Executive Council in India, consisting of high officials of the British government...
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stayed under the Zamorin of Calicut. Francisco de Almeida was appointed Viceroy of India in 1505. During his reign, the Portuguese dominated Kochi and established...
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Rashtrapati Bhavan (redirect from Viceroy's house)
formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath...
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Sher Ali Afridi (category People convicted of murder by India)
Blair, Andaman Islands. He is known for assassinating Lord Mayo, the Viceroy of India, on 8 February 1872. The British sources described him as a "fearless...
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The Viceroy's Executive Council, formerly known as Council of Four and officially known as the Council of the Governor-General of India (since 1858),...
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HMS Viceroy (D91), a British destroyer in commission in the Royal Navy from 1918 until the mid-1930s and from 1941 to 1945 RMS Viceroy of India, a British...
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Old Parliament House, New Delhi (redirect from Old Parliament House (India))
between India and Pakistan, resulting in the 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff. Lord Mountbatten addressing the Chamber of Princes as Viceroy in 1947....
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World War, and then as Viceroy of India shortly after the war in the days leading up to Indian independence. The Film was shot in India. Originally it was...
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Francisco de Almeida (redirect from Viceroy Almeida)
1505 he was appointed as the first governor and viceroy of the Portuguese State of India (Estado da Índia). Almeida is credited with establishing Portuguese...
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whose external affairs were governed by an agent designated by the Viceroy of India.[page needed] The agencies varied in character from fully autonomous...
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politicians met the Viceroy of India, Lord Minto, with the goal of securing Muslim interests in British India. The party arose out of the need for the political...
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Indian independence movement (redirect from Independence of India)
followed by the 1912 attempt on the life of Viceroy of India. Following this, the nucleus of networks formed in India House, the Anushilan Samiti, nationalists...
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Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. He also served as vice president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh...
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