Modern India- Questions & Answers - 61
1601.The Governor General who abolished the titles of Carnatic Nawab and Raja of Tanjore and refused pension to Nana Saheb:
Lord Dalhousie
1602.The Governor General who annexed Satara to British India, the first princely state to be annexed to British India under Doctrine of Lapse:
Dalhousie
1603.The Governor General who appointed the first Law Commission:
William Bentinck
1604.The Governor General who brought the General Service Enlistment Act, 1856:
Lord Canning
1605.The Governor General who died at Ghazipore on the Ganges River where his grave and monument are still maintained by the Indian government:
Cornwallis
1606.The Governor General who established a Board of Revenue to improve the system of revenue administration:
Warren Hastings
1607.The Governor General who founded the Royal Asiatic Society:
Warren Hastings
1608.The Governor General who had begun his career as a clerk in East India Company in 1750:
Warren Hastings
1609.The Governor General who had lost his left hand in the Napoleonic wars:
Hardinge I
1610.The Governor General who in 1849 decided that, after the death of Bahadur Shah II, his successor would vacate the Red Fort at Delhi and move to a small house near Qutb Minar?
Dalhousie
1611. The Governor General who inaugurated New Delhi on 18th January 1927:
Irwin
1612.The Governor General who introduced Sunday as the weekly holiday for government offices:
Hardinge I
1613.The Governor General who laid the foundation of the Police force in India:
Cornwallis
1614.The Governor General who made English as the medium of instruction:
William Bentinck
1615.The Governor General who made Shimla the summer capital of British India:
Dalhousie
1616.The Governor General who ordered that the successors of Bahadur Shah II would forfeit the title of kingship and be entitled as princes?
Canning
1617.The Governor General who passed General Service EnlistmentAct which decreed that all future recruits for the Bengal army would have to give the undertaking to serve anywhere if their services might be required by the Government:
Canning
1618.The Governor General who ruled for the longest period:
Warren Hastings
1619.The Governor General who succeeded his brother-in-law Lord Ellenborough who had been recalled:
Hardinge I
1620.The Governor General who suppressed Pindaris:
Hastings
1621.The Governor General who suppressed the Thugs:
William Bentinck
1622.The Governor General who visited Allahabad to review the working of Mahalwari Land Revenue System of:
Lord William Bentinck
1623.The Governor General who was a British general during the American War of Independence:
Cornwallis
1624.The Governor General who was impeached by the British Parliament:
Warren Hastings
1625.The grandfather of Gandhiji:
Uttamchand Gandhi
1601.The Governor General who abolished the titles of Carnatic Nawab and Raja of Tanjore and refused pension to Nana Saheb:
Lord Dalhousie
1602.The Governor General who annexed Satara to British India, the first princely state to be annexed to British India under Doctrine of Lapse:
Dalhousie
1603.The Governor General who appointed the first Law Commission:
William Bentinck
1604.The Governor General who brought the General Service Enlistment Act, 1856:
Lord Canning
1605.The Governor General who died at Ghazipore on the Ganges River where his grave and monument are still maintained by the Indian government:
Cornwallis
1606.The Governor General who established a Board of Revenue to improve the system of revenue administration:
Warren Hastings
1607.The Governor General who founded the Royal Asiatic Society:
Warren Hastings
1608.The Governor General who had begun his career as a clerk in East India Company in 1750:
Warren Hastings
1609.The Governor General who had lost his left hand in the Napoleonic wars:
Hardinge I
1610.The Governor General who in 1849 decided that, after the death of Bahadur Shah II, his successor would vacate the Red Fort at Delhi and move to a small house near Qutb Minar?
Dalhousie
1611. The Governor General who inaugurated New Delhi on 18th January 1927:
Irwin
1612.The Governor General who introduced Sunday as the weekly holiday for government offices:
Hardinge I
1613.The Governor General who laid the foundation of the Police force in India:
Cornwallis
1614.The Governor General who made English as the medium of instruction:
William Bentinck
1615.The Governor General who made Shimla the summer capital of British India:
Dalhousie
1616.The Governor General who ordered that the successors of Bahadur Shah II would forfeit the title of kingship and be entitled as princes?
Canning
1617.The Governor General who passed General Service EnlistmentAct which decreed that all future recruits for the Bengal army would have to give the undertaking to serve anywhere if their services might be required by the Government:
Canning
1618.The Governor General who ruled for the longest period:
Warren Hastings
1619.The Governor General who succeeded his brother-in-law Lord Ellenborough who had been recalled:
Hardinge I
1620.The Governor General who suppressed Pindaris:
Hastings
1621.The Governor General who suppressed the Thugs:
William Bentinck
1622.The Governor General who visited Allahabad to review the working of Mahalwari Land Revenue System of:
Lord William Bentinck
1623.The Governor General who was a British general during the American War of Independence:
Cornwallis
1624.The Governor General who was impeached by the British Parliament:
Warren Hastings
1625.The grandfather of Gandhiji:
Uttamchand Gandhi
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