Rulers: India
Provinces
Ajmer-Merwara
1818 ceded to Britain
1832 part of North-Western Provinces
1 Apr 1871 Ajmer-Merwara a separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1 Apr 1871 - 21 Jun 1873 Richard Harte Keatinge (b. 1825 - d. 1904)
21 Jun 1873 - 12 Dec 1878 Sir Lewis Pelly (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
12 Dec 1878 - 27 Mar 1887 Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford (b. 1836 - d. 1911)
27 Mar 1887 - 20 Mar 1890 Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter (b. 1833 - d. 1892)
20 Mar 1890 - 20 Mar 1895 George Herbert Trevor (b. 1840 - d. 1927)
20 Mar 1895 - 10 Mar 1898 Robert Joseph Crosthwaite (b. 1841 - d. 1917)
10 Mar 1898 - 1 Apr 1905 Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (b. 1854 - d. 1942)
1 Apr 1905 - 4 Jan 1918 Elliot Graham Colvin (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
4 Jan 1918 - 22 Dec 1919 John Manners Smith (b. 1864 - d. 1920)
22 Dec 1919 - 7 Aug 1925 Robert Erskine Holland (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
7 Aug 1925 - 18 Mar 1927 Stewart Blakeley Agnew Patterson (b. 1872 - d. 1942)
18 Mar 1927 - 14 Oct 1932 Leonard William Reynolds (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
14 Oct 1932 - 28 Oct 1937 George Drummond Ogilvie (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
28 Oct 1937 - 1 Dec 1944 Arthur Cunningham Lothian (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
1 Dec 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Hiranand Rupchand Shivdasani (b. 1904 - d. 1951)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1754/56 Nicobar Islands (Frederik Oerne Islands) a Danish colony
(administered from Tranquebar)
1784 - 1807/09 Nicobar Islands abandoned
1789 Andaman Islands part of British India
1830 - 1834 Nicobar Islands abandoned
1848 Nicobar Islands gradually abandoned
16 Oct 1868 Nicobar Islands part of British India
23 Mar 1942 - 6 Oct 1945 Japanese occupation
Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 administered by Japanese-sponsored Free India Movement
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Superintendents
1858 Henry Stuart Man (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1893)
1858 - 1859 James Pattison Walker (b. 1823 - d. 1906)
1859 - 1862 John Colpoys Haughton (b. 1817 - d. 1887)
1862 - 1864 Robert Christopher Tytler (b. 1818 - d. 1872)
1864 - 1868 Barnett Ford (b. 1824 - d. 1907)
1868 - 1871 Henry Stuart Man (2nd time) (s.a.)
1871 - 1872 F.L. Playfair
Chief commissioners
1872 - 1875 Donald Martin Stewart (b. 1824 - d. 1900)
1875 - 1878 Charles Arthur Barwell
1878 - 1892 Thomas Cadell (b. 1835 - d. 1919)
1892 - 1894 Norman Macleod Thomas Horsford
1894 - 1904 Richard Carnac Temple (b. 1850 - d. 1931)
1904 - 1906 William Rudolph Henry Merk (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
1906 - 1913 Herbert Arrott Browning (b. 1843 - d. 19...)
1913 - 1920 Montague William Douglas
1920 - 1923 Henry Cecil Beadon
1923 - 1931 Michael Lloyd Ferrar
1931 - 1935 John William Smith
1935 - 1938 William Alexander Cosgrave (b. 1879 - d. 1952)
1938 - 1942 Charles Francis Waterfall
(1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1954)
Dec 1943 - Aug 1945 Arcot Doraisawmy Loganadan (b. 1888 - d. 1949)
1945 - 1946 Charles Francis Waterfall
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1946 - 1947 Noel Kennedy Paterson (b. 1905 - d. ...)
Assam
24 Feb 1826 ceded to U.K. by Burma
1826 - 1832 part of Bengal
1832 princely state restored
1838 - 1874 part of Bengal
16 Oct 1905 part of province of East Bengal and Assam
1912 Assam a separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Commissioners
1874 - 1878 Richard Harte Keatinge (b. 1825 - d. 1904)
1878 - 1881 Stewart Colvin Bayley (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
1881 - 1885 Charles Bletterman Elliott (b. 1841 - d. 1911)
1885 - 1887 William Erskine Ward (1st time) (b. 1838 - d. 1916)
1887 - 1889 Dennis Fitzpatrick (b. 1837 - d. 1920)
1889 - 1891 James Wallace Quinton (b. 1834 - d. 1891)
1891 - 1896 William Erskine Ward (2nd time) (s.a.)
1896 - 1902 Henry John Stedman Cotton (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
1902 - 1905 Joseph Bampfylde Fuller (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
Lieutenant governors (of East Bengal and Assam)
1905 - 1906 Joseph Bampfylde Fuller (s.a.)
1906 - 1911 Lancelot Hare (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
1911 - 1912 Charles Stuart Bayley (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
Chief commissioners
1912 - 1918 Archdale Earle (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
1918 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 2 Apr 1921 Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell (s.a.)
3 Apr 1921 - 10 Oct 1922 Sir William Sinclair Marris (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
10 Oct 1922 - 28 Jun 1927 Sir John Henry Kerr (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
28 Jun 1927 - 11 May 1932 Sir Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond (b. 1873 - d. 1939)
11 May 1932 - 4 Mar 1937 Sir Michael Keane (b. 1874 - d. 1937)
4 Mar 1937 - 4 May 1942 Robert Neil Reid (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
4 May 1942 - 4 May 1947 Sir Andrew Gourlay Clow (b. 1890 - d. 1957)
4 May 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari (b. 1894 - d. 1948)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Sep 1938 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (1st time)
19 Sep 1938 - 17 Nov 1939 Gopinath Bordoloi (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1950)
17 Nov 1939 - 24 Dec 1941 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (2nd time)
25 Aug 1942 - 11 Feb 1946 Maulavi Saiyid Sir Muhammad
Saadulla (3rd time)
11 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Gopinath Bordoloi (2nd time) (s.a.)
Baluchistan
19 Jun 1877 British Baluchistan Province and Tribal Areas
1896 province of British India
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Chief commissioners
19 Jun 1877 - 11 Dec 1887 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
St. John (1st time) (acting) (b. 1837 - d. 1891)
11 Dec 1887 - 29 Jan 1892 Sir Robert Groves Sandeman (b. 1835 - d. 1892)
Acting for Sandeman:
3 Apr 1889 - 8 Oct 1889 Sir Harry North Dalrymple
Prendergast (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
23 Apr 1891 - 8 May 1891 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(1st time) (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
9 May 1891 - 4 Jun 1891 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
St. John (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jun 1891 - 9 Jul 1891 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jul 1891 - 16 Nov 1891 John Biddulph (b. 1840 - d. 1922)
30 Jan 1892 - 21 Mar 1892 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
22 Mar 1892 - 13 Jun 1896 Sir James Browne (b. 1839 - d. 1896)
14 Jun 1896 - 14 Nov 1896 James Adair Crawford (acting) (b. 1857 - d. 1936)
15 Nov 1896 - 20 Nov 1900 Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes
(4th time) (s.a.)
12 Apr 1899 - 21 Dec 1899 Henry Wylie (acting for Barnes) (b. 1844 - d. 1918)
20 Nov 1900 - 4 Nov 1904 Charles Edward Yate (b. 1849 - d. 1940)
4 Nov 1904 - 23 Jan 1905 John Ramsay (1st time) (acting) (b. 1862 - d. 1942)
23 Jan 1905 - 2 Apr 1907 Alexander Lauzun Pendock Tucker (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
(acting)
2 Apr 1907 - 25 Apr 1911 Sir Henry McMahon (b. 1862 - d. 1949)
3 Jun 1909 - 6 Sep 1909 Charles Archer (1st time) (b. 1861 - d. 1941)
(acting for McMahon)
25 Apr 1911 - 5 Dec 1917 John Ramsay (2nd time) (s.a.)
Acting for Ramsay:
21 Oct 1912 - 14 Nov 1912 Charles Archer (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Apr 1914 - 23 May 1914 Charles Archer (3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Jun 1915 - 5 Jul 1915 Charles Archer (4th time) (s.a.)
5 Dec 1917 - 1 Sep 1919 Henry Robert Conway Dobbs (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
1 Sep 1919 - Jun 1922 Armine Brereton Dew (b. 1867 - d. 1941)
Jun 1922 - 15 Sep 1923 Henry Beauchamp St. John
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1874 - d. 1954)
15 Sep 1923 - 7 Jul 1926 Frederick William Johnston
7 Jul 1926 - 4 Nov 1927 Edmond Henry Salt James (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
(acting)
4 Nov 1927 - 2 Feb 1929 Henry Beauchamp St. John
(2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Feb 1929 - 1 Oct 1929 Edmond Henry Salt James (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1 Oct 1929 - 17 Dec 1931 Charles Edward Bruce (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1950)
17 Dec 1931 - 1 Apr 1936 Alexander Norman Ley Cater (b. 1880 - d. 1957)
10 May 1932 - 1 Oct 1932 John Aloysius Brett (b. 1879 - d. 1955)
(acting for Cater)
1 Apr 1936 - 18 Apr 1936 Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1978)
18 Apr 1936 - 20 Jun 1937 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1966)
20 Jun 1937 - 28 Nov 1937 Ronald Evelyn Leslie Wingate
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
28 Nov 1937 - 14 Mar 1938 Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe (acting) (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
14 Mar 1938 - 11 Aug 1939 Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
(2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Aug 1939 - 24 Nov 1943 Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis
Metcalfe (b. 1883 - d. 1943)
24 Nov 1943 - 1946 William Rupert Hay (b. 1893 - d. 1962)
14 May 1946 - 1946 Henry Mortimer Poulton (b. 1898 - d. 1973)
1946 - 3 Oct 1947 Sir Geoffrey Prior (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
Bengal
1633 first English settlement (subordinate to Madras)
3 Sep 1681 Bengal a separate agency
Jan 1694 - 1698 subordinated to Madras
26 May 1700 Presidency of Bengal
20 Oct 1774 direct rule by central government of British India
1854 Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa province
16 Oct 1905 divided into two provinces: West Bengal, and East Bengal and Assam
1 Apr 1912 division reversed; Bengal Presidency restored; Assam and Bihar and
Orissa made separate provinces
15 Aug 1947 divided between India (West Bengal) and Pakistan
(East Bengal)
Governors
26 May 1700 - 7 Jan 1701 Charles Eyre
7 Jan 1701 - 1705 John Bead
1705 - Jul 1705 Edward Littleton (b. 16... - d. 1705)
Jul 1705 - 20 Jul 1710 Council
20 Jul 1710 - 4 Mar 1711 Anthony Weltden
4 Mar 1711 - 3 Dec 1713 John Russell
3 Dec 1713 - 12 Jan 1718 Robert Hedges
12 Jan 1718 - 17 Jan 1723 Samuel Flake
17 Jan 1723 - 30 Jan 1726 John Deane (1st time)
30 Jan 1726 - 17 Sep 1728 Henry Frankland
17 Sep 1728 - 18 Sep 1728 Edward Stephenson
18 Sep 1728 - 25 Feb 1732 John Deane (2nd time)
25 Feb 1732 - 29 Jan 1739 John Stackhouse
29 Jan 1739 - 4 Feb 1746 Thomas Broddyll
4 Feb 1746 - 18 Apr 1748 John Forster
18 Apr 1748 - 17 Jun 1749 William Barwell
17 Jun 1749 - 5 Jul 1752 Adam Dawson
5 Jul 1752 - 8 Aug 1752 William Fytche
8 Aug 1752 - Oct 1756 Roger Drake
Oct 1756 - 28 Jan 1760 Robert Clive (1st time) (b. 1725 - d. 1774)
28 Jan 1760 - 27 Jul 1760 John Zephaniah Holwell (acting) (b. 1711 - d. 1798)
27 Jul 1760 - 3 Dec 1764 Henry Vansittart (b. 1732 - d. 1769)
3 Dec 1764 - 3 May 1765 John Spencer (acting) (b. c.1725 - d. c.1770)
3 May 1765 - 29 Jan 1767 Robert Clive, Baron Clive of
Plassey (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jan 1767 - 26 Dec 1769 Harry Verelst (b. c.1733 - d. 1785)
26 Dec 1769 - 13 Apr 1772 John Cartier (b. 1733 - d. 1802)
13 Apr 1772 - 20 Oct 1774 Warren Hastings (b. 1732 - d. 1818)
Lieutenant governors
1854 - 1 May 1859 Frederick James Halliday (b. 1807 - d. 1901)
1 May 1859 - 24 Apr 1862 John Peter Grant (b. 1807 - d. 1893)
24 Apr 1862 - 1866 Sir Cecil Beadon (b. 1816 - d. 1880)
1867 - 1 Mar 1871 William Grey (b. 1818 - d. 1878)
1 Mar 1871 - 9 Apr 1874 George Campbell (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
9 Apr 1874 - 8 Jan 1877 Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
8 Jan 1877 - 15 Jul 1879 Ashley Eden (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
15 Jul 1879 - 24 Apr 1882 Stewart Colvin Bayley (1st time) (b. 1836 - d. 1925)
(acting)
24 Apr 1882 - 11 Aug 1885 Augustus Rivers Thompson (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
11 Aug 1885 - 2 Apr 1887 Horace Abel Cockerell (acting) (b. 1832 - d. 1908)
2 Apr 1887 - 17 Dec 1890 Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Dec 1890 - 30 May 1893 Charles Alfred Elliot (b. 1836 - d. 1911)
30 May 1893 - 18 Dec 1895 Anthony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
18 Dec 1893 - 23 Jun 1897 Alexander Mackenzie (b. 1842 - d. 1902)
23 Jun 1897 - 7 Apr 1898 Sir Charles Cecil Stevens (acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1909)
7 Apr 1898 - 23 Nov 1902 John Woodburn (b. 1848 - d. 1902)
23 Nov 1902 - 2 Nov 1903 James Austen Bourdillon (acting) (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
2 Nov 1903 - 10 Apr 1906 Arthur Henderson Leith Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
10 Apr 1906 - 16 Aug 1906 Lancelot Hare (acting) (b. 1851 - d. 1922)
16 Aug 1906 - 1 Dec 1908 Sir Francis Alexander Slacke (b. 1853 - d. 1940)
1 Dec 1908 - 14 Jul 1911 Sir Edward Norman Baker (b. 1857 - d. 1956)
14 Jul 1911 - 1 Apr 1912 Sir Frederick William Duke (b. 1863 - d. 1924)
Governors
1 Apr 1912 - 26 Mar 1917 Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael,
Baron Carmichael (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
26 Mar 1917 - 28 Mar 1922 Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl
of Ronaldshay (b. 1876 - d. 1961)
28 Mar 1922 Henry Wheeler (acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
28 Mar 1922 - 28 Mar 1927 Victor Alexander George Robert
Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of Lytton (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
28 Mar 1927 - 29 Mar 1932 Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (b. 1870 - d. 1947)
29 Mar 1932 - 27 Nov 1937 Sir John Anderson (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
27 Nov 1937 - 23 Feb 1939 Michael Herbert Rudolph
Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
24 Feb 1939 - 12 Jun 1939 Robert Neil Reid (acting) (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
12 Jun 1939 - 18 Nov 1939 John Ackroyd Woodhead (b. 1881 - d. 1973)
18 Nov 1939 - 6 Sep 1943 John Arthur Herbert (b. 1895 - d. 1943)
6 Sep 1943 - 22 Jan 1944 Thomas George Rutherford (acting) (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
22 Jan 1944 - 19 Feb 1946 Richard Gardiner Casey (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
19 Feb 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick John Burrows (b. 1887 - d. 1973)
Chief ministers
1937 - Jul 1943 A.K. Fazlul Huq (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
Jul 1943 - Aug 1945 Khwaja Nazimuddin (b. 1894 - d. 1964)
Chief minister of East Bengal
Jun 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (b. 1893 - d. 1963)
Chief minister of West Bengal
3 Jul 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Prafulla Ghosh (b. 1891 - d. 1983)
Bihar and Orissa
1756 Bihar part of Bengal
1803 Orissa occupied by U.K.
1 Apr 1912 separated from Bengal as Bihar and Orissa province
1 Apr 1936 Bihar and Orissa become separate provinces
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Lieutenant governors
1 Apr 1912 - 19 Nov 1915 Sir Charles Stuart Bayley (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
19 Nov 1915 - 5 Apr 1918 Sir Edward Albert Gait (1st time) (b. 1863 - d. 1950)
5 Apr 1918 - 12 Jul 1918 Sir Edward Vere Levinge (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
12 Jul 1918 - 29 Dec 1920 Sir Edward Albert Gait (2nd time) (s.a.)
Governors
29 Dec 1920 - 29 Nov 1921 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha,
Baron Sinha of Raipur (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
29 Nov 1921 - 12 Apr 1922 Havilland Le Mesurier (acting) (b. 1866 - d. 1931)
12 Apr 1922 - 7 Apr 1927 Sir Henry Wheeler (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
7 Apr 1927 - 7 Apr 1932 Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson (b. 1871 - d. 1941)
7 Apr 1932 - 1 Apr 1936 Sir James David Sifton (b. 1878 - d. 1952)
Bihar
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 11 Mar 1937 Sir James David Sifton (s.a.)
11 Mar 1937 - 5 Aug 1939 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
5 Aug 1939 - 9 Jan 1943 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
(acting to Sep 1939)
9 Jan 1943 - Mar 1943 Sir Thomas George Rutherford
(1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1957)
Mar 1943 - 1944 Sir Francis Mudie (acting) (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
1944 - 13 May 1946 Sir Thomas George Rutherford
(2nd time) (s.a.)
13 May 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Hugh Dow (b. 1886 - d. 1978)
Chief minister
1937 - Oct 1939 Srikrishna Sinha (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
23 Mar 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Srikrishna Sinha (2nd time) (s.a.)
Orissa
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 11 Aug 1938 Sir John Austen Hubback (1st time) (b. 1878 - d. 1968)
11 Aug 1938 - 8 Dec 1938 George Townsend Boag (acting) (b. 1884 - d. 1969)
8 Dec 1938 - 1 Apr 1941 Sir John Austen Hubback (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1941 - 1 Apr 1946 Sir William Hawthorne Lewis (b. 1888 - d. 1970)
1 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (b. 1893 - d. 1980)
Chief ministers
1 Apr 1937 - 19 Jul 1937 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Narayan Deo (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
19 Jul 1937 - 4 Nov 1939 Biswanath Das (b. 1889 - d. 1984)
24 Nov 1941 - 29 Jun 1944 Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Narayan Deo (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Harekrushna Mahatab (b. 1899 - d. 1987)
Bombay
23 Jun 1661 Bombay Island and dependencies ceded to England by Portugal
18 Sep 1662 English arrive to take possession
18 Feb 1665 final cession of Bombay to England
23 Sep 1668 - 2 May 1685 Bombay Presidency subordinated to Surat,
under British East India Company rule
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
17 May 1694 - Nov 1704 Sir John Gayer (b. 16... - d. 1711)
Nov 1704 - Sep 1708 Sir Nicholas Waite
Sep 1708 - 11 Oct 1715 William Aislabie
11 Oct 1715 - 26 Dec 1715 Stephen Strutt (acting)
26 Dec 1715 - 9 Jan 1722 Charles Boone
9 Jan 1722 - 10 Jan 1729 William Phipps
10 Jan 1729 - 22 Sep 1734 Robert Cowan
22 Sep 1734 - 7 Apr 1739 John Horne
7 Apr 1739 - 15 Nov 1742 Stephen Law
15 Nov 1742 - 26 Nov 1742 John Geekie (acting)
26 Nov 1742 - 17 Nov 1750 William Wake
17 Nov 1750 - 1760 Richard Bourchier
1760 - 28 Feb 1760 John Holkell (acting)
28 Feb 1760 - 27 Jan 1767 Charles Crommellin
27 Jan 1767 - 23 Feb 1771 Thomas Hodges (b. ... - d. 1771)
26 Feb 1771 - 1 Jan 1784 William Hornby (b. ... - d. 1803)
1 Jan 1784 - 9 Jan 1788 Rawson Hart Bodham
9 Jan 1788 - 6 Sep 1788 Andrew Ramsay (acting)
6 Sep 1788 - 21 Jan 1790 Sir William Medows (b. 1738 - d. 1813)
21 Jan 1790 - 26 Nov 1792 Sir Robert Abercromby (b. 1740 - d. 1827)
26 Nov 1792 - 9 Nov 1795 George Dick (acting)
9 Nov 1795 - 27 Dec 1795 John Griffith (acting)
27 Dec 1795 - 11 Aug 1811 Jonathan Duncan (b. 1756 - d. 1811)
11 Aug 1811 - 12 Aug 1812 George Brown (acting)
12 Aug 1812 - 1 Nov 1819 Sir Evan Nepean (b. 1751 - d. 1822)
1 Nov 1819 - 1 Nov 1827 Mountstuart Elphinstone (b. 1779 - d. 1859)
1 Nov 1827 - 1 Dec 1830 Sir John Malcolm (b. 1769 - d. 1833)
1 Dec 1830 - 17 Jan 1831 Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith (b. 1772 - d. 1831)
(acting)
17 Jan 1831 - 21 Mar 1831 John Romer (acting)
21 Mar 1831 - 17 Mar 1835 John Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare (b. 1792 - d. 1851)
17 Mar 1835 - 11 Jul 1838 Sir Robert Grant (b. 1779 - d. 1838)
11 Jul 1838 - 31 May 1839 James Farish (acting)
31 May 1839 - 28 Apr 1841 Sir James Rivett-Carnac (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
28 Apr 1841 - 9 May 1842 George William Anderson (acting) (b. 1791 - d. 1857)
9 May 1842 - 6 Jul 1846 Sir George Arthur (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
6 Jul 1846 - 23 Jan 1847 Lestock Robert Reid (acting)
23 Jan 1847 - 1 May 1848 Sir George Russell Clerk
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1800 - d. 1889)
1 May 1848 - 26 Dec 1853 Lucius Bentinck Carey, Viscount
Falkland (b. 1803 - d. 1884)
26 Dec 1853 - 11 May 1860 John Elphinstone, Baron
Elphinstone (b. 1807 - d. 1860)
11 May 1860 - 24 Apr 1862 Sir George Russell Clerk
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
24 Apr 1862 - 6 Mar 1867 Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
6 Mar 1867 - 6 May 1872 William Robert Seymour Vesey
Fitzgerald (b. 1818 - d. 1885)
6 May 1872 - 30 Apr 1877 Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse (b. 1811 - d. 1887)
30 Apr 1877 - 13 Mar 1880 Sir Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
13 Mar 1880 - 28 Apr 1880 Lionel Robert Ashburner (acting) (b. 1827 - d. 1907)
28 Apr 1880 - 27 Mar 1885 Sir James Fergusson (b. 1832 - d. 1907)
27 Mar 1885 James Braithwaite Peile (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1906)
27 Mar 1885 - 12 Apr 1890 Donald James Mackay, Baron Reay (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
12 Apr 1890 - 16 Feb 1895 George Robert Canning Harris,
Baron Harris (b. 1851 - d. 1932)
16 Feb 1895 - 18 Feb 1895 Herbert Mills Birdwood (acting) (b. 1837 - d. 1907)
18 Feb 1895 - 17 Feb 1900 William Mansfield, Baron Sandhurst (b. 1857 - d. 1933)
17 Feb 1900 - 5 Sep 1903 Henry Stafford Northcote,
Baron Northcote (b. 1846 - d. 1911)
5 Sep 1903 - 12 Dec 1903 Sir James Monteath (acting) (b. 1847 - d. 1929)
12 Dec 1903 - 28 Jul 1907 Charles Wallace Alexander Napier
Cochrane-Baillie, Baron Lamington (b. 1860 - d. 1940)
28 Jul 1907 - 18 Oct 1907 Sir John William Pitt
Muir-Mackenzie (acting) (b. 1854 - d. 1916)
18 Oct 1907 - 4 Apr 1913 Sir George Sydenham Clarke (b. 1848 - d. 1933)
4 Apr 1913 - 17 Dec 1918 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron
Willingdon (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
17 Dec 1918 - 8 Dec 1923 Sir George Ambrose Lloyd (b. 1879 - d. 1941)
8 Dec 1923 - 10 Dec 1923 Sir Maurice Hayward (acting) (b. 1868 - d. 1964)
10 Dec 1923 - 20 Mar 1926 Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
20 Mar 1926 - 8 Dec 1928 Sir Henry Staveley Lawrence (b. 1870 - d. 1949)
(acting)
8 Dec 1928 - 9 Dec 1933 Sir Frederick Sykes (b. 1877 - d. 1954)
9 Dec 1933 - 30 May 1937 Michael Herbert Rudolph
Knatchbull, Baron Brabourne (b. 1895 - d. 1939)
30 May 1937 - 18 Sep 1937 Sir Robert Duncan Bell (acting) (b. 1878 - d. 1953)
18 Sep 1937 - 24 Mar 1943 Sir Lawrence Roger Lumley (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
24 Mar 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir David John Colville (b. 1894 - d. 1954)
Chief minister
30 Mar 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Bal Gangadhar Kher (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
Central Provinces and Berar
1852 Nagpur province
1861 Nagpur united with the Saugor Nerbudda territories
1862 renamed Central Provinces
1 Oct 1903 Berar falls under British administration
24 Oct 1936 Central Provinces united with Berar
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1861 - 1864 Edward King Elliot
1864 - 1867 Sir Richard Temple (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1867 - 1868 George Campbell
1868 - 1883 Sir John Henry Morris (b. 1828 - d. 1912)
1883 - 1884 William Bence Jones
1884 - 1885 Sir Charles Haukes Todd
Crosthwaite (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
1885 - 1887 Dennis Fitzpatrick
1887 - 1889 Alexander Mackenzie
1889 - 1893 Sir Anthony Patrick Macdonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1925)
1893 - 1895 Sir John Woodburn (b. 1843 - d. 1902)
1 Nov 1895 - 1899 Sir Charles James Lyall (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
1899 - 1900 Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser (b. 1848 - d. 1919)
1900 - 1902 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
1902 - 1904 John Prescott Hewett (b. 1854 - d. 1941)
1904 - 1905 Frederic Styles Philpin Lely (b. 1846 - d. 1934)
1905 - 1906 John Ontario Miller (b. 1857 - d. 1943)
1906 - 1907 Stanley Ismay (acting) (b. 1848 - d. 1914)
1907 - 1912 Reginald Henry Craddock (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
1912 - 1920 Sir Benjamin Robertson (b. 1864 - d. 1953)
1920 - 17 Dec 1920 Sir Frank George Sly (b. 1876 - d. 1932)
Governors
17 Dec 1920 - 26 Jan 1925 Sir Frank George Sly (s.a.)
26 Jan 1925 - 15 Sep 1933 Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (b. 1873 - d. 1952)
15 Sep 1933 - 3 Mar 1938 Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (b. 1878 - d. 1938)
3 Mar 1938 - 27 May 1938 Hugh Bomford (acting) (b. 1882 - d. 1939)
27 May 1938 - 1 Jun 1940 Sir Francis Verner Wylie (b. 1891 - d. 1970)
1 Jun 1940 - 16 Sep 1946 Sir Henry Joseph Twynam (b. 1887 - d. 1966)
(acting to 1 Oct 1940)
16 Sep 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
Chief ministers
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Jul 1938 Narayan Bhaskar Khare (b. 1882 - d. 1970)
20 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Ravi Shankar Shukla (b. 1877 - d. 1956)
Coorg
1834 annexed by U.K.
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
24 Feb 1869 - 21 Feb 1870 Lewin Bentham Bowring (b. 1824 - d. 1910)
21 Feb 1870 - 5 Jun 1876 Richard John Meade (b. 1821 - d. 1904)
5 Jun 1876 - 1 Apr 1878 Charles Burslem Saunders (b. 1821 - d. 1888)
1 Apr 1878 - 8 Jun 1883 James Davidson Gordon (b. 1835 - d. 1889)
8 Jun 1883 - 15 Jan 1889 James Broadwood Lyall (b. 1838 - d. 1916)
15 Jan 1889 - 1 Jun 1891 Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
St. John (b. 1837 - d. 1891)
1 Jun 1891 - 16 Apr 1892 Sir Harry North Dalrymple
Prendergast (acting) (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
16 Apr 1892 - 20 Feb 1895 Philip Durham Henderson (b. 1840 - d. 1918)
20 Feb 1895 - 18 Sep 1895 William Lee-Warner (b. 1846 - d. 1914)
18 Sep 1895 - 7 Dec 1896 William Mackworth Young (b. 1840 - d. 1924)
7 Dec 1896 - 5 Nov 1903 Donald Robertson (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
5 Nov 1903 - 22 Nov 1905 Sir James Austin Bourdillon (b. 1848 - d. 1913)
22 Nov 1905 - 26 Aug 1910 Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser (b. 1864 - d. 1963)
26 Aug 1910 - 7 Apr 1916 Sir Hugh Daly (b. 1860 - d. 1939)
7 Apr 1916 - 8 Mar 1920 Henry Venn Cobb (b. 1864 - d. 1949)
8 Mar 1920 - 29 Jun 1925 William Pell Barton (b. 1871 - d. 1956)
29 Jun 1925 - 23 Jun 1930 Steuart Edmund Pears (b. 1875 - d. 1931)
23 Jun 1930 - 5 May 1933 Richard John Charles Burke (b. 1878 - d. 1960)
5 May 1933 - 9 Dec 1937 Charles Terence Chichele Plowden (b. 1883 - d. 1956)
9 Dec 1937 - 1 Jul 1940 John de la Hay Gordon (b. 1887 - d. 1959)
1 Jul 1940 - 26 Apr 1943 Joseph William Pritchard
26 Apr 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa (b. 1878 - d. 19...)
Delhi
1832 part of North-Western Provinces
1858 part of Punjab
1912 separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1912 - 1918 William Malcolm Hailey (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
1918 - 1924 Claud Alexander Barron (b. 1871 - d. 1948)
1924 - 1926 Evelyn Robins Abbott
1926 - 1928 Alexander Montague Stow (b. 1873 - d. 1936)
1928 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1885 - d. 1955)
1928 - 1932 John Perronet Thompson (b. 1873 - d. 1935)
1932 - 1937 John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1937 - 1940 Evan Meredith Jenkins (b. 1896 - d. 1985)
1940 - 1945 Arthur Vivian Askwith (b. 1893 - d. 1971)
1945 - 15 Aug 1947 William Christie (b. 1896 - d. 1983)
Madras
1 Mar 1640 Madras an English possession
1640 - 1652 subordinate to Bantam (in the East Indies)
1652 - 1655 Presidency of Madras
1684 Presidency of Madras
10 Sep 1746 - Aug 1749 French occupation
20 Oct 1774 part of British India
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
7 Jul 1698 - 18 Sep 1709 Thomas Pitt (b. 1653 - d. 1726)
18 Sep 1709 - 17 Oct 1709 Gulston Addison (b. 16... - d. 1709)
17 Oct 1709 - 3 Nov 1709 Edmund Montague (acting)
3 Nov 1709 - 11 Jul 1711 William Fraser (acting)
11 Jul 1711 - 8 Jan 1717 Edward Harrison
8 Jan 1717 - 18 Jan 1720 Joseph Collet
18 Jan 1720 - 15 Oct 1721 Francis Hastings (acting)
15 Oct 1721 - 15 Jan 1725 Nathaniel Elwick
15 Jan 1725 - 14 May 1730 James Macrae (b. c.1677 - d. 1744)
14 May 1730 - 23 Jan 1735 George Morton Pitt
23 Jan 1735 - 17 Jan 1744 Richard Benyon (b. 1698 - d. ...)
17 Jan 1744 - 10 Sep 1746 Nicholas Morse
10 Sep 1746 - 14 Apr 1747 John Hinde (in Fort David) (b. ... - d. 1747)
Sep 1746 - Aug 1749 Jean-Jacques Duval d'Eprémesnil (b. 1714 - d. 1767)
(French governor)
16 Apr 1747 - 19 Sep 1750 Charles Floyer (in Fort David)
19 Sep 1750 - 14 Jan 1755 Thomas Saunders
(in Fort David to 5 Apr 1752)
14 Jan 1755 - 14 Nov 1763 George Pigot (1st time) (b. 1719 - d. 1777)
14 Nov 1763 - 25 Jan 1767 Robert Palk (b. 1717 - d. 1798)
25 Jan 1767 - 31 Jan 1770 Charles Bourchier
31 Jan 1770 - 2 Feb 1773 Josias DuPré
2 Feb 1773 - 11 Dec 1775 Alexander Wynch
11 Dec 1775 - 23 Aug 1776 George Pigot (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Aug 1776 - 31 Aug 1777 George Stratton
31 Aug 1777 - 8 Feb 1778 John Whitehill (1st time) (acting) (b. 1735 - d. ...)
8 Feb 1778 - 6 Apr 1780 Thomas Rumbold (from 23 Mar 1779,
Sir Thomas Rumbold) (b. 1736 - d. 1791)
6 Apr 1780 - 8 Nov 1780 John Whitehill (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
8 Nov 1780 - 22 Jun 1781 Charles Smith (acting) (b. 1736 - d. ...)
22 Jun 1781 - 14 Jun 1785 George Macartney (b. 1737 - d. 1806)
14 Jun 1785 - 6 Apr 1786 Alexander Davidson (acting) (b. 1742 - d. 1791)
6 Apr 1786 - 7 Feb 1789 Sir Archibald Campbell (b. 1739 - d. 1791)
7 Feb 1789 - 13 Feb 1790 John Hollond (acting)
13 Feb 1790 - 20 Feb 1790 Edward J. Hollond (acting)
20 Feb 1790 - 1 Aug 1792 William Medows (b. 1738 - d. 1813)
1 Aug 1792 - 7 Sep 1794 Sir Charles Oakeley (b. 1751 - d. 1826)
7 Sep 1794 - 21 Feb 1798 Robert Hobart, Baron Hobart (b. 1760 - d. 1816)
21 Feb 1798 - 21 Aug 1798 George Harris (acting)
21 Aug 1798 - 30 Aug 1803 Edward Clive, Baron Powis (b. 1754 - d. 1839)
30 Aug 1803 - 11 Sep 1807 William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (b. 1774 - d. 1839)
11 Sep 1807 - Dec 1807 William Petrie (acting) (b. 17... - d. 1816)
Dec 1807 - 24 Feb 1808 ... (acting)
24 Feb 1808 - 21 May 1813 Sir George Hilario Barlow (b. 1762 - d. 1846)
21 May 1813 - 16 Sep 1814 John Abercromby (acting) (b. 1772 - d. 1817)
16 Sep 1814 - 10 Jun 1820 Hugh Elliot (b. 1752 - d. 1830)
10 Jun 1820 - 10 Jul 1827 Sir Thomas Munro (b. 1761 - d. 1827)
10 Jul 1827 - 18 Oct 1827 Henry Sullivan Graeme (acting)
18 Oct 1827 - 25 Oct 1832 Stephen Rumbold Lushington (b. 1776 - d. 1868)
25 Oct 1832 - 4 Mar 1837 Sir Frederick Adam (b. 1781 - d. 1853)
4 Mar 1837 - 6 Mar 1837 George Edward Russell (acting)
6 Mar 1837 - 24 Sep 1842 John Elphinstone, Baron
Elphinstone
24 Sep 1842 - 23 Feb 1848 George Hay, Marquess of Tweeddale (b. 1787 - d. 1876)
23 Feb 1848 - 7 Apr 1848 Henry Dickinson (acting)
7 Apr 1848 - 24 Apr 1854 Sir Henry Pottinger (b. 1789 - d. 1856)
24 Apr 1854 - 28 Apr 1854 Daniel Eliott (acting)
28 Apr 1854 - 28 Mar 1859 George Francis Robert Harris,
Baron Harris (b. 1810 - d. 1872)
28 Mar 1859 - 8 Jun 1860 Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (b. 1807 - d. 1886)
8 Jun 1860 - 5 Jul 1860 William Ambrose Morehead
(1st time) (acting)
5 Jul 1860 - 2 Aug 1860 Sir Henry George Ward (b. 1797 - d. 1860)
4 Aug 1860 - 18 Feb 1861 William Ambrose Morehead
(2nd time) (acting)
18 Feb 1861 - 27 Mar 1866 Sir William Thomas Denison (b. 1804 - d. 1871)
27 Mar 1866 - 19 Feb 1872 Francis Napier, Baron Napier
of Merchistoun (b. 1819 - d. 1898)
19 Feb 1872 - 15 May 1872 Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting) (b. 1822 - d. 1907)
15 May 1872 - 29 Apr 1875 Vere Henry Hobart (b. 1818 - d. 1875)
29 Apr 1875 - 23 Nov 1875 William Rose Robinson (acting) (b. 1822 - d. 1886)
23 Nov 1875 - 20 Dec 1880 Richard Plantagenet Campbell
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-
Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos (b. 1823 - d. 1889)
20 Dec 1880 - 24 May 1881 William Patrick Adam (b. 1823 - d. 1881)
24 May 1881 - 5 Nov 1881 William Huddleston (acting) (b. 1826 - d. 1894)
5 Nov 1881 - 8 Dec 1886 Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (b. 1828 - d. 1906)
8 Dec 1886 - 1 Dec 1890 Robert Bourke, (from 1887) Baron
Connemara (b. 1827 - d. 1903)
1 Dec 1890 - 23 Jan 1891 John Henry Garstin
23 Jan 1891 - 18 Mar 1896 Bentley Lawley, Baron Wenlock (b. 1849 - d. 1912)
18 Mar 1896 - 28 Dec 1900 Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock (b. 1844 - d. 1908)
28 Dec 1900 - 15 Feb 1906 Arthur Oliver Villiers-Russell,
Baron Ampthill (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
15 Feb 1906 - 28 Mar 1906 Gabriel Stoles (acting) (b. 1849 - d. 1920)
28 Mar 1906 - 3 Nov 1911 Sir Arthur Lawley (b. 1860 - d. 1932)
3 Nov 1911 - 30 Mar 1912 Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael
(from 9 Feb 1912, Thomas David
Gibson-Carmichael, Baron
Carmichael) (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
30 Mar 1912 - 30 Oct 1912 Sir Murray Hammick (acting) (b. 1854 - d. 1936)
30 Oct 1912 - 29 Mar 1919 John Sinclair, Baron Pentland (b. 1860 - d. 1925)
29 Mar 1919 - 10 Apr 1919 Sir Alexander Gordon Cardew (b. 1861 - d. 1937)
(acting)
10 Apr 1919 - 12 Apr 1924 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Baron
Willingdon (b. 1866 - d. 1941)
12 Apr 1924 - 14 Apr 1924 Sir Charles George Todhunter (b. 1869 - d. 1949)
(acting)
14 Apr 1924 - 29 Jun 1929 George Joachim Goschen, Viscount
Goschen (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
29 Jun 1929 - 11 Nov 1929 Sir Norman Edward Majoribanks (b. 1872 - d. 1939)
(acting)
11 Nov 1929 - 15 Nov 1934 Sir George Frederick Stanley (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
15 Nov 1934 - 12 Mar 1940 Sir John Francis Ashley Erskine (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
12 Mar 1940 - 26 Feb 1946 Arthur Oswald James Hope (b. 1897 - d. 1958)
26 Feb 1946 - 5 May 1946 Sir Henry Foley Knight (acting) (b. 1886 - d. 1960)
5 May 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Archibald Edward Nye (b. 1895 - d. 1967)
Chief ministers
17 Dec 1920 - 11 Jul 1921 Subbarayalu Reddiar (b. 1855 - d. 1921)
11 Jul 1921 - 3 Dec 1926 Raja of Panagal (b. 1866 - d. 1928)
4 Dec 1926 - 27 Oct 1930 P. Subbarayan (b. 1889 - d. 1963)
27 Oct 1930 - 4 Nov 1932 Munuswamy Naidu (b. 1885 - d. 1935)
5 Nov 1932 - 4 Apr 1936 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of
Bobbili (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1978)
4 Apr 1936 - 24 Aug 1936 P.T. Rajan
24 Aug 1936 - 1 Apr 1937 Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of
Bobbili (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1937 - 14 Jul 1937 Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
14 Jul 1937 - 29 Oct 1939 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (b. 1878 - d. 1972)
30 Apr 1946 - 23 Mar 1947 Tanguturi Prakasam (b. 1872 - d. 1957)
23 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Amandur Ramaswami Reddiar
North-West Frontier Province
1849 British capture area from Punjab
1901 North-West Frontier Province created
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Chief commissioners
9 Nov 1901 - 7 Jul 1908 Harold Arthur Deane (b. 1854 - d. 1908)
7 Jul 1908 - 16 Nov 1909 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(1st time) (b. 1866 - d. 1921)
16 Nov 1909 - 1 Nov 1910 William Rudolph Henry Merk (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
(acting)
1 Nov 1910 - 28 Aug 1913 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Aug 1913 - 28 Jan 1915 Sir John Stuart Donald (acting) (b. 1861 - d. 1948)
28 Jan 1915 - 10 Sep 1919 Sir George Olof Roos-Keppel
(3rd time) (s.a.)
10 Sep 1919 - 8 Mar 1921 Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant (b. 1872 - d. 1937)
8 Mar 1921 - Jul 1923 Sir John Loader Maffey (b. 1877 - d. 1969)
Jul 1923 - 3 Dec 1925 Horatio Norman Bolton (1st time) (b. 1875 - d. 1965)
3 Dec 1925 - Aug 1926 William John Keen (acting) (b. 1873 - d. 1958)
Aug 1926 - 10 May 1930 Horatio Norman Bolton (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 May 1930 - 9 Sep 1931 Sir Stuart Edmond Pearks (b. 1875 - d. 1931)
10 Sep 1931 - 18 Apr 1932 Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith (b. 1882 - d. 1963)
Governors
18 Apr 1932 - 2 Mar 1937 Sir Ralph Edwin Hotchkin Griffith (s.a.)
2 Mar 1937 - 11 Aug 1939 Sir George Cunningham (1st time) (b. 1888 - d. 1964)
11 Aug 1939 - 10 Dec 1939 Sir Arthur Edward Broadbent
Parsons (b. 1884 - d. 1966)
10 Dec 1939 - 3 Mar 1946 Sir George Cunningham (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Mar 1946 - 26 Jun 1947 Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
26 Jun 1947 - 13 Aug 1947 Sir Robert Lockhart (acting)
13 Aug 1947 - 8 Apr 1948 Sir George Cunningham (3rd time) (s.a.)
Premiers
1 Apr 1937 - 7 Sep 1937 Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
7 Sep 1937 - 10 Nov 1939 Khan Sahib (1st time) (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
25 May 1943 - 16 Mar 1945 Sardar Aurangzeb Khan
16 Mar 1945 - 22 Aug 1947 Khan Sahib (2nd time) (s.a.)
Panth Piploda
1935 chief commissioner's province
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Chief commissioners
1935 - 1940 Kenneth Samuel Fitze (b. 1887 - d. 1960)
1940 - 1942 Gerald Thomas Fisher (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
1942 - 1946 Walter Fendall Campbell (b. 1894 - d. 1973)
1946 - 1947 Henry Mortimer Poulton (b. 1898 - d. 1973)
Punjab
2 Apr 1849 annexed by Britain
15 Aug 1947 divided between India (see Punjab under Indian states) and
Pakistan (see Punjab under Pakistani provinces)
Chief commissioners
1 Apr 1849 - 1853 Board of Administration
1853 - 1 Jan 1859 John Laird Mair Lawrence (from
1856, Sir John Laird Mair
Lawrence) (b. 1811 - d. 1879)
Lieutenant governors
1 Jan 1859 - 25 Feb 1859 Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence (s.a.)
25 Feb 1859 - 10 Jan 1865 Sir Robert Montgomery (b. 1809 - d. 1887)
10 Jan 1865 - 1 Jun 1870 Donald Friell McLeod (b. 1810 - d. 1872)
1 Jun 1870 - 1 Jan 1871 Sir Henry Marion Durand (b. 1812 - d. 1871)
20 Jan 1871 - 2 Apr 1877 Sir Robert Henry Davies (b. 1824 - d. 1902)
2 Apr 1877 - 3 Apr 1882 Sir Robert Eyles Egerton (b. 1857 - d. 1912)
3 Apr 1882 - 2 Apr 1887 Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchinson (b. 1832 - d. 1896)
2 Apr 1887 - 5 Mar 1892 Sir Charles James Lyall (b. 1845 - d. 1920)
5 Mar 1892 - 6 Mar 1897 Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick (b. 1827 - d. 1920)
6 Mar 1897 - 6 Mar 1902 Sir William Mackworth Young (b. 1840 - d. 1924)
6 Mar 1902 - 6 Mar 1907 Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz (b. 1845 - d. 1926)
6 Mar 1907 - 26 May 1907 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
(1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1908)
26 May 1907 - 12 Aug 1907 Sir Thomas Gordon Walker
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
12 Aug 1907 - 22 Jan 1908 Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
(2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Jan 1908 - 25 May 1908 Sir Thomas Gordon Walker
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
25 May 1908 - 28 Apr 1911 Sir Louis William Dane (1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1948)
28 Apr 1911 - 4 Aug 1911 James MacCrone Douie (acting) (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
4 Aug 1911 - 26 May 1913 Sir Louis William Dane (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 May 1913 - 26 May 1919 Sir Michael O'Dwyer (b. 1864 - d. 1940)
26 May 1919 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 31 May 1924 Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan (s.a.)
31 May 1924 - 9 Aug 1928 Sir William Malcolm Hailey (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
9 Aug 1928 - 19 Jul 1932 Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de
Montmorency (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
19 Jul 1932 - 19 Oct 1932 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1942)
(acting)
19 Oct 1932 - 12 Apr 1933 Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de
Montmorency (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Apr 1933 - 1 Feb 1934 Sir Herbert William Emerson
(1st time) (b. 1881 - d. 1940)
15 Feb 1934 - 9 Jun 1934 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
9 Jun 1934 - 4 Apr 1938 Sir Herbert William Emerson
(2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Apr 1938 - 7 Apr 1941 Sir Henry Duffield Craik (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
7 Apr 1941 - 8 Apr 1946 Sir Bertrand James Glancy (b. 1882 - d. 1953)
8 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (b. 1896 - d. 1985)
Premiers
1 Apr 1937 - 26 Dec 1942 Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan (s.a.)
Dec 1942 - Feb 1945 Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana
(1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1975)
Apr 1946 - 4 Mar 1947 Sir Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana
(2nd time) (s.a.)
Sind
1843 annexed by Britain; subordinated to Bombay
Apr 1936 separate province
15 Aug 1947 part of Pakistan
Commissioners
1843 - 1847 Charles James Napier (b. 1782 - d. 1853)
1847 - 1851 Richard Keith Pringle
1851 - 1859 Henry Edward Bartle Frere (b. 1815 - d. 1884)
1859 - 1862 Jonathan Duncan Inverarity
1862 - 1867 Samuel Mansfield
1867 - 1868 William Henry Havelock
1868 - 1877 William Lockyer Merewether (b. 1825 - d. 1880)
1877 - 1879 Francis Dawes Melville
1879 - 1887 Henry Napier Bruce Erskine
1887 - 1889 Charles Bradley Pritchard
1889 - 1891 Arthur Charles Trevor
1891 - 1900 Henry Evan Murchison James
1900 - 1902 Robert Giles
1902 - 1903 Alexander Cumine
1903 - 1904 Horace Charles Mules
1904 - 1905 John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie
1905 - 1912 Arthur Delaval Youngshound
1912 - 1916 William Henry Lucas
1916 - 1920 Henry Staveley Lawrence (b. 1870 - d. 1949)
1920 - 1925 Jean Louis Rieu
1925 - 1926 Partick Robert Cadell (b. 1871 - d. 1961)
1926 - 1929 Walter Frank Hudson
1929 - 1931 George Arthur Thomas
1931 - 1935 Raymond Evelyn Gibson (b. 1878 - d. 1969)
1935 - 1936 Godfrey Ferdinando Stratford
Collins (b. 1888 - d. 1952)
Governors
1 Apr 1936 - 1 Apr 1941 Sir Lancelot Graham (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
1 Apr 1941 - 15 Jan 1947 Sir Hugh Dow (b. 1886 - d. 1978)
15 Jan 1947 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Francis Mudie (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
Premiers
28 Apr 1937 - 23 Mar 1938 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
23 Mar 1938 - 18 Mar 1940 Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh
(1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1943)
18 Mar 1940 - 7 Mar 1941 Mir Bandeh Ali Khan Talpur
7 Mar 1941 - 14 Feb 1942 Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh
(2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Oct 1942 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah
Khan Bahadur Shaykh (2nd time) (s.a.)
United Provinces
14 Nov 1834 Presidency of Agra
1 Jan 1836 North-Western Provinces
3 Apr 1858 Oudh taken under British control
15 Feb 1877 Oudh added to North-Western Provinces
22 Mar 1902 United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
1 Apr 1937 United Provinces
15 Aug 1947 part of independent India
Governors
14 Nov 1834 - 20 Mar 1835 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
20 Mar 1835 - 1 Dec 1835 William Blunt
1 Dec 1835 - 1 Jun 1836 Alexander Ross (b. 1777 - d. 18...)
Lieutenant governors
1 Jun 1836 - 1 Jun 1838 Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe (s.a.)
1 Jun 1838 - Feb 1840 administered by gov.-gen. of India
Feb 1840 - Dec 1842 Thomas Campbell Robertson (b. 1789 - d. 1863)
1843 - 27 Sep 1853 James Thomason (b. 1804 - d. 1853)
1853 - 9 Sep 1857 John Russell Colvin (b. 1807 - d. 1857)
1857 - 19 Jan 1859 administered by gov.-gen. of India
19 Jan 1859 - 7 Mar 1863 Sir George Frederick Edmonstone (b. 1813 - d. 1864)
7 Mar 1863 - 10 Mar 1868 Edmund Drummond (b. 1814 - d. 1895)
10 Mar 1868 - 7 Apr 1874 Sir William Muir (b. 1819 - d. 1905)
7 Apr 1874 - 26 Jul 1876 Sir John Strachey (b. 1823 - d. 1907)
26 Jul 1876 - 15 Feb 1877 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper (b. 1824 - d. 1908)
Lieutenant governors and commissioners
15 Feb 1877 - 17 Apr 1882 Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper (s.a.)
17 Apr 1882 - 21 Nov 1887 Sir Alfred Comyns Lyall (b. 1835 - d. 1911)
21 Nov 1887 - 28 Nov 1892 Sir Auckland Colvin (b. 1838 - d. 1908)
28 Nov 1892 - 9 Jan 1895 Sir Charles Haukes Todd
Crosthwaite (b. 1835 - d. 1915)
9 Jan 1895 - 6 Nov 1895 Alan Cadell (acting) (b. 1841 - d. 1921)
6 Nov 1895 - 14 Nov 1901 Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell (b. 1844 - d. 1935)
14 Nov 1901 - 22 Mar 1902 Sir James John Digges La Touche (b. 1844 - d. 1921)
Lieutenant governors
22 Mar 1902 - 1 Jan 1907 Sir James John Digges La Touche (s.a.)
1 Jan 1907 - 30 Apr 1910 Sir John Prescott Hewett
(1st time) (b. 1854 - d. 1941)
30 Apr 1910 - 20 Oct 1910 Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter
(1st time) (acting) (b. 1854 - d. 1932)
20 Oct 1910 - 1 Apr 1911 Sir John Prescott Hewett
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Apr 1911 - 16 Dec 1911 Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter
(2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
16 Dec 1911 - 15 Sep 1912 Sir John Prescott Hewett
(3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1912 - 18 Sep 1913 Sir James Scorgie Meston
(1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1943)
18 Sep 1913 - 15 Nov 1913 Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie (acting) (b. 1856 - d. 1919)
15 Nov 1913 - 7 Feb 1917 Sir James Scorgie Meston
(2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Feb 1917 - 15 Feb 1918 John Mitchell Holmes (acting)
15 Feb 1918 - 3 Jan 1921 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (b. 1869 - d. 1938)
Governors
3 Jan 1921 - 21 Dec 1922 Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler (s.a.)
21 Dec 1922 - 24 Dec 1922 Sir Ludovic Charles Porter (b. 1869 - d. 1928)
(acting)
24 Dec 1922 - 13 Aug 1926 Sir William Sinclair Marris
(1st time) (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
13 Aug 1926 - 1 Dec 1926 Sir Samuel Perry O'Donnell (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
(acting)
1 Dec 1926 - 14 Jan 1928 Sir William Sinclair Marris
(2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Jan 1928 - 17 Jun 1928 Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman (b. 1875 - d. 1928)
9 Aug 1928 - 16 Oct 1930 Sir William Malcolm Hailey
(1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1969)
16 Oct 1930 - 19 Apr 1931 Sir George Bancroft Lambert (b. 1873 - d. 1945)
(acting)
19 Apr 1931 - 6 Apr 1933 Sir William Malcolm Hailey
(2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Apr 1933 - 27 Nov 1933 Nawwab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said
Khan Chhatari (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
27 Nov 1933 - 6 Dec 1934 Sir William Malcolm Hailey
(3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Dec 1934 - 7 Dec 1939 Sir Harry Graham Haig (b. 1881 - d. 1956)
7 Dec 1939 - 7 Dec 1945 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
7 Dec 1945 - 15 Aug 1947 Sir Francis Verner Wylie (b. 1891 - d. 1970)
Chief minister
1 Apr 1946 - 15 Aug 1947 Govind Ballabh Pant (b. 1887 - d. 1961)