Viceroy of India

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The Viceroy of India was the British Crown’s highest representative and de facto ruler in colonial India, overseeing administration and imperial policy until independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
head of colonial administration ⓘ
viceregal position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
India ⓘ
appointedBy Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
ceremonialRole Crown’s representative at durbars and state ceremonies ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
createdBy Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
dissolutionCause Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
firstHolder Lord Canning ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver defence policy in British India ⓘ
fiscal and revenue policy in British India ⓘ
foreign relations of British India ⓘ
imperial legislative policy in India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
lastHolder Lord Mountbatten ⓘ
legalBasis Royal Proclamation of 1858 ⓘ
nominatedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
notableOfficeHolder Lord Canning ⓘ
Lord Chelmsford ⓘ
Lord Curzon ⓘ
Lord Hardinge ⓘ
Lord Irwin ⓘ
Lord Linlithgow ⓘ
Lord Lytton ⓘ
Lord Mountbatten ⓘ
Lord Wavell ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Governor-General of India (before 1858, without viceregal style) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
partOf British Empire ⓘ
replaced Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (as primary executive authority) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
replacedBy Governor-General of Pakistan (for territories forming Pakistan) ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dominion of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
residence Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) ⓘ
Viceregal Lodge, Simla (summer residence) ⓘ
Viceroy’s House, New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Rashtrapati Bhavan
role commander-in-chief of the armed forces in India (de jure or de facto influence) ⓘ
de facto head of the British Indian administration ⓘ
implementation of imperial policy in India ⓘ
representative of the British Crown in India ⓘ
supreme civil authority in British India ⓘ
seat Calcutta (until early 20th century) ⓘ
New Delhi (after capital transfer from Calcutta) ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
startTime 1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Cabinet ⓘ
Secretary of State for India ⓘ
supervises Indian Civil Service ⓘ
provincial governments in British India ⓘ

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British India → headOfGovernment → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Central Provinces → underAdministrationOf → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Indian Civil Service → controlledBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Partition of Bengal 1905 → implementedBy → Viceroy of India Lord Curzon ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Quit India movement → opposedBy → Viceroy Lord Linlithgow ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Viceroy of India → officeHolderTitle → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Viceroy of India → officeHolderTitle → Governor-General of India (before 1858, without viceregal style) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Viceroy of India → replaced → Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (as primary executive authority) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Viceroy of India → replacedBy → Governor-General of the Dominion of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Burma (until 1937) → status → subordinate to Viceroy of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Government of India Act 1858 → redefinedTitleOf → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Bombay Legislative Council → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Indian Civil Service → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject linked to: ICS
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → appointedBy → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → subordinateTo → Governor-General of India in Council ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Bengal Army → subordinateTo → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Council of State (British India) → presidingOfficer → Viceroy of India (ex officio, initially) ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of State
linked to: Viceroy of India
Council of State (British India) → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of State
Indian princely states → overlordshipExercisedBy → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Legislative Assembly (British India) → supervisingAuthority → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Legislative Assembly
Bengal Presidency → headOfGovernment → Governor-General of India (after 1833) ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Chelmsford → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Rajputana Agency → administeredBy → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → usedBy → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Curzon → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → appointedBy → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Court of Directors → hasAuthorityOver → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Charter Act 1853 → concerns → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Charter Act 1833 → createdOfficeOf → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Louis Mountbatten
linked to: Viceroy of India
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma → positionHeld → Governor-General of India ⓘ
subject linked to: Lord Louis Mountbatten
linked to: Viceroy of India
Government House, Calcutta → builtFor → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Indian Councils Act 1861 → appliedToOffice → Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Lytton → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Lytton → office → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Hardinge → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Wavell → positionHeld → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India
Lord Wavell → officeForTerm → Viceroy and Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India