<Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name ( Birth -- Death ) </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Notable events </Th> <Th> Appointer </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="6"> Governors Generals of the Presidency of Fort William ( Bengal ) , 1773 -- 1833 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warren Hastings ( 1732 - 1818 ) </Td> <Td> 20 October 1773 </Td> <Td> 1 February 1785 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Regulating Act of 1773 </Li> <Li> Supreme Council Of Bengal </Li> <Li> Asiatic Society of Bengal </Li> <Li> Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II </Li> <Li> Stopped Diarchy in Bengal </Li> <Li> New Sanskrit School by Jonathan Deccan </Li> <Li> Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta </Li> <Li> Bengal Gazette - First Indian newspaper published </Li> <Li> First Anglo - Maratha War ( 1775 -- 82 ) </Li> <Li> Second Anglo - Mysore war ( 1780 -- 84 ) </Li> <Li> First Rohilla War of 1773 -- 1774 </Li> <Li> Second Rohilla War 1779 </Li> <Li> Experimentation on land settlements . ( 1772 - five years settlement , changed to 1 year in 1776 ) </Li> <Li> English Translation of Bhagwat Gita </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> East India Company ( 1773 -- 1858 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Macpherson ( acting ) ( 1745 -- 1821 ) </Td> <Td> 1 February 1785 </Td> <Td> 12 September 1786 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Cornwallis The Marquess Cornwallis ( 1738 -- 1805 ) </Td> <Td> 12 September 1786 </Td> <Td> 28 October 1793 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Established lower courts and appellate courts </Li> <Li> Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 </Li> <Li> 3rd Mysore war </Li> <Li> Introduction of Cornwallis Code </Li> <Li> Introduction of Civil Services in India </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Shore ( 1751 -- 1834 ) </Td> <Td> 28 October 1793 </Td> <Td> 18 March 1798 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Policy of Non-intervention </Li> <Li> Charter Act of 1793 </Li> <Li> Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas ( 1795 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alured Clarke ( acting ) ( 1744 -- 1832 ) </Td> <Td> 18 March 1798 </Td> <Td> 18 May 1798 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Wellesley , Earl of Mornington ( 1760 -- 1842 ) </Td> <Td> 18 May 1798 </Td> <Td> 30 July 1805 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance </Li> <Li> Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799 </Li> <Li> Second Anglo - Maratha War ( 1803 -- 05 ) </Li> <Li> Fort William College at Calcutta </Li> <Li> Formation of Madras Presidency in 1801 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Marquess Cornwallis ( 1738 -- 1805 ) </Td> <Td> 30 July 1805 </Td> <Td> 5 October 1805 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir George Barlow , Bt ( acting ) ( 1762 -- 1847 ) </Td> <Td> 10 October 1805 </Td> <Td> 31 July 1807 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Sepoy mutiny at Vellore </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Lord Minto ( 1751 -- 1814 ) </Td> <Td> 31 July 1807 </Td> <Td> 4 October 1813 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Charter Act of 1813 </Li> <Li> Treaty of Amritsar , 1809 with Ranjit Singh </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Rawdon - Hastings , The Earl of Moira ( 1754 -- 1826 ) </Td> <Td> 4 October 1813 </Td> <Td> 9 January 1823 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ended the policy of Non-intervention </Li> <Li> Third Anglo - Maratha War ( 1816 - 1818 ) </Li> <Li> 1816 , Treaty of Sagauli with Nepal </Li> <Li> Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818 </Li> <Li> Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras and </Li> <Li> Mahalwari System in Central India , Punjab And Western UP . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Adam ( acting ) ( 1779 -- 1825 ) </Td> <Td> 9 January 1823 </Td> <Td> 1 August 1823 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Licensing Regulations </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Lord Amherst ( 1773 -- 1857 ) </Td> <Td> 1 August 1823 </Td> <Td> 13 March 1828 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> First Anglo - Burmese War ( 1824 -- 26 ) </Li> <Li> Treaty of Yandabo , 1826 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Butterworth Bayley ( acting ) ( 1782 -- 1860 ) </Td> <Td> 13 March 1828 </Td> <Td> 4 July 1828 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="6"> Governors - General of India , 1833 -- 1858 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lord William Bentinck ( 1774 -- 1839 ) </Td> <Td> 4 July 1828 </Td>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Name ( Birth -- Death ) </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Notable events </Th> <Th> Appointer </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="6"> Governors Generals of the Presidency of Fort William ( Bengal ) , 1773 -- 1833 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Warren Hastings ( 1732 - 1818 ) </Td> <Td> 20 October 1773 </Td> <Td> 1 February 1785 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Regulating Act of 1773 </Li> <Li> Supreme Council Of Bengal </Li> <Li> Asiatic Society of Bengal </Li> <Li> Stopped Mughal pension to Shah Alam II </Li> <Li> Stopped Diarchy in Bengal </Li> <Li> New Sanskrit School by Jonathan Deccan </Li> <Li> Moved Treasury from Murshidabad to Calcutta </Li> <Li> Bengal Gazette - First Indian newspaper published </Li> <Li> First Anglo - Maratha War ( 1775 -- 82 ) </Li> <Li> Second Anglo - Mysore war ( 1780 -- 84 ) </Li> <Li> First Rohilla War of 1773 -- 1774 </Li> <Li> Second Rohilla War 1779 </Li> <Li> Experimentation on land settlements . ( 1772 - five years settlement , changed to 1 year in 1776 ) </Li> <Li> English Translation of Bhagwat Gita </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> East India Company ( 1773 -- 1858 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Macpherson ( acting ) ( 1745 -- 1821 ) </Td> <Td> 1 February 1785 </Td> <Td> 12 September 1786 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles Cornwallis The Marquess Cornwallis ( 1738 -- 1805 ) </Td> <Td> 12 September 1786 </Td> <Td> 28 October 1793 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Established lower courts and appellate courts </Li> <Li> Permanent Settlement in Bihar and Bengal in 1793 </Li> <Li> 3rd Mysore war </Li> <Li> Introduction of Cornwallis Code </Li> <Li> Introduction of Civil Services in India </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Shore ( 1751 -- 1834 ) </Td> <Td> 28 October 1793 </Td> <Td> 18 March 1798 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Policy of Non-intervention </Li> <Li> Charter Act of 1793 </Li> <Li> Battle of Kharda between Nizam and Marathas ( 1795 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alured Clarke ( acting ) ( 1744 -- 1832 ) </Td> <Td> 18 March 1798 </Td> <Td> 18 May 1798 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Wellesley , Earl of Mornington ( 1760 -- 1842 ) </Td> <Td> 18 May 1798 </Td> <Td> 30 July 1805 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance </Li> <Li> Fourth Anglo Mysore War 1799 </Li> <Li> Second Anglo - Maratha War ( 1803 -- 05 ) </Li> <Li> Fort William College at Calcutta </Li> <Li> Formation of Madras Presidency in 1801 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Marquess Cornwallis ( 1738 -- 1805 ) </Td> <Td> 30 July 1805 </Td> <Td> 5 October 1805 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sir George Barlow , Bt ( acting ) ( 1762 -- 1847 ) </Td> <Td> 10 October 1805 </Td> <Td> 31 July 1807 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Sepoy mutiny at Vellore </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Lord Minto ( 1751 -- 1814 ) </Td> <Td> 31 July 1807 </Td> <Td> 4 October 1813 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Charter Act of 1813 </Li> <Li> Treaty of Amritsar , 1809 with Ranjit Singh </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Rawdon - Hastings , The Earl of Moira ( 1754 -- 1826 ) </Td> <Td> 4 October 1813 </Td> <Td> 9 January 1823 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ended the policy of Non-intervention </Li> <Li> Third Anglo - Maratha War ( 1816 - 1818 ) </Li> <Li> 1816 , Treaty of Sagauli with Nepal </Li> <Li> Creation of Bombay Presidency in 1818 </Li> <Li> Establishment of Ryotwari System in Madras and </Li> <Li> Mahalwari System in Central India , Punjab And Western UP . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Adam ( acting ) ( 1779 -- 1825 ) </Td> <Td> 9 January 1823 </Td> <Td> 1 August 1823 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Licensing Regulations </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The Lord Amherst ( 1773 -- 1857 ) </Td> <Td> 1 August 1823 </Td> <Td> 13 March 1828 </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> First Anglo - Burmese War ( 1824 -- 26 ) </Li> <Li> Treaty of Yandabo , 1826 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Butterworth Bayley ( acting ) ( 1782 -- 1860 ) </Td> <Td> 13 March 1828 </Td> <Td> 4 July 1828 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="6"> Governors - General of India , 1833 -- 1858 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lord William Bentinck ( 1774 -- 1839 ) </Td> <Td> 4 July 1828 </Td>
who was the first governor general of east india company in bengal
who was the first governor general of east india company in bengal
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings