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Compile the names of Governors of British East India Company from 1600 to 1857. C.E.

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The Regulating Act of 1773 created the office with the title of Governor-General of Presidency of Fort William or Governor General of Bengal. He was appointed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company.

Governor-GeneralYears Active
1. Warren Hastings1772 – 1785
2. Sir John Macpherson1785 – 1786
3. Lord Cornwallis1786 – 1793
4. Sir John Shore1793 – 1798
5. Lord Wellesley1798 – 1805
6. Sir George Barlow1805 – 1807
7. Lord Minto I1807 – 1815
8. Lord Hastings1813 – 1823
9. Lord Amherst1823 – 1828
10. Lord William Bentinck1828 – 1835
11. Sir Charles Metcalfe1835 – 1836
12. Lord Auckland1836 – 1842
13. Lord Dalhousie1848 – 1856
14. Lord Canning1856 – 1862
15. Lord Lawrence1864 – 1869
16. Lord Mayo1869 – 1872
17. Lord Lytton1876 – 1880
18 .Lord Ripon1880 – 1884
19. Lord Dufferin1884 – 1888
20. Lord Lansdowne1888 – 1894
21. Lord Curzon1894 – 1905
22. Lord Minto1905 – 1910
23. Lord Hardinge1910 – 1916
24. Lord Chelmsford1916 – 1921
25. Lord Reading1921 – 1926
26. Lord Irwin1926 – 1931
27. Lord Willingdon1931 – 1936
28. Lord Linlithgow1936 – 1944
29. Lord Wavell1944 – 1947
30. Lord MountbattenMarch 1947 – August 1947


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