28-12-2017, 04:28 PM
A glance @ Governor Generals
*The first Governor General of British India
Ans : William Bentick
*Father of Modem English Education in India
Ans : William Bentick
*The Governor General who is called Liberator of Press
Ans : Charles Metcalfe
*The Viceroy who brought Railways to India
Ans : Lord Dalhousie
*Father of Indian Railway
Ans : Lord Dalhousie
*The British Governor General who is known as Maker of Modem India
Ans : Lord Dalhousie
*The Governor General who appointed Wood’s Education Commission
Ans : Lord Dalhousie
*The Governor General who prepared Macaulay minutes
Ans : Lord Dalhousie
*The Governor General who established Supreme Court in Kolkata
Ans : Warren Hastings
*The first Governor General to be impeached by the British Government
Ans : Warren Hastings
*Father of Indian Civil Service
Ans : Lord Cornwallis
*Permanent settlement is also known as
Ans : Zamindari System
*The Governor General who established criminal courts in India
Ans : Lord Cornwallis
*The Governor General who is known as Bengal Tiger
Ans : Lord Wellesley
*The first state to accept the Subsidiary Alliance
Ans : State of Hyderabad
*Magnacarta of Indian Education
Ans : Woods Despatch (1854)
Super Facts
*Father of Indian Police System
Ans : Lord Cornwallis
*Father of Criminal Law
Ans : Lord Macaulay
Agreements
*Permanent Settlement an agreement between the East India company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land was implemented by
Ans : Lord Cornwallis (1793)
*Subsidiary Alliance, an agreement in which Indian rulers agreed to keep British forces in his territory was implemented by
Ans : Lord Wellesley
