Modern Indian Historical Figures

Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord Wavell as the viceroy of India in 1947. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India. India and Pakistan were partitioned under the plan prepared by him known as the June 3 or Mountbatten Plan.

After 1947, Jammu and Kashmir had the option of to join either India or Pakistan or to remain independent. Hari Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. He decided to remain independent and not join any of the two dominions.

Lord Mountbatten had replaced Lord Wavell as the viceroy of India in 1947. He was the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India. India and Pakistan were partitioned under the plan prepared by him known as the June 3 or Mountbatten Plan.

In order to decentralize power and to make the policies available to the people of even remote areas government has introduced a three-tier system of local governing bodies in the rural areas. These local governing bodies were initiated during the time of Lord Rippon.

Historical scholars like Dr. Fauja Singh and Dr. Kirpal Singh have documented the travels of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, commonly referred to as Udasis, and identified three major journeys.

Tradition recounts that Vali Kandhari, a local ascetic, attempted to harm Guru Nanak Dev Ji during his travels in the region of Hassan Abdal.

H.V Conolly, the then Collector of British, laid the foundation of the Nilambur Teak Plantation in Malappuram in the 1840s.

The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal King Shah Alam II. The battle fought at Buxar, a small fortified town within the territory of Bengal, located on the bank of the Ganges river about 130 km west of Patna, was a decisive victory for the British East India Company.

Cornwallis was appointed as Governor General of Bengal in 1786. He introduced permanent Land Revenue System in 1793. He separated the Judicial and police powers from the collector and also brought the district collector under the purview of judiciary. He divided the Bengal province into four parts. i.e. Patna, Murshidabad, Calcutta and Decca and established circuit courts in each parts.

In Bundelkhand, 1857 was marked by a general uprising of local chiefs, landlords and peasants. Bandits looted the country and lawlessness prevailed which forced Lord Minto to intervene. He sent an army, rebel chiefs were defeated and peace was restored. 

According to the regulating act, 1773 Warren Hastings the then Governor of Bengal was appointed as Governor General of Bengal. He abolished Duel Government. He made Calcutta as his capital and shifted treasury of the company from Murshidabad to Calcutta.

The Dual system of Government was abolished by Warren Hastings in 1772 and Bengal was brought under direct control of the British. The Nawabs remained as the mere prisoners of the East India Company.

East India Company defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta. The battle was preceded by the attack on British-controlled Calcutta by Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah  and the Black Hole massacre. The Brirish sent reinforcements under Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson from Madras to Bengal and recaptured Calcutta.

Lord William Bentinck (1833) was the 1st Governor-General of British India. Regulating Act of 1773 designated the Governor-General of Bengal and created an Executive Council of four members to assist him. Governors of Bombay and Madras presidencies subordinate to the Governor-general of Bengal.