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    The Governor-General of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the...
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  • Court of Directors of the East India Company (EIC). The Court of Directors assigned a Council of Four (based in India) to assist the Governor-General, and...
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  • In India, a governor is the constitutional head of a state of India that has similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president...
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    The governor-general of Pakistan (Urdu: گورنر جنرل پاکستان) was the representative of the Pakistani monarch in the Dominion of Pakistan, established by...
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    Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general...
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    "Presidency of Agra", were to be a part of a new "India", and the new office of Governor-General of India along with the Government of India was established...
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    In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states...
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    establishment of the Council of 15, the Council of Four was formally renamed by section 7 of the act as the Council of the Governor General of India. Sometimes...
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    Commander-in-Chief and most of his staff were based at GHQ India, and liaised with the civilian Governor-General of India. Following the Partition of India in 1947 and...
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  • The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively...
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  • the cabinet of the Government of India headed by the Viceroy of India. It is also known as the Council of the Governor-General of India. It was transformed...
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    constituent assembly for Muslims in India. On 3 June 1947 Lord Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, announced his intention to scrap...
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    former India governor) to Sofala. (***) – Title of Viceroy of Indies extinguished by royal letter in 1771, replaced by Capitão-Geral (Captain-General) of the...
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    The governor-general of the Union of South Africa (Afrikaans: Goewerneur-generaal van Unie van Suid-Afrika; Dutch: Goeverneur-generaal van de Unie van...
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    Council of the Governor-General of India, and was succeeded by the Constituent Assembly of India and after 1950, was succeeded by Parliament of India. During...
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    Central India, which had an Agent to the Governor-General (AGG) functioning as the Emperor's representative to all the states in the agency. The states of Baroda...
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  • Article 165) and corresponds to that of Attorney General for India at the union government level. The governor of each state shall appoint a person who...
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    He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. Mountbatten attended the Royal Naval...
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    Council of the Governor General of India. The Council functioned as a Joint Consultative Board. The Governor-General of India's secretary was designated Secretary...
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  • of the Union Council of Ministers. India is regionally divided into States (and Union Territories) and each State has a Governor who is the state's head...
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    Oaths of allegiance were made to the emperor or empress and the lawful successors by the governors-general, princes, governors, commissioners in India in...
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    in the Presidency as the Governor-General of India, and observed the same order and course in their proceedings. Governors of Bombay and Madras Presidencies...
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    for India Governor-General of India The Order of the Crown of India was established by Queen Victoria in 1878 as a companion order to the Order of Victoria...
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    the Governor-General of Bengal as the Governor-General of India. For the first time, the government run by him was referred to as the 'Government of India...
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    lowered on Independence Day in 1947. The flag of the governor-general of India was defaced with the Star of India. The civil ensign and naval ensign were the...
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    the Governor-General of India. However, these units were disbanded during the reorganisation of the army by Robert Clive after his return to India in 1765...
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    administration of British India. The Governor-General of Bengal was redesignated as the Governor-General of India. The Governor-General and his executive...
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    British Raj (redirect from Empire of India)
    Governor-General of India or through any governor or other officer subordinates to the Governor-General of India. (5.) The expression "India" shall mean...
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    The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III, and performs many constitutional, ceremonial...
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    statesman who served as the governor of Fort William (Bengal) from 1828 to 1834 and the first Governor-General of India from 1834 to 1835. He has been...
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