Modern history

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1. Curzon: Calcutta Corporation Act 1899, Police Commission 1902, Universities Act 1904, Ancient Monuments Act 1904, NWFP 1901, Tibet expedition, Partition of Bengal 1905
2. Minto II: Muslim League 1906, Surat split, Morley-Minto 1909, Newspaper Act 1908; Hardinge II: Delhi Durbar 1911, annulment of partition and capital to Delhi, Delhi bomb 1912, Ghadar, Hindu University Act 1915
3. Chelmsford: Lucknow Pact, Montagu declaration and 1919 Act, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Delhi War Conference 1918, Sadler Commission, Third Anglo-Afghan war, Chamber of Princes 1921
4. Reading: Chauri Chaura and withdrawal, Moplah rising, Swaraj Party, repeal of Rowlatt Act 1922, Lee Commission 1924, Muddiman Committee, Kakori, Trade Unions Act 1926
5. Irwin: Simon Commission and Butler Committee 1927, Nehru Report, Deepavali declaration 1929, Lahore Congress, Dandi and Civil Disobedience, First RTC, Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931
6. Willingdon: Second and Third RTC, Communal Award 1932 (under Prime Minister MacDonald), Poona Pact, ordinance repression, Government of India Act 1935, RBI 1935, Burma separated
7. Linlithgow: 1937 elections and Congress ministries, their resignation 1939, August Offer, Cripps Mission, Quit India, Bengal famine 1943; longest tenure
8. Wavell: Simla conference 1945, INA trials, Cabinet Mission, interim government, RIN mutiny; Mountbatten: 3 June Plan, Independence Act, Radcliffe award, first Governor-General of free India; C. Rajagopalachari last Governor-General