Viceroy of India

E7058
colonial office head of colonial administration viceregal position

The Viceroy of India was the British Crown’s highest representative and de facto ruler in colonial India, overseeing administration and imperial policy until independence.

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Label Occurrences
Viceroy of India canonical 78
Governor-General of India 37
Viceroy and Governor-General of India 22

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial office ⓘ
head of colonial administration ⓘ
viceregal position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
India ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
ceremonialRole Crown’s representative at durbars and state ceremonies ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
createdBy Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
dissolutionCause Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
firstHolder Lord Canning ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver defence policy in British India ⓘ
fiscal and revenue policy in British India ⓘ
foreign relations of British India ⓘ
imperial legislative policy in India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
lastHolder Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Mountbatten
legalBasis Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ
surface form: Royal Proclamation of 1858
nominatedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
notableOfficeHolder Lord Canning ⓘ
Lord Chelmsford ⓘ
Lord Curzon ⓘ
Lord Hardinge ⓘ
Lord Irwin ⓘ
Lord Linlithgow ⓘ
Lord Lytton ⓘ
Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Mountbatten

Lord Wavell ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India (before 1858, without viceregal style)

Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
partOf British Empire ⓘ
replaced Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (as primary executive authority)
replacedBy Governor-General of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of Pakistan (for territories forming Pakistan)

Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of the Dominion of India
residence Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) ⓘ
Viceregal Lodge, Simla (summer residence) ⓘ
Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
surface form: Viceroy’s House, New Delhi
role commander-in-chief of the armed forces in India (de jure or de facto influence) ⓘ
de facto head of the British Indian administration ⓘ
implementation of imperial policy in India ⓘ
representative of the British Crown in India ⓘ
supreme civil authority in British India ⓘ
seat Calcutta (until early 20th century) ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi (after capital transfer from Calcutta)
startTime 1858 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Cabinet ⓘ
Secretary of State for India ⓘ
supervises Indian Civil Service ⓘ
provincial governments in British India ⓘ

Referenced by (156)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → headOfGovernment → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Central Provinces → underAdministrationOf → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Indian Civil Service → controlledBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India
Partition of Bengal 1905 → implementedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy of India Lord Curzon
Quit India movement → opposedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy Lord Linlithgow
Viceroy of India → officeHolderTitle → Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Viceroy of India → officeHolderTitle → Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India (before 1858, without viceregal style)
Viceroy of India → replaced → Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (as primary executive authority)
Viceroy of India → replacedBy → Viceroy of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of the Dominion of India
Burma (until 1937) → status → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: subordinate to Viceroy of India
Government of India Act 1858 → headOfAdministrationDesignated → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Government of India Act 1858 → redefinedTitleOf → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Bombay Legislative Council → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
ICS → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Civil Service
Secretary of State for India → hasAuthorityOver → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India → associatedWith → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → appointedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → appointedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India in Council
Bengal Army → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Council of State → presidingOfficer → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (British India)
this entity surface form: Viceroy of India (ex officio, initially)
Council of State → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of State (British India)
Indian princely states → overlordshipExercisedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Indian princely states → overlordshipExercisedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Legislative Assembly → supervisingAuthority → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
Bengal Presidency → headOfGovernment → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India (after 1833)
Lord Chelmsford → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Legislative Council of the United Provinces → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Rajputana Agency → administeredBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Great Seal of the Realm (Indian version) → usedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Imperial Legislative Council of India → subordinateTo → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Imperial Legislative Council of India → presidingOfficer → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Lord Curzon → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → appointedBy → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Court of Directors → hasAuthorityOver → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Charter Act 1853 → concerns → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Charter Act 1833 → createdOfficeOf → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Marquess of Lansdowne → associatedWithOffice → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Lord Louis Mountbatten → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Lord Louis Mountbatten → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Government House, Calcutta (Kolkata) → builtFor → Viceroy of India ⓘ
subject surface form: Government House, Calcutta
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Viceregal Lodge, Simla (summer residence) → builtFor → Viceroy of India ⓘ
Indian Councils Act 1861 → appliedToOffice → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of India
Lord Lytton → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Lord Lytton → office → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Lord Hardinge → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Lord Wavell → positionHeld → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Lord Wavell → officeForTerm → Viceroy of India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viceroy and Governor-General of India