List of governors-general of IndiaThe Regulating Act 1773 created the office with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, or Governor-General of Bengal to be appointed by the 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 the decision of the council was binding on the Governor-General from 1773 to 1784. The Charter Act 1833 re-designated the office with the title of Governor-General of India. William Bentinck was t...
List of governors of Portuguese IndiaThe government of Portuguese India (Portuguese: Índia Portuguesa) was established on 12 September 1505, seven years after the Portuguese discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Cochin. Until 1752, the name India included all Portuguese possessions in the Indian Ocean, from Southern Africa to Southeast Asia, governed – either by a viceroy or governor – from its headquarters, established in Old Goa since 15...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.