Put the following viceroys of India in the correct sequence of their reign times in India?
(A) Lord Chelmsford
(B) Lord Wavell
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Lord Irwin
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (C), (A), (D), (B)
Lord Canning was the first Viceroy, from 1858 to 1862 (C), and Lord Chelmsford held office from 1916 to 1921 (A), the years of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms and Jallianwala Bagh.
Lord Irwin served from 1926 to 1931 (D), signing the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, and Lord Wavell from 1943 to 1947 (B), who called the Simla Conference.