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)
Each viceroy with his years in office and an event of his time:
(C) Lord Canning — 1856–1862; Governor-General during the Revolt of 1857 and the first Viceroy after the Crown took over in 1858.
(A) Lord Chelmsford — 1916–1921; the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, the Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919).
(D) Lord Irwin — 1926–1931; the Simon Commission, the Dandi March and the Gandhi–Irwin Pact (1931).
(B) Lord Wavell — 1943–1947; the Simla Conference (1945) and the Cabinet Mission (1946).