Day 7
Viceroy and Their work
1) Lord Canning (1856 to 1862 AD)
Governor-General of India from 1856 to 1858 AD
Viceroy of India from 1858 to 1862 AD (first viceroy of India)
1861 Act - 3 high courts were founded - Kolkata, Bombay, and Madras
2) Lord Mayo (1869 to 1872 AD)
- first census (unsuccessful)
- killed by prisoners of Cellular jail
3) Lord Lytton (1876 to 1880 AD)
- first Delhi Darbar was held in the respect of Queen Victoria in 1877
- 'Kesar-i-hind' title was given to Queen Victoria
-1878 Arms Act passed
- Indian newspapers were banned in 1878 AD by the Vernacular Press Act
4) Lord Rippon (1880 to 1884 AD)
- ended Vernacular Press Act in 1881
- Factory Act was passed in 1881 (no child should work in factories)
- first successful census in 1881
- started local self-government
5) Lord Dufferin (1884 to 1888 AD)
- the foundation of Indian National Union by AO Hume
28 December 1885
Place - Bombay (Gokul Das Tejpal Sanskrit College)
AO Hume founded the Indian National Union, 'Union' replaced with 'Congress' by Dada Bhai Naroji.
# Dada Bhai Naroji is also known as Grand Old Man of India. He gave the 'Drain of Wealth' theory.
Congress Sessions
| Year | Place | President |
| 1885 | Bombay | WC Banerjee (72 members) first Hindu President of Congress |
| 1886 | Kolkata | Dada Bhai Naroji first Persian President of Congress |
| 1887 | Madras | Badaruddin Tayyab Ji first Muslim President of Congress |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule first British President of Congress |
| 1896 | Kolkata | Rahmatullah Sayani Vande Matram was sung |
| 1911 | Kolkata | Vishay Narayan Jan Gan Man was sung |
| 1917 | Kolkata | Anne Besant first Woman President of Congress |
| 1924 | Belgaum | Mahatama Gandhi |
| 1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu first Indian Woman President of Congress |
| 1931 | Karachi | Sardar Patel Demanded Fundamental Rights |
# Maximum time President - Maulana Abul Kalam Azaad (1940 to 1945)
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