Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835) Abolition of Sati System (1829) Charter Act of 1833 Lord Auckland (1836-1842) First Afghan War (1838-42) Lord Hardinge I (1844-1848) First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) and the Treaty of Lahore (1846). Social reforms like the abolition of female infanticide Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) The annexation of Lower Burma (1852) Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse Wood’s Despatch 1854 Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853 Laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853 Establishment of PWD Lord Canning (1856-1862) Revolt of 1857 Establishment of three universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857 Abolition of East India Company and transfer of control to the Crown by the Government of India Act, 1858 Indian Councils Act of 1861 Lord John Lawrence (1864-1869) Bhutan War (1865) Establishment of the High Courts at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1865) Lord Lytton (1876-1880) The Vernacular Press Act (1878) The Arms Act (1878) The Second Afghan War (1878-80) Queen Victoria assumed the title of ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ or Queen Empress of India Lord Ripon (1880-1884) Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act (1882) The first Factory Act (1881) Government resolution on local self- government (1882) The Ilbert Bill controversy (1883-84) Hunter Commission on education (1882) #shital classes #modernhistory #shitalwaghmare #shitalclasses