Charles Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 - October 5, 1805) was a British Army general and official who became the first Governor-General appointed under the Government of India Act. Why is he called ...

As the British government was responsible to parliament, the supreme body for India also was the British parliament. The British Governor-General of ... thus became the first Viceroy of India.

In November 1955, the governor general of Ceylon, Oliver Goonetilleke, invited the Indian high commissioner, Birendra Narayan ...