Difference Between Governor General and Viceroy: India got independence from British rule on August 15 ... Check the table ...

All activities of the British government ... the supreme body for India also was the British parliament. The British Governor-General of India was now also given the title of viceroy which means ...

Governor-General was given the power to overrule ... his authority and he was made the commander-in-chief of all the British troops in India, both of the company and of the British government.