Lord Louis Mountbatten was the first Governor General of independent India after having overseen independence and partition of British India as the last Viceroy. He was followed by Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari who was the first Governor General of India of Indian origin and the last Governor General as the new constitution in 1950 replaced King George VI as Emperor of India with a President and the office of Governor General thus disappeared.
Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari was the first Indian governor general of independent India.Governors-General of India, 1947-1950NameBeganEndedlouis-mountbatten-1st-earl-mountbatten-of-burmaaugust-151947june1948rajajijune1948january-251950Dr. Rajagopalachari remained India's Governor-General until the Constitution was approved and came into existence on 26 January 1950.Once the constitution came into being, the post of Governor-General was done away with and replaced by the President.Thus, Dr. Rajagopalachari was the only Governor-General of Indian origin ever, though Lord Mountbatten has the distinction of being the first Governor-General of independent India (after having been the last Governor General or Viceroy of British India).C Rajagopalachari was the first Indian Governor General of independent India
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India broke free from British rule and gained their independence in 1947. Even though they gained their independence, the continued to us the British term, governor general. During the time of Indians independence, Louis Monttbatten held on for title for manu years.
The British Royal Family was the last Royal Family of India. Before the British consolidated the Indian subcontinent into one dominion and proclaimed their monarch to be the Emperor of India, India consisted of a number of independent "countries" ruled by a variety of nobles and there was no Royal Family of India.
Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor General of India. He was also the last British Viceroy of India before independence.
Lord Louis Mountbatten was the first Governor General of independent India after having overseen independence and partition of British India as the last Viceroy. He was followed by Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari who was the first Governor General of India of Indian origin and the last Governor General as the new constitution in 1950 replaced King George VI as Emperor of India with a President and the office of Governor General thus disappeared.
Louis Mountbatten :He was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire (1947) and the first Governor-General of independent India(1947-48).
In 1949, the Governor-General of the Indian subcontinent was Lord Louis Mountbatten. He served as the last Viceroy of India and the first Governor-General of independent India before the country became a republic in 1950.
Lord Louis Mountbatten was the first Governor General of independent India after having overseen independence and partition of British India as the last Viceroy. He was followed by Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari who was the first Governor General of India of Indian origin and the last Governor General as the new constitution in 1950 replaced King George VI as Emperor of India with a President and the office of Governor General thus disappeared.
Louis Mountbatten was the last Viceroy.
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Before 1947, India was represented by a Viceroy The last one was Lord Louis Mountbatten, who became India's Governor General after partition
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Chakeravarthi Rajagopalachari was the first Indian governor general of independent India.Governors-General of India, 1947-1950NameBeganEndedlouis-mountbatten-1st-earl-mountbatten-of-burmaaugust-151947june1948rajajijune1948january-251950Dr. Rajagopalachari remained India's Governor-General until the Constitution was approved and came into existence on 26 January 1950.Once the constitution came into being, the post of Governor-General was done away with and replaced by the President.Thus, Dr. Rajagopalachari was the only Governor-General of Indian origin ever, though Lord Mountbatten has the distinction of being the first Governor-General of independent India (after having been the last Governor General or Viceroy of British India).C Rajagopalachari was the first Indian Governor General of independent India
There were many English Governors who ruled pre-independece India. However only Mountbatten got to rule free India. He was the last English Governor of India also.