Q. Among the following governor generals, what is the correct chronological order of their Succession as governor general of India?
Explanation:
Governor general and their years
1.Lord Irwin(1926-1931):Important developments during his tenure include the visit of the Simon Commission to India (1928) and the boycott by the Indians of the Commission. The All-Party Conference held in Lucknow (1928) led to the launch of the Nehru Report, Dandi March (March 12, 1930) by Gandhi, of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
2.Lord Willingdon(1931-1936):
Second and third Round table conferences, Announcement of Communal Award (1932) under which separate communal electorates were set up.Gandhi’sFast unto death’ in Yerwada prison,ended after the Poona Pact (1932),The Government of India Act of 1935.
3.Lord Linlithgow( 1936-1944):
‘August Offer’ (1940) by the viceroy,Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India (1941)
and organisation of the Indian National Army, Cripps Mission’s Cripps Plan to offer dominion
status to India, outbreak of ‘August Revolution’ or Revolt of 1942 after the arrest of national leaders,‘Divide and Quit’ slogan at the Karachi session (1944) of the Muslim League.
4.Lord Wavell(1944-1947):
Wavell Plan and the Simla Conference (1942), Proposals of the Cabinet Mission (1946) and its acceptance by the Congress. Elections to the Constituent Assembly, formation of Interim Government by the Congress (September 1946), Announcement of end of British rule in India by Clement Attlee (prime minister of England) on February 20, 1947.