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Governors of Bengal (1912-1947)
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Name
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Assumed charge of office
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Lord Carmichael of Skirling
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1st April 1912
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Earl of Ronaldshay
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26th March 1917
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Earl of Lytton
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28th March 1922
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Sir John Kerr (I.C.S.) (LordLytton appointed to act as Viceroy.
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10th April 1925
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Earl of Lytton
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6th August 1925
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Sir Hugh Stephenson (I.C.S.) (Lord Lytton granted leave)
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10th June 1926
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Earl of Lytton
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9th October 1926
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Sir Stanley Jackson
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28th March 1927
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Sir Hugh Stephenson (I.C.S.) (Sir S.Jackson granted leave)
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5th June 1930
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Sir Stanley Jackson
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21st September 1930
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Sir John Anderson
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29th March 1932
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Sir John Woodhead (I.C.S.) (Sir J, Anderson granted leave)
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10th August 1934
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Sir John Anderson
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2nd December 1934
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Lord Brabourne
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27th November 1937
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Sir Robert Neil Reid (Lord Brabourne appointed to act as ViceRoy)
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25th June 1938
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Lord Brabourne
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24th October 1938
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Sir Robert Neil Reid
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24th February 1939
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Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead
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12th June 1939
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Sir John Arthur Herbert
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18th November 1939
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Sir Thomas George Rutherford(Sir John Arthur Herbert granted leave)
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6th September 1943
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The Right Hon'ble R. G. Casey
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22nd January 1944
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Sir Henry Twynhan( Rt. Hon'ble R. G. Casey granted leave)
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13th September 1945
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The Right Hon'ble R. G. Casey
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12th October 1945
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Sir Frederick John Burrows
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19th Feb 1946 to 14th Aug 1947
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West Bengal 
