The first Governor-General of India was designated in:
The first Governor-General of India was designated in:
(a) 1773
(b) 1858
(c) 1833
(d) 1861
The Charter Act of 1833 named the first official Governor, General of India, Lord William Bentinck. Although the Regulating Act of 1773 had already established the title "Governor, General of Bengal" (the first being Warren Hastings), the title was officially changed to "Governor-General of India" only in 1833.