List of governors of Punjab (British India)
List of Heads of the Punjab (1849-1947)
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Name
(birth–death)

Took office

Left office

Notes

President of the Board of Administration

1

Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence
(1806-1857)

1 Apr 1849

1853

Assisted by John Lawrence and Charles Grenville Mansel

Creation of the Punjab Irregular Force

Chief Commissioners

1

John Laird Mair Lawrence
(1811-1879)

1853

31 Dec 1858

Creation of the Punjab Railway

Indian Mutiny of 1857

Government of India Act 1858

Lieutenant-Governors

1

Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bt
(1811-1879)

1 Jan 1859

25 Feb 1859

Delhi transferred from the North-Western Provinces to the Punjab

2

Robert Montgomery
(1809-1887)

25 Feb 1859

10 Jan 1865

Upper Doab famine of 1860–61

Establishment of Lawrence College, Murree, King Edward Medical University, Government College University, Lahore, Glancy Medical College and Forman Christian College

Founding of the town of Montgomery

3

Donald Friell McLeod
(1810-1872)

10 Jan 1865

1 Jun 1870

Establishment of the Lahore Museum

Punjab Murderous Outrages Act 1867

4

Sir Henry Marion Durand
(1812-1871)

1 Jun 1870

20 Jan 1871

5

Robert Henry Davies
(1824-1902)

20 Jan 1871

2 Apr 1877

Murree made summer capital in 1873

Singh Sabha Movement

Establishment of the Mayo School of Industrial Arts

Opening of Lahore Zoo

Simla made summer capital in 1876

Delhi Durbar of 1877

6

Robert Eyles Egerton
(1857-1912)

2 Apr 1877

3 Apr 1882

7

Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchinson
(1832-1896)

3 Apr 1882

2 Apr 1887

Commencement of the Sidhnai and Sohag Para Colonies

Establishment of Aitchison College, University of the Punjab and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Creation of the Lahore Bar Association

Opening of the Punjab Public Library

8

James Broadwood Lyall
(1845-1920)

2 Apr 1887

5 Mar 1892

Commencement of the Chenab Colony

Founding of Lyallpur

Ahmadiyya movement

9

Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
(1827-1920)

5 Mar 1892

6 Mar 1897

Commencement of the Chunian Colony

Establishment of Khalsa College, Amritsar and School of Medicine for Christian Women

10

William Mackworth Young
(1840-1924)

6 Mar 1897

6 Mar 1902

Punjab Land Alienation Act, 1900

Frontier districts transferred to newly created North-West Frontier Province

Commencement of the Jhelum Colony

11

Sir Charles Montgomery Rivaz
(1845-1926)

6 Mar 1902

36 Mar 1907

Delhi Durbar of 1903

Founding of Sargodha

Establishment of the Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute

Colonisation Bill, 1906

1907 Punjab unrest

12

Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
(1847-1908)

6 Mar 1907

26 May 1907

-

Thomas Gordon Walker
(1849-1917)

26 May 1907

12 Aug 1907

Acting Lieutenant-Governor

12

Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
(1847-1908)

12 Aug 1907

22 Jan 1908

Creation of the Punjab Muslim League

-

Thomas Gordon Walker
(1849-1917)

22 Jan 1908

25 May 1908

Acting Lieutenant-Governor

13

Sir Louis William Dane
(1856-1948)

25 May 1908

28 Apr 1911

Anand Marriage Act, 1909

-

James McCrone Douie
(1854-1935)

28 Apr 1911

4 Aug 1911

Acting Lieutenant-Governor

13

Sir Louis William Dane
(1856-1948)

4 Aug 1911

26 May 1913

Delhi Durbar of 1911

Delhi transferred from the Punjab and designated the capital of British India

Establishment of Kinnaird College for Women

Colonisation of Government Lands Act, 1912

14

Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer
(1864-1940)

26 May 1913

26 May 1919

First World War

Commencement of the Lower Bari Doab, Upper Chenab, Upper Jhelum, Nili Bar Colonies

Lahore Conspiracy Case trial

Government of India Act, 1919

Rowlatt Act

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

15

Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan
(1864-1952)

26 May 1919

3 Jan 1921

Akali movement

Governors

1

Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan
(1864-1952)

3 Jan 1921

31 May 1924

Nankana massacre

Creation of the Unionist Party

Establishment of Maclagan Engineering College and Lahore College for Women University

Members of Executive Council: John Maynard (Finance), Sundar Singh Majithia (Revenue)[3]

Ministers: Fazl-i-Hussain (Education, Health and Local government), Lala Harkishan Lal (Agriculture)[4]

2

Sir William Malcolm Hailey
(1872-1969)

31 May 1924

9 Aug 1928

Ministers: Manohar Lal (Education) (1927-1930), Joginder Singh (Agriculture) (1927-1930), Feroz Khan Noon (Local Self-government) (1927-1930)

3

Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency
(1876-1955)

9 Aug 1928

19 Jul 1932

Birth of Lollywood

Execution of Bhagat Singh

Khaksar movement

-

Sikandar Hayat Khan
(1892-1942)

19 Jul 1932

19 Oct 1932

Acting Governor

3

Sir Geoffrey Fitzhervey de Montmorency
(1876-1955)

19 Oct 1932

12 Apr 1933

4

Sir Herbert William Emerson
(1881-1962)

12 Apr 1933

1 Feb 1934

-

Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan
(1892-1942)

15 Feb 1934

9 Jun 1934

Acting Governor

4

Sir Herbert William Emerson
(1881-1962)

9 Jun 1934

4 Apr 1938

Government of India Act, 1935

Indian provincial elections, 1937

5

Sir Henry Duffield Craik, Bt
(1876-1955)

4 Apr 1938

7 Apr 1941

Lahore Resolution

6

Sir Bertrand James Glancy
(1882-1953)

7 Apr 1941

8 Apr 1946

Simla Conference

Indian provincial elections, 1946

7

Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins
(1896-1985)

8 Apr 1946

15 Aug 1947

Partition of India

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