The Governor-General of India was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Indian head of state.
| Name of the Governor General | Period |
| Warren Hastings | 20.10.1773 to 08.02.1785 |
| Sir John Macpherson | 08.02.1785 to 12.09.1786 |
| Charles Cornwallis, The Marquess Cornwallis | 12.09.1786 to 28.10.1793 |
| Sir John Shore | 28.10.1793 to 18.03.1798 |
| Alured Clarke (acting) | 18.03.1798 to 18.05.1798 |
| Richard Wellesley, Earl of Mornington | 18.05.1798 to 30.07.1805 |
| The Marquess Cornwallis | 30.07.1805 to 05.10.1805 |
| Sir George Barlow, Bt (acting) | 10.10.1805 to 31.07.1807 |
| The Lord Minto | 31.07.1807 to 04.10.1813 |
| Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings | 04.10.1813 to 09.01.1823 |
| John Adam (acting) | 09.01.1823 to 01.08.1823 |
| The Lord Amherst | 01.08.1823 to 13.03.1828 |
| William Butterworth Bayley (acting) | 13.03.1828 to 04.07.1828 |
| Lord William Bentinck | 04.07.1828 to 20.03. 1835 |
| Charles Metcalfe, Bt (acting) | 20.03. 1835 to 04.03.1836 |
| Lord Auckland (1836-1842) | 04.03.1836 to 28.02.1842 |
| The Lord Ellenborough | 28.02.1842 to June 1844 |
| William Wilberforce Bird (acting) | June 1844 to 23.07.1844 |
| Henry Hardinge | 23.07.1844 to12.01.1848 |
| The Earl of Dalhousie | 12.01.1848 to 28.02.1856 |
| The Viscount Canning | 28.02.1856 to 31.10.1858 |
| The Viscount Canning | 01.11.1858 to 21.03.1862 |
| The Earl of Elgin | 21.03.1862 to 20.11.1863 |
| Robert Napier (acting) | 21.11.1863to 02.12.1863 |
| William Denison (acting) | 02.12.1863 to 12.01.1864 |
| Sir John Lawrence, Bt | 12.01.1864 to 12.01.1869 |
| The Earl of Mayo | 12.01.1869 to 08.02.1872 |
| Sir John Strachey (acting) | 09.02.1872 to 23.02.1872 |
| Lord Napier (acting) | 24.02.1872 to 03.05.1872 |
| The Lord Northbrook | 03.05.1872 to 12.04.1876 |
| The Lord Lytton | 12.04.1876 to 08.06.1880 |
| The Marquess of Ripon | 08.06.1880 to 13.12.1884 |
| The Earl of Dufferin | 13.12.1884 to 10.12.1888 |
| The Marquess of Lansdowne | 10.12.1888 to 11.10.1894 |
| The Earl of Elgin | 11.10.1894 to 06.01.1899 |
| The Lord Curzon of Kedleston | 06.01.1899 to 18.11.1905 |
| The Earl of Minto | 18.11.1905 to 23 11.1910 |
| The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst | 23.11.1910 to 04.04.1916 |
| The Lord Chelmsford | 04.04.1916 to 02.04.1921 |
| The Earl of Reading | 02.04.1921 to 03.04.1926 |
| The Lord Irwin | 03.04.1926 to 18.04.1931 |
| The Earl of Willingdon | 18.04.1931 to 18.04.1936 |
| The Marquess of Linlithgow | 18.04.1936 to 01.10.1943 |
| The Viscount Wavell | 01.10.1943 to 21.02.1947 |
| The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma | 21.02.1947 to 21.06.1948 |
| Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | 21.06.1948 to 26.01.1950 |
