List of lieutenant-governors of Eastern Bengal and Assam

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This is a list of holders of the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam. The office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal and Assam happened in 1905 due to the creation of the province from the eastern portion of Bengal Presidency and the Assam Province.[1] The Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam existed alongside the Bengal Presidency until it was merged back into the Bengal Presidency and the Assam Province in 1912.[2]

List of lieutenant-governors[edit]

No. Name Portrait Took office Left office Appointer
1 Sir Bampfylde Fuller 16 October 1905 20 August 1906 The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
2 Lancelot Hare 20 August 1906 1911 The Earl of Minto
3 Sir Charles Stuart Bayley 1911 21 March 1912 The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Eastern Bengal and Assam - Encyclopedia". Theodora.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  2. ^ Appendix to the Journal of the House of the Representatives. p. 51. [25th June, 1912] WHEREAS His Majesty has been pleased to appoint a Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal as delimited by a Proclamation made by the Governor - General in Council, and dated the twenty second day of ...

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