Encyclopedia > Viceroy of India

  Article Content

Viceroy of India

The Viceroy of India was the highest position in the Indian administration during the British Raj. It was considered one of the most powerful offices in the world.

The term viceroy derives from vice and royal. The Viceroy's wife was called the vicerine. The office was created in 1858,

Viceroys of India



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
242

...     Contents 242 Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century Decades: 190s 200s 210s 220s 230s - 240s - 250s 260s 270s ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 69 ms