List of lieutenant governors of Eastern Bengal and Assam explained

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

NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeAppointer
1Sir Bampfylde Fuller16 October 190520 August 1906The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
2Lancelot Hare20 August 19061911The Earl of Minto
3Sir Charles Stuart Bayley191121 March 1912The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern Bengal and Assam - Encyclopedia . Theodora.com . 2015-09-24.
  2. Book: [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 .... 51. Appendix to the Journal of the House of the Representatives.