The first British Governor General of India : Lord William Bentinck(1833-1835) The first British Governor General of Bengal : Lord Warren Hasting(1774-1885) The first British Viceroy of India : Lord Canning. The first Governor General of free India : Lord Mountbatten.
Also to know is, who was the first governor general of India and the first Prime Minister of India?
The office of Viceroy was abolished on independence. Two governors-general held office between independence and India's transformation into a republic: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947–48) and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1948–50). Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister of India throughout.
Furthermore, what is the salary of PM of India?
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Position in the Indian order of precedence | Post | Salary per month (Basic Pay) |
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3 | Prime Minister | ₹200,000 (US$2,800) (salary received as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha) |
4 | Governors of States | ₹350,000 (US$4,900) |
6 | Chief Justice of India | ₹280,000 (US$3,900) |
9 | Judges of Supreme Court of India | ₹250,000 (US$3,500) |