<page_title> List of governors-general of India </page_title> <table> <cell> Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 20 March 1835 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> <cell> First Governor General of India Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829 Mahalwari System in Central India,Punjab And Western UP. Saint Helena Act 1833 or Charter Act, 1833 (Christian Missionaries get Exclusive rights to spread Christianity in British India which included the present day Pakistan) Kol Rebellion in 1831 English Education Act 1835 Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (1835) <col_header> Notable events </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charles Metcalfe, Bt (acting) (1785–1846) <col_header> Portrait </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 20 March 1835 <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4 March 1836 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> <col_header> Governors General of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), 1773–1833 </col_header> <col_header> Governors-General of India, 1833–1858 </col_header> </cell> </table>
On March 1835, Charles Metcalfe succeeded Lord William Bentinck as the Governor General of Bengal (1835–36).