Lord Lansdowne
(1888 – 1894):
- II Factory Act (1891) granted a weekly holiday and stipulated working hours for women and children, although it failed to address concerns such as work hours for men.
- Categorization of Civil Services into Imperial, Provincial and Subordinate.
- Indian Council Act of 1892 was passed.
- Appointment of Durand Commission to define the line between British India and Afghanistan.
Lord Elgin II
(1894 – 1899):
- Great famine of 1896 – 1897. Lyall Commission was appointed.
Lord Curzon
(1899 – 1905):
- Passed the Indian Universities Act (1904) in which official control over the Universities was increased.
- Partitioned Bengal (October 16, 1905) into two provinces 1, Bengal (proper), 2.East Bengal & Assam.
- Appointed a Police Commission under Sir Andrew Frazer to enquire into the police administration of every province.
- The risings of the frontier tribes in 1897 – 98 led him to create the North Western Frontier Province(NWFP).
- Passed the Ancient Monuments Protection Act (1904), to restore India’s cultural heritage. Thus the Archaeological Survey of India was established.
- Passed the Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act (1899) and put India on a gold standard.
- Extended railways to a great extent.
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