HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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appointed by the monarch of England
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appointed by the British Parliament
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elected by the members of the East India Company
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nominated by the Mughal Emperor
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Detailed explanation-1: -The charter named Thomas Smythe as the first governor of the company, and 24 directors (including James Lancaster) or “committees", who made up a Court of Directors. They, in turn, reported to a Court of Proprietors, who appointed them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nominated by the Mughal Emperor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England-died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the year 1600, the East India Company acquired a charter from the ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, granting it the sole right to trade with the East.