Year |
Name |
1857 |
The Right Hon’ble Charles John, Earl of Canning |
| 1862 |
The Right Hon’ble James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine |
1863 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence |
| 1869 |
The Right Hon’ble Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of Mayo |
| 1872 |
The Right Hon’ble Francis Baron Napier of Merchiston |
1872 |
The Right Hon’ble Thomas George Baring, Baron of North-brook |
| 1876 |
The Right Hon’ble Edward Robert Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Baron Lytton |
| 1880 |
The Most Hon’ble Sir George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquis of Ripon |
| 1885 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir Frederick Temple, Hamilton Temple, Earl of Dufferin |
| 1888 |
The Most Hon’ble Henry Charles Keith, Marquis of Lansdowne |
1894
|
The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine |
| 1899 |
The Right Hon’ble George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon of Kedleston |
| 1904 |
The Right Hon’ble Arthur Oliver Villiers, Baron Ampthill |
| 1904 |
The Right Hon’ble George Nathaniel, Baron Curzon of Kedleston |
| 1905 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Earl of Minto |
| 1911 |
The Right Hon’ble Charles Baron Hardinge of Penshrust |
| 1916 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir Frederic John Napier Thesiger, Baron Chelmsford |
| 1921 |
The Right Hon’ble Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay |
1922 (From 24 to 27 March)
|
Sir Henry Wheeler |
| 1922 |
The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1925 (From 10 April to 7 Aug. ) |
Sir John Henry Kerr |
| 1925 |
The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1926 (From 11 June to 10 Oct.) |
Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson |
| 1926 |
The Right Hon’ble Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of Lytton |
| 1927 |
Colonel the Right Hon’ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson |
| 1930 (For 4 months from 5 June) |
Sir Hugh Lansdown Stephenson |
| 1930 |
Colonel the Right Hon’ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson |
| 1932 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir John Anderson |
1934 (For 4 months from 9 Aug.)
|
Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead |
| 1934 |
The Right Hon’ble Sir John Anderson |
| 1937 |
The Right Hon’ble Lord Brabourne |
| 1938 (For 4 months from 25 June) |
Sir Robert Neil Reid |
| 1938 |
The Right Hon’ble Lord Brabourne |
| 1939 (From 25 Feb. to 11 June) |
Sir Robert Neil Reid |
| 1939 (From 12 June to 17 Nov.) |
Sir John Ackroyd Woodhead |
| 1939 |
Sir John Arthur Herbert |
| 1944 |
Sir Thomas George Rutherford |
| 1944 |
The Right Hon’ble Richard Gardiner Casey |
| 1946 |
Sir Frederick John Burrows |
| 1947 |
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia |
| 1947 (From 10 to 24 Nov.) |
Shri Brojendralal Mitter |
| 1947 |
Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalacharia |
| 1948 |
Dr. Kailasnath Katju |
| 1951 |
Dr. Harendracoomar Mookerjee |
| 1956 (From 8 Aug. to 3 Nov.) |
Shri Phanibhusan Chakrabarti |
| 1956 |
Srimati Padmaja Naidu |
| 1967 |
Shri Dharma Vira |
| 1969 |
Shri Shanti Swarup Dhawan |
| 1971 |
Shri Anthony Lancelot Dias |
| 1977 |
Shri Tribhuvan Narayan Singh |
| 1981 |
Shri Bhairab Datt Pande |
| 1983 |
Shri Anant Prasad Sharma |
| 1984 |
Shri Uma Sankar Dikshit |
| 1986 |
Professor Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| 1989 |
Shri T.V. Rajeshwar |
| 1990 |
Professor Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| 1993 |
Shri K.V. Raghunatha Reddy |
| 1998 |
Dr. A. R. Kidwai |
| 1999 |
Justice Shri Shyamal Kumar Sen |
| 1999 (From 4 Dec.) |
Shri Viren J. Shah |
| 14.12.2004 to 23.1.2010 |
Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi |
| 24.1.2010 |
Shri M.K. Narayanan |