Which among the following viceroy period the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ and ‘Khan Bahadur’ were began to conferred to Indian?

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by YogitaMahadev (114k points)
selected Mar 1, 2022 by IshmeetKaur

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Lord Lytton

The correct answer is Lord Lytton.

He has been considered the most reactionary Governor-General of British India.
Its purpose was to suppress the spirit of emerging Indian nationalism.
In order to strengthen the British power in India, he committed injustice, atrocities on the people here.
He was the viceroy of India from 1876 to 1880.
He is well known for his ruthlessness during the handling of domestic and foreign affairs in the time of the great famine of 1876-78 and the second Anglo African war.

Lord Ripon:- Lord Ripon's full name is George Frederick, Samuel Robinson.
- Lord Ripon came as Viceroy of India in 1880 AD after Lord Lytton and served as Viceroy of India until 1884.
- Like Gladstone, Ripon also had a liberal political outlook which made him a popular ruler.
Lord Meyo- Lord Mayo was the fourth Viceroy of India. He had traveled about twenty thousand miles during his three-year tenure in India.
- Most of this journey was done on horseback only.
Lord Dufferin- Lord Dufferin had been the Governor-General of India.
- He was the Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
- In general, his reign was peaceful, but the Third Burma War (1885–1886 AD) took place during his tenure, which resulted in Northern Burma becoming part of the British Indian Empire.