Last Updated on: August 08, 2023

(A) British Military Commanders in occupied Assam (1824–26)

In 1824, British forces occupied Assam, which was politically never part of either India or Burma

01) George McMorine, 1824
02) Arthur Richards, 1824–26

 

(B) British Political Agents in Assam (1826–28)

On 24 February 1826, the Treaty of Yandaboo ceded portions of Assam from Burma to Britain.

01) David Scott, 1826–28

 

(C) Commissioners of Assam (1828–74)

In 1828, Western Assam was incorporated into the province of Bengal, followed by the rest of Assam in 1833. A Commissioner of Assam was appointed, subordinate to the Governor of Bengal.

01) David Scott, 1828–20 August 1831, continued
02) Thomas Campbell Robertson, 831–34
03) Francis Jenkins, 1834–61
04) Henry Hopkinson, 1861–74

 

(D) Chief Commissioners of Assam (1874–1905)

In 1874, Assam was separated from the Bengal Presidency, and its status was upgraded to a Chief Commissioner's province.

01) Richard Harte Keatinge, 1874–78
02) Steuart Colvin Bayley, 1878–81
03) Sir Charles Alfred Elliott, 1881–85
04) William Erskine Ward, 1885–87, first time
05) Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, 1887–89
06) James Westland, 1889
07) James Wallace Quinton, 1889–91
08) William Erskine Ward, 1891–96, second time
09) Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, 1896–1902
10 Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, 1902–05

 

(E) Lieutenant Governors of East Bengal and Assam (1905–12)

In 1905, Bengal was partitioned and East Bengal and Assam was formed, governed by a Lieutenant Governor.

01) Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller, 1905–06L
02) Lancelot Hare, 1906–11
03) Charles Stuart Bayley, 1911–12

 

(F) Chief Commissioners of Assam (1912–21)

In 1912, East Bengal was re-incorporated into the Bengal Presidency, and Assam Province was again governed by a Chief Commissioner

01) Sir Archdale Earle, 1912–18
02) Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell, 1918–3 January 1921