Sir John Lawrence, British Governor General, Viceroys in India, Modern India History
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Sir John Lawrence (1864-1869)

Scholarship scheme was introduced.
War with Bhutan in 1864.
Indo-European telegraph from Karachi,Persia and Turkey in 1865.
Masterly Inactivity policy was followed.
Establishment of High courts at Calcutta,Madras and Bombay in 1865.
Passed the Punjab Tenancy Act (1868)
In 1868 annual grant of six lakhs of rupees to Sher Ali Amir of Afghanistan and railway opened from Ambala to Delhi.


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