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Governor-General of India and Head of state

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Difference between Governor-General of India and Head of state

Governor-General of India vs. Head of state

The Governor-General of India (or, from 1858 to 1947, officially the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was originally the head of the British administration in India and, later, after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the Indian head of state. A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.

Similarities between Governor-General of India and Head of state

Governor-General of India and Head of state have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Courtesy title, Emperor of India, George V, Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, Presidencies and provinces of British India, President of India, Princely state, Viceroy.

Courtesy title

A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (c.f. substantive title).

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Emperor of India

Emperor (or Empress) of India The Indian form of the title was Kaisar-i-Hind.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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Monarchy of the United Kingdom

The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom, its dependencies and its overseas territories.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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President of India

The President of the Republic of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Princely state

A princely state, also called native state (legally, under the British) or Indian state (for those states on the subcontinent), was a vassal state under a local or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj.

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Viceroy

A viceroy is a regal official who runs a country, colony, city, province, or sub-national state, in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory.

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Governor-General of India and Head of state Comparison

Governor-General of India has 109 relations, while Head of state has 662. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 1.17% = 9 / (109 + 662).

References

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