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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1886 | 1 january | Union to UK Indian Empire | |
| 1937 | 1 april | UK Colony | Sir Archibald Douglas Cochrane | 
| 1941 | 6 may | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith (I) | |
| 1942 | 1 august | Japan Occupation | Shojro Iida | 
| 1943 | february | Masakazu Kawabe | |
| 1944 | may | Heitaro Kimura | |
| 1945 | 3 may | UK Colony | Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith (II) | 
| 1946 | 31 august | Sir Hubert Elvin Rance |