# Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell - Viceroy and Governor-General

URL: https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/archibald-wavell-1st-earl-wavell
Reign: 1943 – 1947
Born-Died: 1883 - 1950
Dynasty or school: British India
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Wavell,_1st_Earl_Wavell

Field Marshal and Viceroy who faced the Bengal famine, the Simla Conference of 1945 and Cabinet Mission of 1946, as communal violence escalated before partition.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/victor-hope-2nd-marquess-of-linlithgow)
- Next in list: [Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/mountbatten-viceroy)

## Timeline events during this reign or lifetime
- 1947 - [Partition of India and Displacement of Hindus and Sikhs](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/1947-partition-of-india-and-displacement-of-hindus-and-sikhs)