# John Adam - Governor-General (acting)

URL: https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/john-adam
Reign: January – August 1823
Born-Died: 1779 - 1825
Dynasty or school: British India
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adam_(administrator)

Senior Company official who served as acting Governor-General for seven months after Hastings; he is remembered for imposing press restrictions that suppressed Ram Mohan Roy's newspaper.

## Succession
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