Who among the following was the Governor-General and Viceroy who passed the Acts of Incorporation in January 1857, which provided for the establishment of universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras?

Lord Canning was the Governor-General who passed the 1857 Acts of Incorporation establishing universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

Lord Curzon came much later and is linked to the 1904 Indian Universities Act.

Lord Dalhousie preceded Canning but did not enact these Acts.

Lord Lansdowne was viceroy in the 1890s, not in 1857.

These three universities followed the recommendations of Wood's Despatch of 1854.

Canning became the first Viceroy of India in 1858.