Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1921, akasiya basa rake somutongi mukuru kuti ave Viceroy uye Gavhuna Mukuru weIndia. Kuverenga kwakasarudza mutemo wokuyananisa: akanga akatsunga kuita zvinorehwa neGovernment of India Act 1919 uye akaramba rusaruro rwemarudzi. Iye amene akagamuchira Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi naMuhammad Ali Jinnah, uye akashanyira Amritsar sechiratidzo chokuyananisa. Zvisinei, akapedzisira ashandisa simba pazviitiko zvinoverengeka: muna 1921 akarayira kudzvinyirirwa kwekumukira kweMalabar
, uye muna 1922 akapedza mhirizhonga yeSikh muPunjab. Gore rimwe chetero, akaita kuti Gandhi asungwe nokuda kwokumukira. Kuverenga kwakasakurira ukama hwakanaka namadzishe eIndia, asi kwakamanikidza maharajas maviri kusiya chigaro.