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    Warren Hastings

    First Governor-General of Bengal

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  1. May 6, 2024 · Warren Hastings FRS (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785.

  2. Warren Hastings FRS (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1772–1785.

  3. Oct 12, 2022 · Warren Hastings is famous for being the first Governor-General of the East India Company, appointed in 1774. He was infamously impeached by Parliament for corruption but was acquitted after a long and public trial.

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  4. Aug 12, 2021 · It was the first British Governor-General who launched India’s cultural renaissance way back in the 1780s. Of all Britain’s imperial proconsuls, Warren Hastings was undoubtedly the most curious and learned about Indian culture and famously declared: “I love India a little more than my own country”.

  5. Jun 14, 2024 · Warren Hastings was the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England. The son of a clergyman of the Church of England, Hastings was abandoned by his father at an early.

  6. Apr 6, 2017 · Of all Britain’s imperial proconsuls, Warren Hastings was the most curious and learned about Indian culture and famously declared: “I love India a little more than my own country.”

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  8. Jan 27, 2020 · Warren Hastings: His Life in India and England. By Geri Walton | January 27, 2020 | 0. A young Warren Hastings had no reason to hope for wealth when he joined the East India Company (EIC) and sailed to India in 1750 at the age of seventeen.

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