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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.
Warren Hastings (1732 – 1818) became the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) in 1772 and the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1774 till he resigned in 1785. He started his career as a writer (clerk) in the East India Company at Calcutta in 1750.
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.
May 25, 2021 · Warren Hastings was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William at Bengal and the first Governor General of Bengal. Warren Hastings served in India from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached on his return to Britain due to his corruption. Along with Robert Clive, Warren Hasting laid the foundation for the British rule in India.
May 27, 2024 · When it comes to the British Empire’s reign over India, Warren Hastings is a very significant figure. In the years 1772 to 1785, he served as Bengal’s first governor general. He has always been a person with admirable energy, and he organized things with admirable enthusiasm.
Oct 12, 2022 · Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was appointed the Governor of Bengal by the British East India Company (EIC) in 1772 and became its first Governor-General in India from 1774 to 1785. Under his tenure, the...
Aug 12, 2021 · Judged by contemporary accounts, Warren Hastings was the most popular of all British Governor-Generals among his Indian subjects.
Jun 14, 2024 · Warren Hastings - India Governor, Reforms, Controversy: The death of Clavering in 1777 put Hastings once again in possession of full power, although Francis’s opposition dragged on for another three years.
Warren Hastings, (born Dec. 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 22, 1818, Daylesford), British colonial administrator in India. He worked for the English East India Company from 1750, rising to membership in its council in Bengal (1761–64) and Madras (now Chennai; 1769).
May 21, 2018 · Warren Hastings was a competent, honorable, and farsighted administrator whose policies, some controversial, decisively shaped and stabilized future Anglo-Indian relations. The controversy surrounding his administration made him the subject of impeachment and trial in Great Britain.
