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27 de mai. de 2024 · First Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) in 1772 and first Governor-General of Bengal from 1774 until his resignation in 1785 was Warren Hastings (1732–1818).
- The first governor general of British India was the statesman Warren Hastings (1732–1818). He created the civil administration structure that serve...
- Warren Hastings dissolved the Dual system of Government in 1772.
- During his stay in Calcutta, Hastings was accused of misbehaviour, notably related to poor management and personal corruption.
- Between 1880 and 1884, Lord Ripon served as a viceroy in India under British authority. He is regarded as the viceroy who is the most liberal; he i...
21 de mai. de 2024 · Among the several charges that were brought against the first Governor-General of Bengal Presidency, Warren Hastings, during his impeachment in Britain, one was that on May 21, 1781, he had conspired with the Nawab of Chunar in a treaty that claimed to reinstate the jagirs of the Nawab’s family members but in fact impoverished them.
Há 5 dias · Since the sepoys from Bengal – many of whom had fought against the Company in the Battles of Plassey and Buxar – were now suspect in British eyes, Hastings recruited farther west from the high-caste rural Rajputs and Bhumihar of Awadh and Bihar, a practice that continued for the next 75 years.
Há 2 dias · The book examines the ‘scandal’ of Governor-General Warren Hastings’s administration of India (1773–85) and his impeachment on return to Britain (1787/8–95), famously led by Edmund Burke.
Há 4 dias · Her major periods are: 1) 1765–85, the leadership of Robert Clive and Warren Hastings; 2) 1798–1805, the governor-generalship of Lord Wellesley; and 3) 1813–23, the governor-generalship of Lord Hastings. After Hastings, annexation continued simultaneously with the expansion of indirect rule, extending into a new period under Lord Dalhousie.
Há 2 dias · While men such as Robert Clive, Warren Hastings and Philip Francis needed to engage with pervasive European stereotypes of ‘Oriental despotism’, the serious task of colonial state-building was rooted in a much more positive view of India’s political past.
29 de mai. de 2024 · In 1772, under Warren Hastings, the East India Company took over revenue collection directly in the Bengal Presidency (then Bengal and Bihar), establishing a Board of Revenue with offices in Calcutta and Patna, and moving the pre-existing Mughal revenue records from Murshidabad to Calcutta.
