Warren Hastings

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Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal who played a key role in establishing British colonial rule in India and later became famous for his high-profile impeachment trial in Britain.

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Warren Hastings canonical 23
Governor-General Warren Hastings 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator
Governor-General of Bengal
human
birthDate 1732-12-06
birthPlace Churchill, Oxfordshire, England
charge corruption
misgovernment in India
conflict Rohilla War
surface form: First Rohilla War

Second Anglo-Mysore War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1818-08-22
deathPlace Daylesford, Gloucestershire, England
education Westminster School
employer British East India Company
endTime as Governor-General of Bengal: 1785
fullName Warren Hastings self-link
impeachmentEnd 1795
impeachmentOutcome acquitted
impeachmentStart 1788
influenced British imperial policy in India
knownFor being the first de facto Governor-General of British India
impeachment trial in the British Parliament
major role in establishing British colonial rule in India
legacy controversial figure in the history of the British Empire in India
pioneer of British administrative structures in India
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
notableWork administrative and judicial reforms in Bengal
reorganization of the East India Company’s administration in India
revenue reforms in Bengal
patronOf Oriental scholarship
positionHeld Governor of the Presidency of Fort William
Governor-General of Bengal
prosecutedBy Charles James Fox
Edmund Burke
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
religion Anglicanism
residence Daylesford House, Gloucestershire
spouse Marianne Imhoff
Mary Buchanan
startTime as Governor of Bengal: 1772
as Governor-General of Bengal: 1774
supported Asiatic Society of Bengal
trial impeachment before the British Parliament
workedOn codification of civil and criminal justice in Bengal

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Bengal Presidency significantPerson Warren Hastings
EIC notableGovernor Warren Hastings
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II contemporaryOf Warren Hastings
subject surface form: Shah Alam II
Warren Hastings fullName Warren Hastings self-link
Company rule in India notableLeader Warren Hastings
Treaty of Salbai (1782) signatoryRepresentative Warren Hastings
subject surface form: Treaty of Salbai
Treaty of Salbai (1782) brokeredBy Warren Hastings
subject surface form: Treaty of Salbai
Governor-General of Bengal officeHolder Warren Hastings
Rohilla War commandedBy Warren Hastings
Regulating Act 1773 createdPositionFor Warren Hastings
Mary Buchanan spouse Warren Hastings
Marianne Imhoff spouse Warren Hastings
First Anglo-Maratha War relatedTo Warren Hastings
this entity surface form: Governor-General Warren Hastings
Hastings family hasNotableMember Warren Hastings
Supreme Council of Bengal notableMember Warren Hastings