Warren Hastings
Politician
1732 – 1818
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Who was Warren Hastings?
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, from 1772 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption and impeached in 1787, but after a long trial he was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1814.
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- Born
- Dec 6, 1732
Churchill - Also known as
- Гастингс, Уоррен
- 沃倫·黑斯廷斯
- Уоррен Гастингс
- Spouses
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- Westminster School
- Employment
- East India Company
(1750 - )
- East India Company
- Lived in
- Kolkata
(1750/09 - 1755) - Cossimbazar
(1755 - ) - Murshidabad
(1758 - ) - Fort St. George, India
(1760 - 1785/02)
- Kolkata
- Died
- Aug 22, 1818
Daylesford, Gloucestershire
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on July 23, 2013
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