Warren Hastings
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title:
Warren Hastings
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Warren Hastings 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. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. He was an energetic organizer and reformer. In 1779–1784 he led forces of the East India Company against a coalition of native states and the French. In the end, the well-organ
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Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Hastings
date created:
2003-01-11T04:32:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T00:05:16Z
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