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 27
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 First Rohilla War ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
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 of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
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 ⓘ
Shah Alam II → contemporaryOf → Warren Hastings ⓘ
subject linked to: Mughal emperor Shah Alam II
Warren Hastings → fullName → Warren Hastings ⓘ
Company rule in India → notableLeader → Warren Hastings ⓘ
Treaty of Salbai → signatoryRepresentative → Warren Hastings ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Salbai (1782)
Treaty of Salbai → brokeredBy → Warren Hastings ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Salbai (1782)
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 → Governor-General Warren Hastings ⓘ
linked to: Warren Hastings
Hastings family → hasNotableMember → Warren Hastings ⓘ
Supreme Council of Bengal → notableMember → Warren Hastings ⓘ
impeachment of Warren Hastings → defendant → Warren Hastings ⓘ