Question
Download Solution PDFWarren Hastings became the first Governor General of Bengal in which year?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1773.
Key Points
- In 1773, Hastings was elected as the first Governor-General.
- Warren Hastings FRS was a British colonial administrator who held the positions of first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and first Governor-General of Bengal from 6 December 1732 to 22 August 1818.
- The British Empire in India is said to have been founded by him and Robert Clive.
- He was a vigorous reformer and organiser.
- He commanded East India Company troops that fought a coalition of native governments and the French from 1779 to 1784.
Additional Information
- Governor-General
- A governor-general is the title of an office holder.
- In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are chosen to serve as viceroys in any sovereign state over which the monarch of a personal union does not typically rule personally.
- In the past, significant colonial governments or other regions controlled by monarchies or republics, such as Japan in Korea and France in Indochina, have nominated governors general.
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