Warren Hastings FRS (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) 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.

Warren Hastings (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England—died August 22, 1818, Daylesford) was the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India, who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England.

2022年10月12日 · Warren Hastings is famous for being the first Governor-General of the East India Company, appointed in 1774. He was infamously impeached by Parliament for corruption but was acquitted after a long and public trial.

Warren Hastings, a key figure in British India's colonial history, was the first Governor-General of Bengal from 1773 to 1785. He implemented significant administrative, judicial, and economic reforms that laid the groundwork for British governance in India.

Warren Hastings (1732 – 1818) became the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal) in 1772 and the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1774 till he resigned in 1785. He started his career as a writer (clerk) in the East India Company at Calcutta in 1750.

2021年5月25日 · Warren Hastings was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William at Bengal and the first Governor General of Bengal. Warren Hastings served in India from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached on his return to Britain due to his corruption. Along with Robert Clive, Warren Hasting laid the foundation for the British rule in India.

2018年5月21日 · The English statesman Warren Hastings (1732-1818) was the first governor general of British India. He established the system of civil administration that was the basis of Anglo-Indian security and prosperity.