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Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings
(6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818), an English statesman, was the first
Governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal)
, the head of the
Supreme Council of Bengal
, and thereby the first
de facto
Governor-General of India from 1773 to 1785. He was 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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