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18 de jul. de 2009 · Warren Hastings (governor of Bengal from 1772 and governor-general of the British territories in India from 1774 to 1785) stands not least among those ‘imperial icons’ that dominated old pro-consular histories, and his dramatic career has launched a large shelf-full of biographies.
Warren Hastings (Churchill, Oxfordshire, 6 décembre 1732 - 22 août 1818 ), homme politique britannique, est le premier gouverneur général de l'Inde britannique, nommé après Robert Clive, un mandat qu'il occupe de 1774 à 1785 . Sa relation privilégiée avec Philadelphia Hancock, sœur de George Austen, explique les liens étroits qu'il ...
Warren Hastings. Warren Hastings (December 7 1732 - August 22 1818) was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire. He attended Westminster School before joining the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In 1757 he was made the British Resident (administrative in charge) of Murshidabad.
Hace 4 días · Warren Hastings. When it comes to the British Empire’s reign over India, Warren Hastings is a very significant figure. In the years 1772 to 1785, he served as Bengal’s first governor general. He has always been a person with admirable energy, and he organized things with admirable enthusiasm. Previously, he served as the British President ...
21 de may. de 2018 · HASTINGS, WARREN (1732 – 1818), first governor-general of India. Warren Hastings was a competent, honorable, and farsighted administrator whose policies, some controversial, decisively shaped and stabilized future Anglo-Indian relations. The controversy surrounding his administration made him the subject of impeachment and trial in Great Britain.
19 de abr. de 2022 · Hastings’s afterlife can be divided into three distinct phases. In the first, between 1818 and 1890, the image of Hastings as a flawed hero – an empire-builder who committed crimes – was propelled into popular memory. In the second, between 1890 and 1915, Hastings was transformed into an untouchable imperial icon.
Warren Hastings. The first Governor-General of India was Warren Hastings, who occupied that high position from 1773 to 1784. While Clive was content with creating the impression that the Nawab of Bengal remained sovereign, subject only in some matters to the dictate of the Mughal Emperor, Hastings moved swiftly to remove this fiction.
