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22 de abr. de 2024 · Warren Hastings’ tenure as the first Governor General of Bengal (1772-1785) was marked by significant contributions and reforms, but also by controversy and criticism. Hastings played a crucial role in consolidating British control over Bengal and laying the foundations for British India.
Hace 3 días · In 1772, when Warren Hastings was appointed Fort William's first Governor-General, one of his first undertakings was the rapid expansion of the company's army.
- 10 May 1857 – 1 November 1858, (1 year and 6 months)
- India
- British victory
- Some princely states annexed into British India. Other princely states retain their dominions and autonomy.
Hace 1 día · Under Warren Hastings, the consolidation of British imperial rule over Bengal was solidified, with the conversion of a trade area into an occupied territory under a military-civil government, while the formation of a regularised system of legislation was brought in under John Shore.
25 de abr. de 2024 · After winning the Battle of Plassey and obtaining the Diwani Rights (the right to decide tax and civil disputes, collect revenue, and keep the surplus), the East India Company recognized the necessity for a standard and efficient system of revenue collection and administration of justice.
Hace 3 días · In 1772, under Warren Hastings, the East India Company took over revenue collection directly in the Bengal Presidency (then Bengal and Bihar), establishing a Board of Revenue with offices in Calcutta and Patna, and moving the pre-existing Mughal revenue records from Murshidabad to Calcutta.
- 1,940,000 km² (750,000 sq mi)
- Early modern
- Calcutta (1773–1858)
- British colony
Hace 6 días · While men such as Robert Clive, Warren Hastings and Philip Francis needed to engage with pervasive European stereotypes of ‘Oriental despotism’, the serious task of colonial state-building was rooted in a much more positive view of India’s political past.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General appointed in Calcutta under the Act, was thus to be ‘the Indian agent of reform’ (p. 59). In this chapter, Dirks also accounts for the role of southern-Indian politics in the transformation of Edmund Burke’s own views on the Company during the pre-impeachment period.
