Question

Lord Hastings was Governor General of India.

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Write some sentences about Lord Hastings what did he develope when he was Governor General of India?​

Answer 1

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• Lord Warren Hastings was the first governor general of Bengal.
• He started his career as a writer in the East India company at Calcutta in 1750.
• In 1758, he became the residence at the Murshidabad, the capital of Bengal.
• The regulating act of 1773 was passed during this time.
• He supported Sir William Jones in formation of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1785.

What did he develop as a Governor?

$\sim$He established the system of civil administration that was the basis of Anglo Indian security and prosperity.

$\sim$He changed the concept of taking over civil administration of India.

$\sim$He allowed the local/state/regional government to collect revenue.

He was the Governor General of India from 1773 to 1785.

Answer 2

✾Question:-

• Write some sentences about Lord Hastings what did he develope when he was Governor General of India?

✱Solution:-

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• Warren Hastings , an English statesman, was the first Governor of the Presidency of Fort William , the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal.

• He is credited along with Robert Clive for laying the foundation of the British Empire in India.

• In 1758 Hastings became the British Resident in the Bengali capital of Murshidabad – a major step forward in his career – at the instigation of Clive.

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• The Regulating Act of 1773 brought the presidencies of Madras and Bombay under Bengal's control.

• It elevated Hastings from Governor to the new title Governor-General, but limited his power by making the Governor-General one member of a five-man Supreme Council of Bengal.

• So confusedly structured that it was difficult to tell what constitutional position Hastings actually held