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Hastings, Warren. 1732-1818.
British colonial administrator who as governor-general of India (1773-1785) carried out land and legal reforms and instituted British control of the Indian government.
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Hastings, Warren — born Dec. 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, Eng. died Aug. 22, 1818, Daylesford British colonial administrator in India. He worked for the English East India Company from 1750, rising to membership in its council in Bengal… … Universalium
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Warren Hastings — [Warren Hastings] (1732–1818) an important figure in the ↑East India Company who later became the first ↑Governor General of India. When he returned to Britain in 1785, he was accused of ↑corruption but was found not guilty after a trial lasting… … Useful english dictionary
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Hastings [2] — Hastings, Warren, geb. 1732, Sohn eines Landpfarrers, von altem aber gänzl. heruntergekommenem Geschlechte, ging 1749 als Schreiber nach Ostindien, verdankte seine Erhebung sowohl Kriegsdiensten unter Clive als seiner Kenntniß der oriental.… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
