Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal

  1. Warren Hastings

  2. Sir Thomas Roe

  3. James I

  4. Robert Clive
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Warren Hastings served as the first Governor-General of Bengal from 1773-1785 after the Regulating Act of 1773 created this position to centralize British administration in India. His tenure established many administrative and judicial precedents for British colonial rule, though he faced impeachment proceedings later for alleged misconduct.

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