Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the 1st official Governor General of British India?

  1. Warren Hastings

  2. Robert Clive

  3. Lord Curzon

  4. William Benetick
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Explanation

Warren Hastings was appointed as the first official Governor-General of Bengal in 1773 under the Regulating Act of 1773, which established this new position. Robert Clive was not a Governor-General but rather the Governor of Bengal and helped establish British dominance earlier. Lord Canning was the first Viceroy (a later position), and Curzon served much later.

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