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Warren Hastings, British colonial administrator of India (died 1818)

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Warren Hastings

Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785

Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying…
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December 6

Day of the year

December 6 is the 340th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 25 days remain until the end of the year.
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