Warren Hastings
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Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal who played a key role in establishing British colonial rule in India and later became famous for his high-profile impeachment trial in Britain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Warren Hastings canonical | 23 |
| Governor-General Warren Hastings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T392969 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Warren Hastings Context triple: [British East India Company, notableGovernorGeneral, Warren Hastings]
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Robert Clive
Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
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Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
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C.
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
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D.
Nassau William Senior
Nassau William Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.
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E.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Warren Hastings Target entity description: Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal who played a key role in establishing British colonial rule in India and later became famous for his high-profile impeachment trial in Britain.
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A.
Robert Clive
Robert Clive was an 18th-century British officer and colonial administrator whose military and political actions were crucial in establishing British rule in India, particularly through his leadership in Bengal.
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B.
Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend was an 18th-century British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer best known for initiating the Townshend Acts that taxed the American colonies and helped spark the American Revolution.
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C.
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst was an 18th-century British Army officer and commander-in-chief in North America during the Seven Years' War, later criticized for his role in policies toward Indigenous peoples.
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D.
Nassau William Senior
Nassau William Senior was a 19th-century English economist and legal scholar known for his contributions to classical political economy and his role in early labor and poverty reform debates.
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E.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial administrator
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Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1732-12-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Churchill, Oxfordshire, England ⓘ |
| charge |
corruption
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misgovernment in India ⓘ |
| conflict |
Rohilla War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Rohilla War
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1818-08-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Daylesford, Gloucestershire, England ⓘ |
| education | Westminster School ⓘ |
| employer | British East India Company ⓘ |
| endTime | as Governor-General of Bengal: 1785 ⓘ |
| fullName | Warren Hastings self-link ⓘ |
| impeachmentEnd | 1795 ⓘ |
| impeachmentOutcome | acquitted ⓘ |
| impeachmentStart | 1788 ⓘ |
| influenced | British imperial policy in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first de facto Governor-General of British India
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impeachment trial in the British Parliament ⓘ major role in establishing British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| legacy |
controversial figure in the history of the British Empire in India
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pioneer of British administrative structures in India ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| notableWork |
administrative and judicial reforms in Bengal
ⓘ
reorganization of the East India Company’s administration in India ⓘ revenue reforms in Bengal ⓘ |
| patronOf | Oriental scholarship ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of the Presidency of Fort William
ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ |
| prosecutedBy |
Charles James Fox
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Edmund Burke ⓘ Richard Brinsley Sheridan ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| residence | Daylesford House, Gloucestershire ⓘ |
| spouse |
Marianne Imhoff
ⓘ
Mary Buchanan ⓘ |
| startTime |
as Governor of Bengal: 1772
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as Governor-General of Bengal: 1774 ⓘ |
| supported | Asiatic Society of Bengal ⓘ |
| trial | impeachment before the British Parliament ⓘ |
| workedOn | codification of civil and criminal justice in Bengal ⓘ |
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Subject: Warren Hastings Description of subject: Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal who played a key role in establishing British colonial rule in India and later became famous for his high-profile impeachment trial in Britain.
Referenced by (24)
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