1 History & Culture · 1.4.3 Governors-General and Viceroys

1.4.3.1 Warren Hastings and Cornwallis

Warren Hastings (1772–85) built the Company's first rule over Bengal and Cornwallis (1786–93) gave it a permanent civil, judicial and revenue structure.

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  • Regulating Act 1773
  • Warren Hastings
  • Supreme Court
  • Nandkumar
  • Asiatic Society
  • Pitt's India Act 1784
  • Cornwallis Code
  • Permanent Settlement
  • daroga

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