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❦Warren Hastings
Company Governor-General
Warren Hastings is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Biography
Context
In the context of Early colonial state-building and revenue-administrative centralization in Bengal., Warren Hastings is recognized as Company Governor-General. Warren Hastings is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Contribution
Warren Hastings is included as a key historical actor for understanding this chapter's political and social context.
Impact
Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period.
Timeline Placement
Warren Hastings appears in 1 linked timeline events, spanning 1765.
First Appearance
1765
Latest Appearance
1765
Active Span
1765
Linked Events
1
Legacy Summary
Their role helps explain how power, institutions, or ideas shifted during this period. This influence is reflected across 1 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
A Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal, 1700-1950
A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.
Cited in: 1 events
Diwani
Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.
Cited in: 1 events
East India Company
Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.
Cited in: 1 events
Fakir-Sannyasi Movement in Rajshahi: Regional Study of a Pioneer Peasant Resistance in Colonial Bengal
Regional mapping of the rebellion in Rajshahi and North Bengal; strong for local geography, peasant support, and rebel routes.
Cited in: 1 events
Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance
Banglapedia traces the anti-Company alliance of Muslim fakirs and Hindu sannyasis in Bengal from 1760 onward.
Cited in: 1 events
Robert Clive
Profile of Clive with focus on Plassey, Bengal administration, and the expansion of Company power.
Cited in: 1 events