HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Clive
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Comwallis
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Warren Hastings
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Wellesley
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Bentinck became the first governor general of India in 1833. Warren Hastings was the first governor general of Bengal..
Detailed explanation-2: -Warren Hastings FRS (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Warren Hastings became the first Governor-General of Bengal in 1773. First governor general of British India was Lord William Bentinck.
Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Clive was the first Governor-General of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-5: -By a letter of 8 May 1771, the Court appointed Warren Hastings to be Governor of Bengal. By Act of Parliament 13 Geo. III., cap. 63, the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal will headed by a Governor-General, and Hastings was appointed as the first Governor-General.