warren hastings was the first british governor in india.
warren hastings was the first british governor in india.
who is the first british governor in india?
warren hastings
barry jones was born in geelong, victoria and educated at melbourne high school and the university of melbourne, where he studied arts and law. he began his career as a schoolteacher at dandenong high school, where he taught for nine years, before becoming a household name as an australian quiz champion in the 1960s on bob dyer's "pick a box", a radio show from 1948, televised from 1957. he was known for taking issue with dyer about certain expected answers, most famously in response to a question about "the first british governor-general of india", where he pointed out that warren hastings was technically only the governor-general of the presidency of fort william in bengal presidency. jones' appearances on "pick a box" lasted from 1960 to 1968.
barry jones (australian politician)
in 1765, robert clive, of the british east india company, became the first british governor of bengal. he secured in perpetuity for the company the "diwani" (revenue and civil justice) of the then bengal subah from the then mughal emperor, shah alam ii and thus the system of dual government was established and the bengal presidency was formed. in 1772 the dual government system was abolished and bengal was brought under direct control of the british. in 1793, when the "nizamat" (military power and criminal justice) of the nawab was also taken away from them, they remained as the mere pensioners of the british east india company. after the revolt of 1857, company rule in india ended and the british crown took over the territories which were under the direct rule of the british east india company in 1858, which marked the beginning of the british raj. these territories, including the territory of the nawab nazims came under the direct rule of the british crown and british raj was established in india. thus, the nawab nizams remained just the titular heads of their territory, which was now ruled by the british crown, and they had no political or any other kind of control over the territory. the last nawab of bengal, mansoor ali khan abdicated on 1 november 1880 in favour of his eldest son.
nawabs of bengal and murshidabad