Cornwallis in India each governed by a separate presidency, the Bengal region, including Calcutta, had come under the direct rule of the British East India Company in 1757, with authority to levy taxes, and its presidency dominated the others. Its civil head, the Governor-General of Fort William, ranked ahead of those of Madras and Bombay. Cornwallis quickly established himself as a transformational leader. British colonial administration was dominated in the 1760s and 1770s by Warren Hastings, the first man to hold the title of Governor-General. The military arm of the East India Company was directed during the Seven Years' War and the Second
Governor-General of Korea Governor-General of Korea The post of Governor-General of Korean Peninsula served as the chief administrator of Korean Peninsula while Japan held the Great Empire of Hahn (or Kingdom of Chosen) as its colony from 1910 to 1945. The seat of the colonial government was the General Government Building, completed in 1926. While suppressing freedom of speech and association as well as independence movement, Governor-General of Korean Peninsula down an infrastructure of public works and facilities, which brought prevention of infectious disease and the increase of birthrate. Governor-General of Korean Peninsula had a police organisation, which may have been partly involved