Warren Hastings
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Warren Hastings was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William, the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general o
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766–1767
c. 1784 painting of Hastings with Marian in their garden at Alipore by Johan Zoffany
Portrait of Hastings by Tilly Kettle
The trial of Warren Hastings in Westminster Hall, 1788
Battle of Plassey
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The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The victory was ma
Lord Clive with meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey in 1757 Francis Hayman, c. 1762
The Mughal Empire's Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan adopted strict attitudes towards European mercantile companies in Bengal.
Robert Clive (1773), by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
The Nawab's artillery on movable platform. A large stage, raised six feet from the ground, carrying besides the cannon, all the ammunition belonging to it, and the gunners themselves who managed the cannon, on the stage itself. These machines were drawn by 40 or 50 yoke of white oxen, of the largest size, bred in the country of Purnea; and behind each cannon walked an elephant, trained to assist at difficult tugs, by shoving with his forehead against the hinder part of the carriage.