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Facts

Born December 6, 1732 • England
Died August 22, 1818 (aged 85) • England
Title / Office governor-general (1774-1785), Bengal • governor (1772-1774), Bengal
Role In Maratha Wars • Treaties of Banaras

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Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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