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Impeachment of Warren Hastings
The
Impeachment of Warren Hastings
was a failed attempt to
impeach
the former
Governor-General of India
Warren Hastings
in the
Parliament of Great Britain
between 1788 and 1795. Hastings was accused of misconduct during his time in
Calcutta
particularly relating to mismanagement and personal corruption. The prosecution was led by
Edmund Burke
and became a wider debate about the role of the
East India Company
and the
expanding empire
in India.
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