Political Science · Political Institutions in India
Who was the first Governor-General of Bengal?
ALord Canning
BWarren Hastings ✓ Correct
CLord Bentinck
DLord Mountbatten
Correct answer: (B) Warren Hastings — Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal, so that is the answer.
★The post was created by the Regulating Act of 1773.
★He took charge as the first holder of the office.
★Lord Canning was much later, the first Viceroy of India.
★Lord Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India.
★So the first Governor-General of Bengal was Hastings.
★Thus the answer is Warren Hastings.
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