This leader led the British in the Maratha War, deposed Chait Singh, zamindar of Benares, and confiscated the lands and treasures of the Begum of Oudh.
This leader led the British in the Maratha War, deposed Chait Singh, zamindar of Benares, and confiscated the lands and treasures of the Begum of Oudh. These controversial actions led to a feud with Philip Francis, and after a duel between the two Francis returned to England and accused him of committing malpractices as governor general of Bengal. FTP, who was this man acquitted after a celebrated 1788-95 trial in which he was prosecuted by Edmund Burke?
This leader led the British in the Maratha War, deposed Chait Singh, zamindar of Benares, and confiscated the lands and treasures of the Begum of Oudh.
Warren Hastings