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Governor Generals Of Fort William (1774-1834)
The trend of events happened to make Bengal, though the most junior in creation,
the most important of the three politically, and by Lord Nort’s Regulating Act of
1773 the Governor of Fort William was given control over the other two Presidencies,
his supremacy being indicated by a change of title to Governor General of the Presidency
of Fort William in Bengal. Warren Hastings who had already been Governor of Bengal
for over two years became the first Governor General and held that office for a
further eleven years.
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West Bengal 
