Why was warren Hastings produced before the court in England ? What is the reason that he was taken to the court?

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Warren Hastings was charged of misconduct during his tenure in Calcutta mainly for negligence and corruption.

The trial was headed by Edmund Burke and became a dispute about the functioning of East India Company and its expansion in India.

The trial lasted for seven years from 1788 to 1795.

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