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Events on Thursday 23 April 1795 1
1795Warren Hastings acquittedImpeachment trial of the former Governor-General of India concludesThe House of Lords acquitted Warren Hastings on all charges after a parliamentary impeachment trial that had lasted more than seven years. Hastings had been accused of corruption and abuse of power as Governor-General of Bengal. The trial, led by Edmund Burke, had become one of the most prominent political spectacles of the era.