<P> The impeachment of Warren Hastings was a failed attempt between 1788 and 1795 to impeach the first Governor - General of India in the Parliament of Great Britain . Hastings was accused of misconduct during his time in Calcutta particularly relating to mismanagement and personal corruption . The prosecution was led by Edmund Burke and became a wider debate about the role of the East India Company and the expanding empire in India . </P> <P> The trial did not sit continuously and the case dragged on for seven years . When the eventual verdict was given Hastings was overwhelmingly acquitted . It has been described as "probably the British Isles' most famous, certainly the longest, political trial". </P>

Who was impeached in england for acts committed as governor general of india