What prompted the British authorities to interfere During this point out of affairs was the East India Company's failure to pay its yearly tax of £400,000, even though many of the firm's officials were returning to England with fortunes. In 1772 Warren Hastings (1732–1818) was appointed governor of Fort William. https://troysuqga.bloggosite.com/44602148/the-5-second-trick-for-siamese