ISBN: | 9781612341699 |
Publisher: | Potomac Books Inc. |
Published: | 31 January, 2013 |
Format: | eBook |
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Robert Clive (1725-1774), later Baron Clive of Plassey, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived in Madras as a clerk for the East India Company in 1744. Through timely promotion and a clear affinity for military leadership, he proceeded to consolidate the company's commercial and territorial position in South India before doing the same in the northeast in Bengal. In 1757 company troops under his command defeated the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey. This victory se
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