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Robert Clive

Officer and official of the East India Company who commanded its force at Plassey in 1757 and took over its administration of Bengal's revenue in 1765.

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  1. 1756 Robert Clive worked at East India Company
  2. 1757 Robert Clive intervened in Battle of Plassey
  3. 1765 Robert Clive intervened in Grant of the Diwani of Bengal, 1765
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  1. History of India, vol. 8, ch. 7: The Conquest of Bengal (A. C. Lyall), History of India, ed. A. V. W. Jackson (text via ibiblio), 1907. Scholarship & press
    the president lost no time in despatching the fleet, commanded by Admiral Watson, to Bengal, with troops under Colonel Clive
    Clive delivered his assault at one angle
  2. History of India, vol. 8, ch. 8: The Situation in Bengal (A. C. Lyall), History of India, ed. A. V. W. Jackson (text via ibiblio), 1907. Scholarship & press
    Lord Clive, who had returned to India, assumed, under a grant from the Delhi emperor, direct administration of the revenue of the three provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, an office that was entitled the Diwani.
  3. Lord Clive (essay, Edinburgh Review, January 1840), Thomas Babington Macaulay (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1840. Scholarship & press
    He admitted that he had received immense sums from Meer Jaffier; but he denied that, in doing so, he had violated any obligation of morality or honour.
    "By God, Mr. Chairman," he exclaimed, "at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation."
    bitterly complained that he, the Baron of Plassey, had been treated like a sheep-stealer
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