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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
| Date transcribed | 2011-01-01 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Clive | | | First Name(s) | Robert | | | Titles | Baron | | | Year of Birth | 1725 | | | Year of Death | 1774 | | | Entry | Governor of Bengal : son of Richard Clive : born Sep. 29, 1725 : educated at Lostock, Market Drayton. Merchant Taylors and Hemel Hempstead : his youth marked by energy, courage, and adventure : reached Madras as a ""writer"" in the E. I. Co.'s Civil Service in 1744 : in the capitulation of Madras, 1746 : escaped to Fort St. David : obtained military employ in 1848 : at Boscawen's siege of Pondicherry : fought at Devikota, 1749, on behalf of the Tanjore ruler : at the flight at Valkonda : seized Arcot on Aug. 31, 1751, to divert Chanda Sahib from besieging Muhammad Ali at Trichinopoly : was himself besieged with his small party in the fort of Arcot for 50 days by Chanda Sahib's superior force, which he beat off successfully : one of the most brilliant feats in history : defeated Raja Sahib and the French at Caveripak, 1752 : destroyed the town of Dupleix Fatehabad : defeated French Army near Trichinopoly : took Covelong and Chingleput : in England, 1753-6 : returned to India as Lt- Colonel : on his way out through Bombay captured, on Feb. 13, 1756, Gheria, the stronghold of the pirate Angria : became Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St. David, June 20, 1756 : after the Black Hole tragedy, Clive was sent up to Bengal in Oct.-Dec. 1756 : took Calcutta and Hughli from the Nawab Suraj-ud-daula: again defeated him and took Chandernagore : through Omichund, whom he deceived by the fraud of two copies, one of them being fictitious, of the treaty, made a treaty with Mir Jafar to desert the Nawab: fought the battle of Plassey, June 23, 1757 ; routed the Nawab, who fled and was killed : installed Mir Jafar as Nawab, and received large sums from him : made Governor of Bengal : asserted himself against his colleagues in the Government : defeated the Dutch near Chinsura : sent Colonel Forde to the N. districts of Madras : to England again, 1760-5 : made Baron Clive of Plassey in 1762 : K.C.B. in 1764 : M.P. for Shrewsbury : described 1764 : M.P. for Shrewsbury : described as a ""heaven-born General"" : quarrelled with Sullivan, Chairman of the E. I. Co.'s Directors, and defeated him : reappointed Governor of Bengal and C. in C. to reform the abuses prevailing there in his absence : held office May 3, 1765, till Jan. 1767: obtained from the Emperor of Delhi, Shah Alam, the
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