From then on, the East India Company used increasingly aggressive tactics. Robert Clive – a clerk who had risen to command The Company’s army – joined in the local political game ...

First, there was a movie actor, Clive Brook. Second, there was “Clive of India,” Robert Clive, the British general and statesman in the 18th century. ‐Our Clive — Clive Babkirk — goes by ...

A chest of gold coins belonging to Robert Clive which was lost more than two hundred years ago. Clive, the man who established the East India Company in this country, lost the chest near the Cape ...

In the mid 18th century - the East India company took control of India’s richest province. Led by Robert Clive, the Company defeated the ruler of Bengal, and installed a replacement of their ...

One young soldier in Lawrence’s new army was the future national hero, Clive of India. Robert Clive was from a family of provincial gentry. As a young boy he was a bit of a tearaway and loved ...

Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey ... The inscription reads: 1725 CLIVE 1774 Clive was twice governor of Bengal and one of the most famous of the East India Company's men. During his three ...

Through the Battle of Plassey, fought between East India Company forces led by Robert Clive and Nawab of Bengal Siraj-Ud-Daulah backed by the French on January 23 that year, the British ...

The Battle of Plassey occurred on June 23, 1757, between the forces of the British East India Company under Robert Clive and ...