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Robert Clive

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Noun1.Robert Clive - British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)Robert Clive - British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)
Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey, Clive
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The British Empire on the subcontinent owed far more to the man who saved it around the world, the Duke of Wellington, than to Robert Clive, who has got excessive credit from history.
Era of regional politics ends by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
The company's century-long rule of all of India effectively began following the Battle of Plassey in 1757 when Robert Clive defeated Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent ruler of Bengal.
East India days; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy of Merseyside Museum by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
After the crash, which limo driver Michael Walters witnessed, one of the firefighter's passengers, Robert Clive Marshall, 31, was dead and Ahmed's friend and employee Shazadul Karim, a 43-year-old father-of-two from Tremorfa, lay dying.
Young driver denies death crash charge; Restaurant owner accused of ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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