Clive: Founder of British India Faught C. BradPevná vazba
Clive: Founder of British India Faught C. BradPevná vazba Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. Through timely promotion and a clear…
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Clive: Founder of British India Faught C. BradPevná vazba
Robert Clive (1725-1774), later 1st Baron Clive, is widely considered the founder of British India. 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. He arrived in Madras as a clerk for the East India Company in 1744.
This victory set in motion the East India Company's ascendancy over much of India, paving the way for the 1857 creation of the British Raj, which would last for another ninety years.Clive is a fascinating and important historical figure: a lowly company employee who rose to great heights; an informally trained military commander who led company and local Indian troops to a series of stirring victories over local In 1757 company troops under his command defeated the nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey.