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Robert Clive (1725-74), also known as Clive of Plassey, Clive of India and Baron Clive, was a British soldier, colonial administrator and statesman who founded British India.

In 1743 he joined the East India Company and was sent to Madras to work as a "writer" (clerk).

Clive was not to work for long as a clerk. During the War of the Austrian Succession, war broke out between the British and French in southern India. In 1751 Clive led a small force of 500 soldiers in a diversionary expedition against a French-Indian army in Arcot, the capital of the Carnatic (a region in southeastern India, between the Coromandel Coast and the Eastern Ghats). Clive succeeded in seizing Arcot and holding it for 53 days.

In 1752 he defeated the French in Trichinopoly and installed a pro-British ruler on the throne of the Carnatic. By 1753 French power in India had been reduced to a few lone outposts such Pondichery.

After a triumphal return to Britain, Clive went back to India for a second tour of duty.

Called on to avenge the so-called Hole of Calcutta, he marched on India's richest province, Bengal, and on January 2, 1757 he seized its capital, Calcutta.

On June 23, 1757, Clive had his greatest military triumph: the Battle of Plassey. He led a small British East India Company force of 2,400 soldiers into battle and defeated the much larger force of Indian and French forces (50,000 soldiers in all) fielded by the Nawab (ruling prince) of Bengal. The Nawab was removed from power and a pro-British puppet ruler was then put on the throne of Bengal.

This victory gave the British access to the enormous wealth of Bengal, which strengthened British military power and opened the way for the later British colonization of most of South Asia and later of other parts of Asia.

For the next three years, Clive was governor of Fort William, Bengal, but in fact he was the effective ruler of Bengal, giving directions to the puppet ruler. He also presided over a period of great spoliation and corruption, with vast amounts of public monies disappearing into private pockets.

In 1760 Clive returned to Britain a wealthy man, entered Parliament and was made "Baron Clive of Plassey".

In 1760 Clive returned once again to India and began a second governorship. During this period he reformed the civil service, enforced law and order, and re-established military discipline. He reined in corruption of officials by regulating their private trading and by limiting their ability to accept gifts.

Clive returned to Britain in 1767. He faced a storm of parliamentary attacks regarding the conduct of his first governorship during which so much corruption had been allowed to flourish.

Upon accusations that he was involved in the looting of the treasury of Bengal, Clive waxed indignant: "A great prince was dependent on my pleasure; an opulent city lay at my mercy; its richest bankers bid against each other for my smiles; I walked through vaults which were thrown open to me alone, piled on either hand with gold and jewels! Mr Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation."

Finally, in 1773, he was vindicated by the Parliament, which passed a unanimous resolution that found that Clive had "rendered great and meritorious service to his country".

In 1774 Clive committed suicide.

Robert Clive was an energetic and larger than life character. There is no doubt that during his first governorship he presided over a period of corruption. However, he was later responsible to reforming the administration and army in India.

Moreover, he has an undeniable place in history as the founder of the East Asia Company's rule in India, which was a forerunner of Britain's colonial rule in South Asia which endured until the mid-20th century.

For further information on the British Empire in India, read the article at http://www.1902encyclopedia.com/I/IND/india-23.html

David Paul Wagner writes on history, politics and current affairs.

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