Clive : Robert (1725-74) Governor of Bengal: educated at Lostock, Market Drayton, Merchant Taylors’ & Hempstead: reached Madras as a ‘writer’ in the E. I. Co.’s Civil Service 1744: in the capitulation of Madras 1746, escaped to Fort St. David: obtained military employ 1748: at Boscawen’s siege of Pondicherry: fought at Devikota 1749 on behalf of the Tanjore ruler: at the flight at Valkonda: seized Arcot 1751 to divert Chanda Sahib from besieging Md. Ali at Trichinopoly: besieged in Arcot by Chanda Sahib, held on for 50 days until Chanda Sahib retreated: defeated Chanda Sahib & the French at Caveripak 1752: destroyed the town of Dupleix Fatehbad: defeated French army near Trichi, took Covelong & Chingleput: in England 1753-6: returned as Lt. Colonel but was captured by pirate Angria at Gheria out of Bombay: Lt-General of Fort St. David June 1756, sent up to Bengal after the Black Hole tragedy, took Calcutta & Hugli from Nawab Sirāj-ud-daula: again defeated him at Chandernagore through Umichand whom he deceived by the fraud of two copies, one of them being a fictitious copy, of the treaty made a treaty with Mir Jā’far to desert the Nawab: fought the battle of Plassey June 23, 1757, routed the Nawab, who fled & was killed [by Mir Jā-far’s son]: installed Mir Jā’far as Nawab & received large sums from him; made Governor of Bengal: asserted himself against his colleagues in the Govt.: defeated the Dutch near Chinsurah: send Colonel Ford 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. of Shrewsbury: described as “heaven-born General”: quarrelled with Sullivan, Chairman of E.I. Co.’s Directors & defeated him: reappointed Governor of Bengal & C-in-C to reform the abuses prevailing there in his absence, held office May 3,1765 till Jan. 1767: obtained from Emperor Shah Alam of Delhi the Diwani (authority to administer Civil Govt. & collect revenues) of Bengal, Bihar & Orissa in Aug. 1765: restored Oudh to Shuja-ud-daulah: reformed the administration, checking malpractices [of natives alone] & giving adequate salaries [to white only]: measures of retrenchment [whose?] provoked mutiny which he promptly repressed: finally retired in 1767, poorer than in 1765: a £70,000 legacy [that he extracted] from Mir Jāfar he devoted to “the Clive Fund” for military men: attacked in England by numerous enemies, his administration subjected to Parliamentary inquiry: partly condemned, but it was finally decided that Clive had rendered great & meritorious services to his country: worn out by ill-health & persecution he took his own life on Nov.22, 1774. His character is much discussed: his bravery, ability, masterfulness, power of leading & governing are generally admitted: but his deceit of Umichand cannot be justified & his acceptance of large presents from Mir Jāfar can only be excused by special considerations of contemporary custom, & their openness.” [Buckland deciphered]
... tell you" After winning the battle of Plassey, when Clive became the ruler and peace returned to the country, a group of Bengalis went to Clive with a petition. Clive asked: 'What are your names? And what is it you want?' 'My name's Madhav Mukhopadhyay,' said one of them. 'Matav......Mu.....Mu.....Mu.......,' Clive stammered and could not pronounce the name. 'Your name's... 'Let's see if t British rule lasts, he said to himself, I'll go and see Clive aft that.' So after a long wait he finally turned up before Clive 'What's your name, babu?' Clive asked. 'Well, sir, I am Gangadhar Gangopadhyay.' 'What, what was that ? Ga......Ga.......Ga....Oh no! It much too difficult, babu.' And Clive continued cleaning 1 gun. Yurou are very fond of hunting, aren't ...
... Page 597 immediately run in for causing enmity between the races. No, our object in writing is to suggest that now the Clive memorial idea has been dropped, statues may be raised instead to Hyde and Humphreys in a conspicuous part of the Maidan: for if Clive was the founder of the Empire, Hyde and Humphreys are among its defenders. For Indians the moral of such incidents is the old one, ...
... protect them. Eventually, to ensure the stability that an uninterrupted flow of trade required, they had raised forces of their own and become an active power in the politics of 18th-century India. Clive, with his victory at Plassey, had ended French pretensions to an Indian empire and firmly established the British as one of the arbiters of India's fate. A generation later, Arthur Wellesley (later... into two battalions. The regiment has been through many campaigns with both the British Indian Army and the Indian Army. Many well-known British officers have commanded this regiment, Robert Clive being one of them. The regiment fought the Carnatic wars in South India. Thereafter, the British annexed the Indian subcontinent, largely with the help of the sepoys of the Madras Regiment ...
... nation? Was not our India full of cuts and knocks? 'Twas Britain saved us from those hideous shocks. No matter if our poor of hunger die, Us she gave peace and ease and property. Were't not for Clive, Dalhausie, Curzon, all, You never would have heard of Srinath Paul. But is this then good cause we should not meet, Kiss their benevolent and booted feet, Remonstrate mildly, praise and pray and ...
... behaviour is as a rule admirable and reflects credit on the man and the service." The man, of course, is worthy of the service. If attempts to cheat are to be punished with blows by the victim, why, Clive should have been the first Englishman to suffer at the hand of Omichand. We are sorry the wisdom of the Englishman was not shared by Justice Norris who tried the O'Hara case, nor by Lord Curzon who ...
... ardent advocate of Home Rule, the persistent foe of war and coercion, is closing his fine record of public service with a coronet on his head as the ruler of India, Page 55 of the child of Clive and Warren Hastings, of the creature of strife and fraud; as one might say, a benevolent despot in an absolute constitution imposed and administered by an alien race." We in India are sure of the despotism ...
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... principles of justice, and upon principles of financial economy.... They [the people of India] have been in a state of the greatest prosperity from the earliest lime, as far as history tells us." And Clive when he first saw Murshidabad in 1757 rubbed his eyes. "This city," he wrote, "is as extensive, populous and rich as the city of London, with this difference, that there are individuals in the first ...
... nation? Was not our India full of cuts and knocks? 'Twas Britain saved us from those hideous shocks. No matter if our poor of hunger die, Us she gave peace and ease and property. Were't not for Clive, Dalhousie, Curzon, all, You never would have heard of Srinath Paul. But is this then good cause we should not meet, Kiss their benevolent and booted feet, Remonstrate mildly, praise and pray and ...
... Truth refuses to recognise itself. The princes of Bengal at the time of Plassey did not realise that we could save ourselves, they thought that something outside would save us. We were not enslaved by Clive, for not even a thousand Clives could have had strength enough to enslave us, we were enslaved by our own delusions, by the false conviction of weakness. And the moment we get the full conviction of ...
... flight. The agility and far-sightedness of the English, coupled with their unscrupulous employment of treason, intrigue and conspiracy in the enemy camp crippled the strength of the Nawab's army. Robert Clive who was the commander of the British forces said in his report on the battle: 'Mir Jafar, Rai Durlabh and Yar Lutuf Khan gave us no other assistance than standing neutral.' These three were secretly ...
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