Robert Clive was the pioneer for the expansionist policy of East India Company in India. Justify this statement
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Answer:
yes
Explanation:
this is so because he was the one who lead the english army in the battle of plassey(which was a really main battle).
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Answer:Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India,[1][2][3] was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He began as a writer for the East India Company (EIC) who established the military and political supremacy of the EIC by securing a decisive victory in Bengal. In return for supporting the Nawab Mir Jafar on the throne, Clive was granted a jaghire of 30,000 pounds per year which was the rent the EIC would otherwise pay to the Nawab for their tax farming concession, when he left India he had a fortune of 180,000 pounds which he remitted through the Dutch East India Company. [4]. Blocking impending French mastery of India, and eventual British expulsion from the continent, Clive improvised a military expedition that ultimately enabled the EIC to adopt the French strategy of indirect rule via puppet government. Hired by the EIC to return a second time to India, Clive conspired to secure the Company's trade interests by overthrowing the Ruler of Bengal, the richest state in India. Back in England, he used his loot from India to secure an Irish barony from the then Whig PM, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and a seat for himself in Parliament, via Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, representing the Whigs in Shrewsbury, Shropshire (1761–1774), as he had previously in Mitchell, Cornwall (1754–1755).[5][6]
Major-General
The Lord Clive
KB FRS
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg
Lord Clive in military uniform. The Battle of Plassey is shown behind him.
By Nathaniel Dance. National Portrait Gallery, London.
Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, Bengal
In office
1757–1760
Preceded by
Roger Drake
as President
Succeeded by
Henry Vansittart
In office
1765–1766
Preceded by
Henry Vansittart
Succeeded by
Harry Verelst
Personal details
Born
29 September 1725
Styche Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Died
22 November 1774 (aged 49)
Berkeley Square, Westminster, London
Nationality
British
Alma mater
Merchant Taylors' School
Awards
KB
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch/service
Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg Company Army
Years of service
1746–1774
Rank
Major-general
Unit
British East India Company
Commands
Commander-in-Chief of India
Battles/wars
War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Madras
Siege of Cuddalore
Siege of Pondicherry
Tanjore Expedition
Second Carnatic War
Siege of Trichinopoly
Siege of Arcot
Battle of Arnee
Battle of Chingleput
Seven Years' War
Battle of Vijaydurg
Recapture of Calcutta
Battle of Chandannagar
Battle of Plassey
Clive has become one of the most controversial figures in all British military history. His achievements included checking French Imperial ambitions on the Coromandel Coast and establishing EIC control over Bengal, thereby taking the first step towards establishing the British Raj, though he worked only as an agent of the East India Company, not the British government. He was vilified by his political rivals in Britain, and put on trial before Parliament. Of special concern was that he amassed a personal fortune in India. Modern historians have attributed to him atrocities, for high taxes, and for the forced cultivation of crops which exacerbated famines.