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Robert Clive was the pioneer for the expansionist policy of East India Company in India. Justify this statement

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Answered by KshlSngh
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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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Answered by harshitrajswami
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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.

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