Question

What sort of person was Sir Robert Clive?​

Answer 1

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Robert Clive was a company clerk. But in the course of time his work made him a rich man and upon persecution by the British parliament regarding his immense wealth that he earned in India, was humiliated and finally, he committed suicide.

He was the Mastermind of the battle of Plassey (1757). He defeated nawab shiraj ud daulah treacherously. Battle of Plassey was a war of bribery and treachery. He laid the foundation stone of the British empire in India. He became the first governor of Bengal.

Or he was,

Robert Clive was a privateer and the first governor general of India and head of EAST India company. He established British rule over a huge swath of se asia and convinced the French after a couple of battles to leave India to them. He established British authority by overthrowing the ruler of the Bengal state which was richer than England. Argueably he caused several famines because of his taxes and other confiscations he put in to place. And he did all this as a person working for East India Company only and not the British government. He was in short a high handed individual. He and Hastings were 2 principal figures in early India. This is a very attenuated view of the history of Clive in India

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

Robert Clive was a company clerk. But in the course of time his work made him a rich man and upon persecution by the British parliament regarding his immense wealth that he earned in India, was humiliated and finally, he committed suicide.

Robert Clive was a company clerk. But in the course of time his work made him a rich man and upon persecution by the British parliament regarding his immense wealth that he earned in India, was humiliated and finally, he committed suicide.He was the Mastermind of the battle of Plassey (1757). He defeated nawab shiraj ud daulah treacherously. Battle of Plassey was a war of bribery and treachery. He laid the foundation stone of the British empire in India. He became the first governor of Bengal.