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Who was Robert Clive? Write about his diplomatic skill.​

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Robert Clive, in full Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey

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Robert Clive

British colonial administrator

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T.G. Percival Spear

Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge; Lecturer in History, University of Cambridge, 1963–69. Author of India: A Modern History and others; coauthor and editor of Oxford History of India...

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Alternative Titles: Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey

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Robert Clive, in full Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, (born September 29, 1725, Styche, Shropshire, England—died November 22, 1774, London), soldier and first British administrator of Bengal, who was one of the creators of British power in India. In his first governorship (1755–60) he won the Battle of Plassey and became master of Bengal. In his second governorship (1764–67) he reorganized the British colony.