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008			121029s2013 dcuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012040605
020			_a9781612341682 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9781612341699 (electronic)
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050	0	0	_aDS471 _b.F38 2013
082	0	0	_a954.029092 _223 _bFAU
100	1		_aFaught, C. Brad.
245	1	0	_aClive : _bfounder of British India / _cC. Brad Faught.
250			_aFirst Edition.
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bPotomac Books, _c[2013]
300			_axv, 115 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c21 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aMilitary profiles
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 109-110) and index.
520			_aRobert Clive (1725–1774), later Baron Clive of Plassey, is widely considered the founder of British India. He arrived in Madras as a clerk for the East India Company in 1744. Through timely promotion and a clear affinity for military leadership, he proceeded to consolidate the company's commercial and territorial position in South India before doing the same in the northeast in Bengal. In 1757 company troops under his command defeated the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey. This victory set in motion the East India Company's ascendancy over much of India and eventual development into the world's largest transnational trading company at the time. This paved the way for the 1857 creation of the British Raj, which would last for another ninety years. Clive is a fascinating and important historical figure: a lowly company employee who rose to great heights; an informally trained military commander who led company and local Indian troops to a series of stirring victories over local rivals who were supported by the French; a grasping politician who used his great wealth to secure a prominent social position; and, finally, a hounded society notable who, plagued by illness, allegedly took his own life.
600	1	0	_aClive, Robert Clive, _cBaron, _d1725-1774.
610	2	0	_aEast India Company _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aGenerals _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aGenerals _zIndia _vBiography.
650		0	_aGovernors _zIndia _vBiography.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 _vBiography.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y18th century.
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net)
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