Doge Major-General Robert Clive

After the Black Hole of Calcutta tragedy, a furious Clive and Warren Hastings led an attack against the Nawab of Bengal. They replaced him with a puppet leader, Mir Jafar. Clive and Hastings turned on the French in Bengal and drove them out. The British East India Company was granted the right to tax farm Bengal. Clive drained the Kingdom dry, enriching Britain and himself. His home in Wales, Powis Castle, holds more Mughal Empire artifacts than the National Museum in New Delhi. He left India for the last time in 1767 and returned to England after some time on the continent. His fortunes raised eyebrows and questions, and in 1772 Parliament opened an inquiry into EIC practices in India whil...View all