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Robert Clive. Ouça o texto abaixo! Comandante militar, político e estrategista inglês nascido em Styche, Shropshire, que no século XVIII transformou a Companhia das Índias na potência ...
17 de mai. de 2024 · Robert Clive was born on September 29, 1725, in Styche, Shropshire, England. He had a challenging upbringing because of his difficult temperament. Despite attending several schools, including Merchant Taylors’ School in London, Clive did not excel academically. His early years were marred by moodiness, attempted suicide and even a duel.
Robert Clive (1725-1774), also known as 'Clive of India' and Baron Clive of Plassey, masterminded the expansion of the East India Company in India. Best known for his victory at Plassey in Bengal in 1757, Clive's reputation suffered in his own lifetime from charges of corruption and subsequently as one of the main architects of British imperialism in India.
ROBERT CLIVE EARLY YEARS. Robert Clive was born on September 29th, 1725 in Shropshire, England. His father worked as a lawyer and government parliamentarian. Historians have noted that as a young man, Robert Clive was supposedly a bit of a troublemaker. For instance, he was known to fight with other students at school and harass local shops.
15 de dez. de 2018 · In June 1744, the 19-year-old Clive arrived not in Calcutta but in the Company’s oldest settlement, Fort St. George in modern-day Chennai. Here he spent the next two years fidgeting as, seated at a high desk, he tried to take an interest in the Company’s ledgers or in negotiations with merchants. To relieve the boredom, he spent his spare ...
12 de jun. de 2020 · Shortly after his death, in a London satire, Clive was portrayed as “Lord Vulture”, someone who was “utterly deaf to every sentiment of justice and humanity”, according to an article in The Guardian by the historian William Dalrymple. But for many Indians looking back at colonial history, there is nothing remotely funny about Robert Clive.
Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725–1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India, was born on 29 September 1725 at Styche Hall, Moreton Say, near Market Drayton in Shropshire, the eldest of the thirteen children of Richard Clive (c.1693–1771), lawyer and MP, and his wife, Rebecca, daughter of Nathaniel Gaskell of Manchester.
