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| 1725 | Birth |  |
| 29th Sep Styche Birth of Robert Clive, at Styche near Market Drayton in Shropshire, son of an MP
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| 1743 | East India Company | |
| Appointed Writer for the East India Company
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| 1746 | Siege of Madras | |
| Madras Captured during the capitulation of Madras but manages to escape to Fort St David
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| 1747 | Ensign Clive | |
| Appointed Ensign
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| 1751 | Battle of Arcot | |
| 12th Sep Arcot Captures the city of Arcot to divert the French from the siege of Trichinopoly
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| 12th Sep Arcot Clive defeats the French & sees the French ousted from their supremacy in India
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| 1751 | Siege of Trichinopoly | |
| 12th Sep Trichinopoly Captures the city of Arcot to divert the French from the siege of Trichinopoly
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| 1755 | Governor | |
| Fort David Appointed Governor of the Fort of St David
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| 1755 | Lieutenant | |
| Fort David Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel
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| 1756 | Siege of Calcutta | |
| Oct Calcutta Embarks on the relief of Calcutta
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| Dec Calcutta Rescues the survivors of the "Black Hole" of Calcutta
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| 1756 | Siege of Calcutt India | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta The British settlement at Fort William seeks assistance from Presidency of Fort St. George at Madras, which sends Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson, they re-capture Calcutta
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| 1756 | Siege of Gheriah | |
| Gheriah Leads a siege against the pirate base of Gheriah
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| 1757 | Battle of Plassey | |
| Plassey After the battle of Plassey, appoints Mir Jaffa as Nawab
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| 23rd June Plassey Victory helps the British capture Calcutta & establish sovereignty over India
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| 23rd June Plassey Victory over Suraja Dowlah establishes Clive as master of Bengal
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| 1757 | Capture | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta Captures Calcutta
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| 2nd Jan Calcutta Successfully relieves Calcutta
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| 23rd Mar Chandernagore Captures Chandernagore to secure a line of communication to Calcutta
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| 1757 | Governor | |
| Bengal Appointed Governor of Bengal, 1st term, after victory at the battle of Plassey
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| 1757 | Nawab Clive | |
| After the battle of Plassey, appoints Mir Jaffa as Nawab
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| 1757 | Peace | |
| 9th Feb Calcutta After relieving Calcutta agrees peace with the Nawab
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| 1757 | Siege of Calcutta | |
| 2nd Jan Calcutta Successfully relieves Calcutta
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| 5th Feb Calcutta The Nawab marches again on Calcutta but is surprised by a dawn attack by the British
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| 7th Feb Calcutta The siege of Calcutta results in the treaty of Alinagar
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| 23rd Mar Calcutta Captures Chandernagore to secure a line of communication to Calcutta
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| 1757 | Siege of Chand'agore | |
| 23rd Mar Chandernagore Captures Chandernagore to secure a line of communication to Calcutta
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| 1757 | Treaty of Alinagar | |
| 9th Feb Calcutta Signed between Robert Clive of the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal, Mirza Muhammad Siraj Ud Daula
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| 9th Feb Calcutta The Nawab will recognize all the 1717 provisions of Mughal Emperor, Farrukh Siyar's Farman and all British goods that pass through Bengal will be exempt from duties
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| 9th Feb Calcutta The siege of Calcutta results in the treaty of Alinagar
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| 1762 | Peerage | |
| Plassey Created Baron Clive of Plassey
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| 1764 | Election | |
| Shrewsbury Elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
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| 1764 | Knighthood | |
| London Awarded a Knighthood
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| 1765 | Governor | |
| Bengal Appointed Governor of Bengal, 2nd term
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| 1772 | East India Company | |
| London Defends himself in Parliament against charges of fraud in the East India Company
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| 1772 | Trial | |
| London Defends himself in Parliament against charges of fraud in the East India Company
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| 1774 | Death | |
| 21st Nov London Death of Clive Plassey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
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| 1774 | Suicide | |
| 21st Nov London Death of Clive Plassey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
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