Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown. Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key early figures in the creation of British India. He also sat as a Tory Member of Parliament in England.
Read more about Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive: Early Life, First Journey To India (1744–1753), Second Journey To India (1755–1760), Third Journey To India, Retirement and Death, Family, Legacy
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