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1725 CE - 1774 CE: Life of Robert Clive, Governor of Bengal for the East India Company.
1725 CE: Robert Clive is born in Styche Hall in Shropshire, England.
1742 CE: Robert Clive joins the East India Company as a 'writer'.
1749 CE: A young Robert Clive is involved in two attacks on French-held Tanjore.
1751 CE: Robert Clive leads the defence of Arcot for the East India Company.
1751 CE: Robert Clive wins a battle at Arni against forces of Chandra Sahib, the nizam of Hyderabad.
1752 CE: Robert Clive wins the battle at Kaveripak for the East India Company.
1752 CE: Robert Clive commands the artillery of the East India Company and helps capture Trichinopoly.
1754 CE: Robert Clive is elected MP for Mitchell in Cornwall.
1755 CE: Robert Clive returns to India as a lieutenant colonel in the East India Company.
1756 CE: Robert Clive captures the Gheria fortress for the East India Company.
1757 CE: Robert Clive recaptures Calcutta for the East India Company.
1757 CE: Robert Clive captures French-held Chandernagore for the East India Company.
1757 CE: Robert Clive of the East India Company wins the Battle of Plessey against forces of the nawab of Bengal.
1758 CE: Robert Clive is made Governor of Bengal by the East India Company.
1761 CE: Robert Clive is elected MP for Shrewsbury.
1762 CE: Robert Clive is awarded an Irish peerage and henceforth is known as Lord Clive or Baron Clive of Plassey.
1764 CE: Robert Clive is appointed Governor of Bengal for a second time by the East India Company.
1765 CE: Robert Clive initiates reforms in the East india Company reducing corruption and salaries.
1765 CE: The Mughal emperor Shah Alam II awards the East India company the right to collect land revenue (dewani) in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
1768 CE: Robert Clive is elected MP for Shrewsbury for a second time.
1773 CE: The British Parliament investigates the financial afffairs of Robert Clive but finds no wrong-doing.
1774 CE: Robert Clive dies in his home in London, rumours abound that it was suicide.