ROBERT CLIVE.

                                        

ROBERT CLIVE.

Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive,  (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.
       He is the person behind the entrenchment of British Regime in India which continued 190 years (1757-1947) and the person who defeated the Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah of Bengal of Afshar Dynasty in battle of plassey. In the battle of Plassey, Clive was only having an 800 europeans and 2200 natives with 8 guns but Siraj Ud Daulah was having an army of 60,000 peonple with 53 guns notwithstanding such a small army Robert Clive won. History discloses that Robert Clive won by bribing the General of Nawab of Bengal Mir Zafar and Jagat Seth and annihilated Siraj Ud Daulah. The Nawab tried to flee on a camel but was caught by Mir Zafar and was killed. Then Clive cunningly established Mir Zafar on the throne according to a pre-planned move. Then he imposed heavy taxes on him and ruled indirectly and then went on the conquer other parts of India.
       He is the only person to be credited for english rule in our great motherland India.



SIRAJ UD- DAULAH

His real name was Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah but was more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah (1733 – July 2, 1757), was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia. His father's name was  Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan (Mirza Muhammad Hashim) and his mother's name was Amina begum. Siraj's maternal grandfather, Alivardi Khan was appointed as the Deputy Governor of Bihar. Amina Begum was the youngest daughter of Nawab Ali Vardi Khan. Since Ali Vardi had no son, Siraj, as his grandson, became very close to him and since his childhood was seen by many as Alivardi's successor. Accordingly, he was raised at the Nawab's palace with all necessary education and training suitable for a future Nawab. Young Siraj also accompanied Alivardi in his military ventures against the Marathas in 1746. So, Siraj was regarded as the "fortune child" of the family. Since, Siraj's birth he was loved by his grandfather, with a special affection towards Siraj. He succeeded throne in the year 1756 but his rule could not survive for long and in 1757 he was defeated by Robert Clive in the famous battle of plassey and was slayed and mowed down by his own traitor general Mir Zafar