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Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India

Huw V. Bowen

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Published in print September 2004 |
Published online September 2004 | e-ISBN: 9780198614128 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5697

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Early years and education, 1725-1743 | India, 1744-1753 | Britain, 1753-1755 | India, 1755-1760 | Britain, 1760-1764 | Bengal, 1765-1767 | Last years and death: Britain, 1767-1774

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