. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-41

V. CLIVE DECIDES FOR THE CAREER OF A SOLDIER . . . . . . 42-50

VI. THE FIRST YEAR OF SOLDIERING AT TRICHINOPOLI AND ARCOT 51-59

VII. 'THE SWELL AND DASH OF A MIGHTY WAVE' . . . . . . . . 60-74

VIII. CLIVE IN ENGLAND; AND IN BENGAL . . . . . . . . . . . 75-89

IX. THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90-106

X. HOW CLIVE DEALT WITH THE SPOILS OF PLASSEY: HIS
DEALINGS WITH MIR JAFAR; WITH THE PRINCES OF SOUTHERN
INDIA; WITH THE DUTCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107-137

XI. THE SECOND VISIT OF CLIVE TO ENGLAND . . . . . . . . . 138-148

XII. THE REIGN OF MISRULE IN BENGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-158

XIII. THE PURIFYING OF BENGAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159-170

XIV. THE POLITICAL AND FOREIGN POLICY OF LORD CLIVE: HIS
ARMY-ADMINISTRATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES . . . . . . . 171-191

XV. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR-STATESMAN, AND THE
RECEPTION ACCORDED TO HIM BY HIS COUNTRYMEN: HIS
STRUGGLES; AND HIS DEATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192-212

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213-229

_NOTE_

The orthography of proper names follows the system adopted by the
Indian Government for the _Imperial Gazetteer of India_. That system,
while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places,
such as Punjab, Poona, Deccan, &c., employs in all other cases the
vowels with the following uniform sounds:--

_a_, as in wom_a_n: _a_, as in f_a_ther: _i_, as in k_i_n: _i_, as in
intr_i_gue: _o_, as in c_o_ld: _u_, as in b_u_ll: _u_, as in r_u_ral.

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LORD CLIVE

CHAPTER I
EARLY YEARS

Towards the close of the year 1744 there landed at Madras, as writer
in the service of the East India Company, a young Englishman just
entering the twentieth year of his existence, named Robert Clive.

The earlier years of the life of this young man had not been
promising. Born at Styche, near Market Drayton, in Shropshire, he had
been sent, when three years old, to be cared for and educated at
Manchester, by a gentleman who had married his mother's sister, Mr.
Bayley of Hope Hall. The reason for this arrangement, at an age so
tender, is not known. One seeks for it in vain in the conduct and
character of his parents; for although his father is described as
irascible and violent, his mother was remarkable for her good sense
a