Robert Clive (1757-60) (1765-67)
1. Robert Clive started his career as a clerk in the English East India Company, and he became the Governor of Bengal, following the victory of the Company forces under him in the Battle of Plassey (1757). The Battle of Plassey laid the foundation of the British Empire in India.
2. Roger Drake held the post of the Governor of Bengal for a brief period before Clive.
4. Started dual Govt. in Bengal in 1765. It was a system intended to obtain the services of the officials of the erst-while Nawab of Bengal in revenue administration.
5. He forbade the servants of company from indulging in private trade and made payment of internal duties by them obligatory.
6. Bengal White Mutiny by the European brigades at Allahabad and Monghyr, they were arrested and tried.
7. Following the first tenure of Clive, Holwell officiated as the Governor of Bengal for a brief time, followed by Vansittart (1760-1765).
8. Henry Verelst (1767-69) and Cartier (1769-72) succeeded Clive after his second term.
9. The Battle of Buxar was fought and won by the Company forces (1764) when Vansittart was the Governor. The English forces were led by Holwell and the peace treaty (Treaty of Allahabad) was negotiated by Clive. The Battle of Buxar secured the British Empire in India.
10. When he returned to England, Clive was charged with corrupting the political life of England with the ill-gotten money in India. The charges against him included acceptance of bribe and abusing the office of the Governor of Bengal.
11. Though Clive was acquitted, he led a desperate life and committed suicide..
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