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Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, Commander-in-Chief of British India, was a British officer and soldier of fortune 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.

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rdfs:comment	Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, Commander-in-Chief of British India, was a British officer and soldier of fortune 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.
rdfs:seeAlso	First Carnatic War
foaf:name	Clive, Robert Clive, 1st Baron Lord Clive
foaf:nick	Clive of India
foaf:depiction
dc:description	British East India Company military officer
alias	Clive of India
alma mater	Merchant Taylors' School
award	dbpedia:Order_of_the_Bath
battle	Battle of Plassey Carnatic Wars Battle of Chingleput Battle of Madras dbpedia:Battle_of_Chandannagar War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years War Battle of Arnee Siege of Arcot
birth date	1725-09-25(xsd:dateTime) 1725-09-29(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Market Drayton Shropshire
birth year	1725-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
country	Great Britain
death date	1774-11-22(xsd:dateTime)
death place	London Westminster dbpedia:Berkeley_Square
death year	1774-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
military command	Commander-in-Chief of India
military rank	dbpedia:Major_general
military unit	East India Company (EIC)
nationality	Great Britain
office	Governor of the Presidency of Fort William
predecessor	Henry Vansittart Drake, Roger
service end year	1774-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
service start year	1746-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
successor	Henry Vansittart Verelst, Harry
term period	dbpedia:Robert_Clive__1
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive_by_Nathaniel_Dance,_(later_Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland,_Bt).jpg?width=300
is rdfs:seeAlso of	dbpedia:History_of_Kolkata
is commander of	Battle of Plassey Carnatic Wars Battle of Chingleput Seven Years War Battle of Arnee Siege of Arcot
is notable commander of	Presidency armies
is successor of	Henry Vansittart

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