How Robert Clive Retook Calcutta in 1756
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When the hotheaded Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula sacked British Calcutta in June 1756, the East India Company responded with force. Robert Clive sailed up the Hooghly with 2,000 men, retook Calcutta, and ambushed the Nawab's 40,000-strong army by the riverbanks. Cowed by the assault, Siraj signed the Treaty of Alinagar—a fragile peace before Plassey. #EastIndiaCompany #RobertClive #IndiaHistory #HistoryShorts #BattleOfCalcutta #Bengal #BritishEmpire
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