HIS 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mir Jafar, Carnatic Treaty, Indian Agent
18 Mar 2016
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Usually seen as essenial igure in the establishment of india. Nothing that was special at irst, standard path of involvement of india at the ime: 20 when gains factorship (rare), writer, oice boy, junior posiion in company gets via patronage. Carnaic treaty ~ truce between briish and french, equal possessions: local princes sided with both sides, gives breather for both sides. 1755 clive returns to india out of business and into military and administrator side, becomes deputy governor for st. david (cuddlier) Siraj ud dowlah"s succession as nawab of bengal; fall of calcuta; black hole; war with french . 1756: appearance of regular indian forces and royal naval, basically no gap between land military but briish has advance naval forces. 1757 clive and watson (rn) retake calcuta; peace with nawab; atack on french chandanaggar; secret alliance with mir jafar; plassey; clive makes mir jafar nawab of bengal.
