English military commander, politician and strategist born in Styche, Shropshire, who in the 18th century transformed the India Company into trading power and paved the way for English dominance over India for nearly 200 years old. Averse to studies, he was sent at the age of 18 to the Indian city of Madras as an employee of the English East India Company.
In the dispute with the French, ahead of only 500 men, he took the base of Arcot (1751) and, in the months He successfully employed guerrilla tactics that changed the situation in favor of the British. He was appointed governor of Fort Saint David in Madras (1755). He defeated Siraj ud Dawlah, enemy of the English, in Calcutta (1757), India's largest trading center, in Bengal, and in Plassey, replacing him with Mir Jafar and taking control of the Bengal region, governing it and deepening its commitment to the Company of the Indies.
Back home (1760), he was soon given the Irish title of Baron de Plassey and then (1764) was knighted. Appointed governor of Bengal again, he returned to India (1765) and faced the Mongol Emperor Shah Alam II, who had deposed his ally Mir Jafar and threatened English interests. With health problems he committed suicide in London.
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
Order R - Biography - Brazil School
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