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Clive became governor and placed his own nawab on the throne, in exchange for £500,000 for himself and the Company.
It’s still being debated whether 123 suffocated and 23 survived or “only” 43 died, leaving 21 survivors, but however many died, they were enough impetus for Clive to crush Siraj-ud-daula at the Battle of Plassey.
A high sense of integrity took the place of what Clive called “fighting, chicanery, intrigues, politics, and Lord knows what. ”
I like the theory espoused in the 1960s by the British essayist Clive James.
"Misbegotten," says Ben Brantley of the New York Times ; "Dead on delivery," agrees Clive Barnes of the New York Post . Based on Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Princess and the Pea," the production features Sarah Jessica Parker in the role that made Carol Burnett a star.