nawab of Bengal

Not many days after this defeat in the Mediterranean a shocking disaster had occurred in India.

Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, had descended on the British factory at Calcutta, captured it after a weak defence, and thrust the prisoners into a single close room, the Black Hole, where 123 of them perished in one night of overcrowding, heat and exhaustion, June 1756.

The opposition Whigs endeavoured to form a cabinet after Newcastle's fall.

The Duke of Devonshire became Prime Minister, and Pitt one of the Secretaries of State.

It was more like a military victory that fundamentally changed the course of human history.

A man named Robert Clive, who came to be known as Clive of India, defeated the forces of the Nawab of Bengal and basically opened the doors for Britain to take over much of India.

Think about that for a second.

A trading company backed by British military power defeated an indigenous power and established Britain as the dominant force on the Indian subcontinent.

Not many days after this defeat in the Mediterranean a shocking disaster had occurred in India.

Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, had descended on the British factory at Calcutta, captured it after a weak defence, and thrust the prisoners into a single close room, the Black Hole, where 123 of them perished in one night of overcrowding, heat, and exhaustion, June 1756.

The opposition Whigs endeavoured to form a cabinet after Newcastle's fall.

The Duke of Devonshire became Prime Minister, and Pitt one of the Secretaries of State.