Robert Clive, 'Clive of India'
The British had the gall to call Robert Clive 'Clive of India' as if he belonged to the country, when all he really did was to ensure that much of the country belonged to him.
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Robert Clive, the opium addict
(Robert) Clive of Plassey was an opium addict who committed suicide at the age of forty nine in 1774.
Robert Clive and Adwaita
Robert Clive was gifted an Aldabra giant tortoise in the mid-1700s which he named Adwaita. It passed away about 250 years later in 2006.