Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key early figures in the creation of British India, with all his attention focused on one prize, "Bengal" as it was the richest state in India, richer than Britain, at the time.
Together with Warren Hastings he was one of the key early figures setting in motion what would later become British India. Hired by the company to return a second time to India, Clive conspired to secure the Company's trade interests by overthrowing the locally unpopular heir to the throne of "Bengal," the richest state in India, richer than Britain, at the time.