GK QUESTION#2906
Robert Clive was appointed to a second term as Governor of Bengal, before returning to India in 1765. In which year was this reappointment made?
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C. 1764
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Clive’s reappointment was made in 1764. He left England that year and resumed the government of Bengal on 3 May 1765. The appointment and his arrival to take up the post should be distinguished, as should his first and second governorships.