1. British In India
... with a door on one side and, on the other, a small iron-barred window leading onto a verandah. The stifling air and crush of bodies in the room were compounded by the sweltering summer heat. When morning broke on June 21, 1756, the cell was packed with corpses. Many scholars ... at a time when a gentleman in England could live well on 800 a year. Even that much was perhaps Clive's due. But one Mr. Watts was rewarded for his bravery at Plassey with 117,000. Another British merchant was given a very profitable slatworks complete with a staff of 13,000 workers. Still another ... . Yet for a...
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