Originally Published in Madras Courier
Editorial Note
It is unfortunate that countries such as Canada, Ireland & Australia have high incidences of ongoing anti-India hate campaigns.
Robert Clive, who emerged victorious in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, was mesmerised by the opulence and grandeur of Murshidabad, the capital of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah, whom he had defeated. He wrote, “The city of Murshidabad is as extensive, populous and rich as the city of London, with this difference: That there are individuals in the first possessing infinitely greater wealth than the whole of the Lombard Street joined together.”