The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

by William Dalrymple

On 26 August 1751, Clive first made his name when he volunteered to march through torrential monsoon rains to relieve the siege of Arcot, the capital of the Nawabs of the Carnatic, with only a small force of 200 Europeans and 300 sepoys.