Robert Clive, the Governor of Bengal committed suicide in 1774. He was also known as Clive of India and was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. Clive was one of the most controversial figures in all British military history. His achievements included establishing control over much of India, and laying the foundation of the entire British Raj (though he worked only as an agent of the East India Company, not the British government).
