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1860, Statue of Robert Clive unveiled at Shrewsbury
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- At the inauguration of the statue of Robert Clive in Shrewsbury Market Square, several colonial officials who had played active roles in the Indian rebellion of 1857 gave emotional speeches. Herbert Edwardes gave as speech summarising his career, not omitting his conspiracies and his psychological disturbances, but concluded that in this career, there was 'much to honour, much to admire, much of which Englishmen must feel proud and thankful.'
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- inauguration
- carried out by | réalisée par
- Edwardes, Herbert Benjamin
- took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps
- 18 January 1860
- was motivated by | le déplacement a été motivé par
- Battle of Plassey
- is referred to by | est référencé par
- The Era, 22 January 1860, p. 13