23 DECEMBER 1911, Page 13

CLIME AT DELHI.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " EPECTLTOR."]

SIR,—In your interesting article of December 16th on " The New Capital of India " it is stated that " Clive entered Delhi to receive the grant of the Dewan from the Mogul." May I point out that the Divviini was granted to the E.I. Com- pany by the Emperor Shah Ala,m at Allahabad P He did, indeed, urge Clive to advance on Delhi and help him to recover the city from the Mahrattas who were then (1765) in possession; but the request was not complied with, and it does not appear that Clive ever set foot in the Mogul