Warren HastingsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 - 106 pages |
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Page 31
... Mahratta government . At the same time , they fell on the internal administration of Bengal , and attacked the whole fiscal and judicial system , a system which was undoubtedly defective , but which it was very improbable that gentlemen ...
... Mahratta government . At the same time , they fell on the internal administration of Bengal , and attacked the whole fiscal and judicial system , a system which was undoubtedly defective , but which it was very improbable that gentlemen ...
Page 44
... Mahratta principalities . Freebooters , sprung from low castes , and accustomed to menial employments , became mighty Rajahs . The Bonslas , at the head of a band of plunderers , occupied the vast region of Berar . The Guicowar , which ...
... Mahratta principalities . Freebooters , sprung from low castes , and accustomed to menial employments , became mighty Rajahs . The Bonslas , at the head of a band of plunderers , occupied the vast region of Berar . The Guicowar , which ...
Page 45
... Mahrattas should march against it in conjunction with the French . The expedition which Hastings had sent westward was ... Mahratta empire would have been carried into complete effect . The authorities in England had wisely sent out to ...
... Mahrattas should march against it in conjunction with the French . The expedition which Hastings had sent westward was ... Mahratta empire would have been carried into complete effect . The authorities in England had wisely sent out to ...
Page 62
... Mahratta war , and in whom the Gover- nor - General reposed the greatest confidence , took the command . The tumultuary army of the Rajah was put to rout . His fastnesses were stormed . In a few hours , above thirty thousand men left ...
... Mahratta war , and in whom the Gover- nor - General reposed the greatest confidence , took the command . The tumultuary army of the Rajah was put to rout . His fastnesses were stormed . In a few hours , above thirty thousand men left ...
Page 63
... Mahratta army . That the finances of Oude were embarrassed he admitted . But he contended , not without reason , that the embarrassment was to be attributed to the incapacity and vices of Asaph - ul - Dowlah himself , and that , if less ...
... Mahratta army . That the finances of Oude were embarrassed he admitted . But he contended , not without reason , that the embarrassment was to be attributed to the incapacity and vices of Asaph - ul - Dowlah himself , and that , if less ...
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