Warren HastingsCambridge University Press, 1896 - 179 pages |
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Page 13
... Calcutta , and laboured there during two years . Fort William was then purely a commercial settlement . In the south of India the encroaching policy of Dupleix had transformed the servants of the English Company , against their will ...
... Calcutta , and laboured there during two years . Fort William was then purely a commercial settlement . In the south of India the encroaching policy of Dupleix had transformed the servants of the English Company , against their will ...
Page 14
... Calcutta ; the governor and the commandant fled ; the town and citadel were taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and ...
... Calcutta ; the governor and the commandant fled ; the town and citadel were taken , and most of the English prisoners perished in the Black Hole . In these events originated the greatness of Warren Hastings . The fugitive governor and ...
Page 15
... remained at Moorshedabad till the year 1761 , when he became a Member of Council , and was conse- quently forced to reside at Calcutta . This was during the interval between Clive's first and second adminis- trations , WARREN HASTINGS . 15.
... remained at Moorshedabad till the year 1761 , when he became a Member of Council , and was conse- quently forced to reside at Calcutta . This was during the interval between Clive's first and second adminis- trations , WARREN HASTINGS . 15.
Page 24
... Calcutta on the same plan which they had already followed during more than two years . When Hastings took his seat at the head of the council board , Bengal was still governed according to the system which Clive had devised , a system ...
... Calcutta on the same plan which they had already followed during more than two years . When Hastings took his seat at the head of the council board , Bengal was still governed according to the system which Clive had devised , a system ...
Page 25
... Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present the Governor is , as to all executive measures , absolute . He can declare war , conclude peace , appoint public functionaries or ...
... Calcutta was constituted on a very different plan from that which has since been adopted . At present the Governor is , as to all executive measures , absolute . He can declare war , conclude peace , appoint public functionaries or ...
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