Abridgment of the History of India: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeBlackwood, 1880 - 552 pages |
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... Pindarees · Mecanee Miani Meer Meer Jaffier . Mir Mirjáfar Plassy Poona • Plassey Púna • Meer Joomla Mir Jamla Pooranus Pooree Puránas Meerun . Miran Poornea Meerut . Mehidpore Melown Merdan Mirat Pooroosram Mahidpur Poorundur Mellún ...
... Pindarees · Mecanee Miani Meer Meer Jaffier . Mir Mirjáfar Plassy Poona • Plassey Púna • Meer Joomla Mir Jamla Pooranus Pooree Puránas Meerun . Miran Poornea Meerut . Mehidpore Melown Merdan Mirat Pooroosram Mahidpur Poorundur Mellún ...
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... Pindarees with the Mahratta princes . Their leaders Their system of plunder 301 . 305 pore . 305 806 287 1806 Mutiny visited on the mission- aries 1812 Their first inroad into the Com pany's territories 306 287 1807 Sir George Barlow's ...
... Pindarees with the Mahratta princes . Their leaders Their system of plunder 301 . 305 pore . 305 806 287 1806 Mutiny visited on the mission- aries 1812 Their first inroad into the Com pany's territories 306 287 1807 Sir George Barlow's ...
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... Pindarees ravage Central India 1814 Lord Hastings's earnest represen- tations to the court 1814 Proposed alliance with Bhopal 1815 Affairs at Poona - Trimbukjee Danglia . 318 319 320 1815 Gungadhur Shastree the minister of the Gaikwar ...
... Pindarees ravage Central India 1814 Lord Hastings's earnest represen- tations to the court 1814 Proposed alliance with Bhopal 1815 Affairs at Poona - Trimbukjee Danglia . 318 319 320 1815 Gungadhur Shastree the minister of the Gaikwar ...
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... Pindarees and Bheels , Afghans and Mahrattas . With this force Holkar entered Malwa , and the country was half ruined before Sindia could come to its rescue from Poona . To expel Holkar he despatched two bodies of his troops , one of ...
... Pindarees and Bheels , Afghans and Mahrattas . With this force Holkar entered Malwa , and the country was half ruined before Sindia could come to its rescue from Poona . To expel Holkar he despatched two bodies of his troops , one of ...
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... Pindarees . The raja was simply an ally of the Company , and had no claim to their protection ; but Lord Minto did not hesitate to affirm that " an interfering " and ambitious Mussulman chief at the head of a numerous army should not be ...
... Pindarees . The raja was simply an ally of the Company , and had no claim to their protection ; but Lord Minto did not hesitate to affirm that " an interfering " and ambitious Mussulman chief at the head of a numerous army should not be ...
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administration Afghan Afghanistan Akbar alliance Ameer army attack Aurungzebe Beejapore Bengal Bombay British Government Bussy Cabul Calcutta camp Candahar capital captured Carnatic cavalry chiefs Clive Colonel command Company Company's conquest Council Court of Directors crore of rupees death Deccan defeated Delhi despatched districts dominions Dupleix dynasty emperor empire encampment English envoy established European expedition force French Ghuzni governor Governor-General guns Guzerat Hindoo Hindostan Holkar honour horse Hyder India Indus Jehan Khan king kingdom lacs of rupees Lord Auckland Lord Cornwallis Lord Hastings Lord Minto Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Madras Mahomed Mahomedan Mahratta Malwa marched Meer ment miles military minister Mogul mutiny Mysore nabob Nagpore native Nizam obliged obtained officers Oude Persia Peshawur Peshwa Pindarees plunder Poona possession princes proceeded province Punjab raja Rajpoot regiments reign Resident revenue Runjeet Sing rupees sent sepoys Sevajee Shah siege Sikh soldiers Soojah territories throne tion Tippoo treaty troops Vizier
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Page 490 - I wish for a peaceful term of office. But I cannot forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, no larger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst and overwhelm us with ruin.
Page 379 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 378 - In professing on the other hand to establish seminaries for the purpose of teaching mere Hindoo or mere Mahomedan literature, you bound yourselves to teach a great deal of what was frivolous, not a little of what was purely mischievous, and a small remainder indeed in which utility was in any way concerned.
Page 380 - And moral character of the nations committed to his charge, This Monument Was erected by men Who, differing in race, in manners, in language, And in religion, Cherish, with equal veneration and gratitude, The memory of his wise, upright, And paternal administration.