The History of India, from the Earliest Period to the Close of Lord Dalhousie's Administration, Volume 3Longmans, Green, 1867 |
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administration adopted Afghan Afghanistan Akbar Khan Ameers annexation army arrival artillery attack authority Bala Hissar battle Bengal Bombay brigade British Government Cabul Calcutta camp Candahar Captain Burnes cavalry CHAP chiefs Colonel command Commander-in-chief Company's considered Court of Directors crores Dalhousie's despatch Dost Mahomed empire enemy England Envoy established European expedition feeling force garrison Government of India Governor Governor-General guns Gwalior Hardinge Herat Hindoo honour Indus infantry Jellalabad Khalsa lacs of rupees Lahore Lord Auckland Lord Dalhousie Lord Ellenborough Lord Gough Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Madras Mahomedan ment miles military minister Moolraj Mooltan mutiny native Nizam officers Oude Persian Peshawur political position princes proceeded province Punjab raja regiments Resident revenue Runjeet Sing rupees rupees a-year Russian sent sepoys Shah Soojah Shere Sing Sikh Sinde Sir Charles Metcalfe Sir Henry Sir John Sir Robert Sale soldiers success Sutlege territory tion treaty tribe troops СНАР
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Page 63 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Page 15 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...
Page 85 - It was moreover enacted that no native of India, nor any native-born subject of his Majesty, should be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment, by reason of his religion, place of birth, descent, or colour.
Page 116 - My friend, you are aware that it is not the practice of the British Government to interfere with the affairs of other independent states...
Page 215 - Afghans, which may make it appear to them, to our own subjects, and to our allies, that we have the power of inflicting punishment upon those who commit atrocities and violate their faith, and that we withdraw ultimately from Afghanistan, not from any deficiency of means to maintain our position, but because we are satisfied that the king we have set up has not, as we were erroneously led to imagine, the support of the nation over which he has been placed.
Page 251 - HM's 22nd regiment, gallantly led by Major Poole, who commanded the brigade, and Captain George, who commanded the corps, attacked the nullah on the left with great gallantry, and I regret to add, with considerable loss. This brave battalion marched up to the nullah under a heavy fire of matchlocks, without returning a shot till within forty paces of the intrenchment, and then stormed it like British soldiers.
Page 99 - Government by a conquest over their minds : The most permanent, as the most rational, mode of dominion.
Page 401 - Council, with the sanction of the Court of Directors and the Board of Control, to take...
Page 143 - while the present exigency lasts, you may apprise the Ameers, that the Article of the Treaty with them, prohibitory of using the Indus for the conveyance of military stores, must necessarily be suspended...
Page 443 - Ships from every part of the world crowd our ports in search of produce, which we have, or could obtain, in the interior, but which at present we cannot profitably fetch to them, and new markets are opening to us on this side of the globe under circumstances which defy the foresight of the wisest to estimate their probable value, or calculate their future extent.