Fauj-i-khas Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His French OfficersGuru Nanak Dev University, 2002 - 240 pages Ranjit Singh, 1780-1839, Maharaja of the Punjab. |
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... native " troops was introduced on a large scale by Dupleix ( the governor of French possessions in India ) . It was soon adopted by the British because of its remarkable efficiency . After the battle of Plassey ( 1757 ) many French ...
... native " troops was introduced on a large scale by Dupleix ( the governor of French possessions in India ) . It was soon adopted by the British because of its remarkable efficiency . After the battle of Plassey ( 1757 ) many French ...
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Jean Marie Lafont. native ladies , to entertain a harem and , sometimes , to marry a native girl . But it was maddening for their children whenever they were talented , proud and ambitious . Compton presents a large number of such ...
Jean Marie Lafont. native ladies , to entertain a harem and , sometimes , to marry a native girl . But it was maddening for their children whenever they were talented , proud and ambitious . Compton presents a large number of such ...
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... native or European and assumes " that she was a Kashmiri girl . " Garret , Grey's editor , notes , p . 337 , that she was French , and came with Mouton in 1838 : information coming Honigberger , Thirty five years ... , p . 88 In fact ...
... native or European and assumes " that she was a Kashmiri girl . " Garret , Grey's editor , notes , p . 337 , that she was French , and came with Mouton in 1838 : information coming Honigberger , Thirty five years ... , p . 88 In fact ...
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