Calcutta Review, Volume 29University of Calcutta., 1857 |
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... , C. B. , Aide - de - Camp to the Queen , Ad- jutant General to H. M.'s Forces in India . Edited by Mrs. Armine S. H. Mountain . London , 1857 vii ib . i 4. Chow - Chow ; being selections from a Journal. ii CONTENTS .
... , C. B. , Aide - de - Camp to the Queen , Ad- jutant General to H. M.'s Forces in India . Edited by Mrs. Armine S. H. Mountain . London , 1857 vii ib . i 4. Chow - Chow ; being selections from a Journal. ii CONTENTS .
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... Regulations in force , connected with the collections of the Government Revenues in Ben- gal , and the North - West Provinces . By James Henry Young , Bengal Civil Service . Calcutta , 1855. 280 1 CONTENTS . ART . III . - SIR JOHN.
... Regulations in force , connected with the collections of the Government Revenues in Ben- gal , and the North - West Provinces . By James Henry Young , Bengal Civil Service . Calcutta , 1855. 280 1 CONTENTS . ART . III . - SIR JOHN.
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... force . Our progress was still further hindered by the endless throng of bullocks which we met . They were laden with bags of rice and of grain , and bales of cotton , and on their way downward to the coast . Between Khurdee and Kussara ...
... force . Our progress was still further hindered by the endless throng of bullocks which we met . They were laden with bags of rice and of grain , and bales of cotton , and on their way downward to the coast . Between Khurdee and Kussara ...
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... , and obedient to the state . A large European force is a sine SEPT . , 1857 . 0 qua non , but the native element must also enter THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY . 97 THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY The Friend of India; The Hurkaru; The Englishman.
... , and obedient to the state . A large European force is a sine SEPT . , 1857 . 0 qua non , but the native element must also enter THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY . 97 THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY The Friend of India; The Hurkaru; The Englishman.
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... force ; and so con- stituted that its fidelity might surely be depended on . The other should be a subordinate , local , police army , native entirely , having no cannon whatever , raised entirely in bodies in certain districts , for ...
... force ; and so con- stituted that its fidelity might surely be depended on . The other should be a subordinate , local , police army , native entirely , having no cannon whatever , raised entirely in bodies in certain districts , for ...
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