The History of India: From the earliest period to the close of the eighteenth century. Part 1, Part 1published at the Serampore Press, 1863 - 526 pages |
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Afghan Ahmednugur Akbar Alla-ood-deen army attacked Aurungzebe Baber Bahadoor Bahminy Bajee Rao battle Beejapore Behar Bengal brahmins British brother Bussy Calcutta capital captured Carnatic century CHAP chief Chittore Clive coast Colonel command Company conquest Court of Directors crores of rupees Cunouj death Deccan defeated Delhi districts dominions Dupleix dynasty emperor empire enemy engaged England English established European expedition force French Ghuzni Golconda governor Guzerat Hastings Hindoo Hindostan horse Humayoon Hyder India Indus invasion jaygeer Jung Khan king kingdom lacs of rupees Lord Cornwallis Madras Mahmood Mahomed Mahomedan Mahratta Malwa marched Meer Jaffier miles military minister Mogul Moorshedabad Mysore Nabob native Nerbudda Nizam Noor Jehan obliged officers Orissa Oude Persia Peshwa plunder Pondicherry Portuguese possession prince proceeded province Raghoba raja Rajpoot reign revenue revolt Rohillas sent sepoys Seraja Sevajee Shah Jehan siege soldiers succeeded success Telingana territory throne tion Tippoo treaty troops viceroy victory vizier СНАР
Popular passages
Page 214 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade ; 'tis that must maintain our force when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade ; 'tis that must make us a nation in India.
Page 436 - This was the golden cup of abominations ; this the chalice of the fornications of rapine, usury, and oppression, which was held out by the gorgeous eastern harlot ; which so many of the people, so many of the nobles, of this land had drained to the very dregs.
Page 350 - Before the question is put, I declare, that I will not suffer Nundcomar to appear before the board as my accuser. I know what belongs to the dignity and character of the first member of this administration. I will not sit at this board in the character of a criminal, nor do I acknowledge the members of this board to be my judges.
Page 398 - The defeat of many Baillies and Brathwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be first weary of a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting.
Page 215 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India. Without that we are but a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us. And upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices that we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 424 - With great injustice, cruelty, and treachery against the faith of nations, in hiring British soldiers for the purpose of extirpating the innocent and helpless people who inhabited the Rohillas.
Page 416 - I resolved," these are the words of Hastings himself, "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses, — to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency.
Page 377 - ... were unanimous. They joined in censuring the conduct of the Indian administration, and enforcing the responsibility upon two men, whom this House, in consequence of these reports, declared it to be the duty of the directors to remove from their stations, and...
Page 447 - Company and the nabob of the Carnatic (who was a party to the treaty) were to be always ready to send two battalions of sepoys, and six pieces of artillery manned by Europeans...
Page 318 - Decan; and both parties shall renounce all demands and pretensions of satisfaction with which they might charge each other, or their Indian allies, for the depredations...