How India was Won by England Under Clive and Hastings: With a Chapter of AfghanistanHodder and Stoughton, 1881 - 312 pages |
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... court of the emperor were of a romantic character in those early days of English intercourse with India . After remaining at Surat for some time , and finding it impossible to attempt any mercantile transactions with the natives without ...
... court of the emperor were of a romantic character in those early days of English intercourse with India . After remaining at Surat for some time , and finding it impossible to attempt any mercantile transactions with the natives without ...
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... court of the Great Mogul , and the custom dues were paid at the moderate amount of no more than 33 per cent . This important treaty , which contained many other privileges in favour of the English , was received by Captain Best at Surat ...
... court of the Great Mogul , and the custom dues were paid at the moderate amount of no more than 33 per cent . This important treaty , which contained many other privileges in favour of the English , was received by Captain Best at Surat ...
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... Philistines were upon them , and they found their rivals at their doors . About this period an interesting episode in the court of the Great Mogul led to the more secure establishment of the British trade on the eastern coast of.
... Philistines were upon them , and they found their rivals at their doors . About this period an interesting episode in the court of the Great Mogul led to the more secure establishment of the British trade on the eastern coast of.
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... court . His treatment of the princess was successful , and the emperor , in gratitude , desired him to name his reward ; when , in the most disinterested and patriotic spirit , he declared he would accept nothing for himself , but ...
... court . His treatment of the princess was successful , and the emperor , in gratitude , desired him to name his reward ; when , in the most disinterested and patriotic spirit , he declared he would accept nothing for himself , but ...
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... Court of Directors ordered Sir John Child , the Governor of Bombay , to take the command , and to recover the factories which had been lost . While the Company's servants were carrying on pacific negotia- tions with the natives ...
... Court of Directors ordered Sir John Child , the Governor of Bombay , to take the command , and to recover the factories which had been lost . While the Company's servants were carrying on pacific negotia- tions with the natives ...
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Afghan Afghanistan Akbur Khan allies Ameer Arcot army arrived attack Benares Bengal Bombay British Empire Cabul Calcutta Candahar capture Carnatic century Cheyt Singh Chinsurah Chunda Sahib Clive Colonel command Court of Directors Crown death Deccan defeat Delhi Dhost Mohammed directors at home Douranee Dowlah Dupleix Dutch East India Company Emperor Empire in India enemy England English European fleet force Francis French Futteh Khan garrison Governor Governor-General Hindostan honour Hooghly hundred Hyder Hyder Ali kingdom of Mysore Lord Lawrence Lord North Madras Mahmoud Mahratta Meer Cassim Meer Jaffier ment Mogul Mogul Empire Moorshedabad Mysore Nabob Nasir Jung native Nund Comar obtained officers Peshawur Plassey Pondicherry possession presidency Prince proved Rajah received Rohillas Rughoba ruler sent Sepoys Shah Soojah Shah Zada Shere Ali siege soldiers sovereign Supreme Council Suráj-ood-Dowlah Surat territory thousand throne Tippoo Tippoo Sahib treaty troops Viceroy victory Warren Hastings Zemaun
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Page xiv - Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects.
Page 119 - His name stands high on the roll of conquerors. But it is found in a better list, in the list of those who have done and suffered much for the happiness of mankind.
Page 153 - Directors, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Page xiii - Derby would write it himself, in his excellent language, bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than a hundred millions of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them, and after Preface. xiii a bloody civil war giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her government.
Page 22 - The truth is," says Sir John Malcolm, in his Sketch of the Political History of India, " that from the day on which the Company's troops marched one mile from their factories, the increase of their territories and their armies became a principle of self-preservation...
Page 162 - Indian government has only to let it be understood that it wishes a particular man to be ruined; and, in twenty-four hours, it will be furnished with grave charges, supported by depositions so full and circumstantial that any person unaccustomed to Asiatic mendacity would regard them as decisive.
Page 281 - We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and, while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others.
Page xiv - Government for the benefit of all Our Subjects resident therein. In their prosperity will be Our strength, in their contentment Our security, and in their gratitude Our best reward. And may the God of all Power grant to Us, and to those in Authority under Us, strength to carry out these Our wishes for the good of Our people.
Page xviii - If we say the darkness shall cover us, in the darkness as in the light, our obligations are yet with us. We cannot escape their power, nor fly from their presence. They are with us in this life, will be with us at its close, and in that scene of inconceivable solemnity, which lies yet...