How India was Won by England Under Clive and Hastings: With a Chapter of AfghanistanHodder and Stoughton, 1881 - 312 pages |
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Page xiv
... charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us , that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects , on pain of our highest displeasure . " To these noble words were added ...
... charge and enjoin all those who may be in authority under us , that they abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship of any of our subjects , on pain of our highest displeasure . " To these noble words were added ...
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... charge which he could bring against them was that in their trade they had never estab- lished permanent forts , and could not be depended on , as he said , for augmenting the glory of his kingdom . This shallow accusation only proved ...
... charge which he could bring against them was that in their trade they had never estab- lished permanent forts , and could not be depended on , as he said , for augmenting the glory of his kingdom . This shallow accusation only proved ...
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... charge , to carry the compact out . " While thus engaged he visited Ráj Mahal , where the emperor's son , Prince Shujah , had established his court ; and was fortunate enough to render a second medical service of high value , for which ...
... charge , to carry the compact out . " While thus engaged he visited Ráj Mahal , where the emperor's son , Prince Shujah , had established his court ; and was fortunate enough to render a second medical service of high value , for which ...
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... charges made against him . But his sufferings had been great ; he was reduced to poverty , and died soon after of a broken heart . Such is the reward often given by the government of an ungrateful country to the most deserving and ...
... charges made against him . But his sufferings had been great ; he was reduced to poverty , and died soon after of a broken heart . Such is the reward often given by the government of an ungrateful country to the most deserving and ...
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... charge of General Bussy , to capture Musilipatam , a strong fortress about three hundred miles north of Madras ; and this was carried by assault , after a night attack , in which the French experienced a very trifling loss . Mohammed ...
... charge of General Bussy , to capture Musilipatam , a strong fortress about three hundred miles north of Madras ; and this was carried by assault , after a night attack , in which the French experienced a very trifling loss . Mohammed ...
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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...