How India was Won by England Under Clive and Hastings: With a Chapter of AfghanistanHodder and Stoughton, 1881 - 312 pages |
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... nearly 90,000 strong , as well as crowds of undisciplined and lawless soldiers , who had thronged together for plunder and a final effort to re - establish the ancient kingdom of the Great Mogul . " In this crisis , " says Meadows ...
... nearly 90,000 strong , as well as crowds of undisciplined and lawless soldiers , who had thronged together for plunder and a final effort to re - establish the ancient kingdom of the Great Mogul . " In this crisis , " says Meadows ...
Page viii
... nearly 41 millions are Mohammedans ; so that Eng- land is by far the greatest Mohammedan power in the world , so that the Queen reigns over about double as many Moslems as the representative of the Khalifs himself . . . . " For what ...
... nearly 41 millions are Mohammedans ; so that Eng- land is by far the greatest Mohammedan power in the world , so that the Queen reigns over about double as many Moslems as the representative of the Khalifs himself . . . . " For what ...
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... stones , which crowned the top of an overhanging canopy . The throne , somewhat like a camp bed in shape , was composed of solid gold , adorned with 108 pale rubies , weighing nearly 200 carats each ; 130 emeralds ; a lining of diamonds.
... stones , which crowned the top of an overhanging canopy . The throne , somewhat like a camp bed in shape , was composed of solid gold , adorned with 108 pale rubies , weighing nearly 200 carats each ; 130 emeralds ; a lining of diamonds.
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... nearly two cen- turies later , they were captured by the gallantry of British sailors , during the French revolutionary war , it was one of the great errors of Lord Castlereagh and the British Government to consent to their restoration ...
... nearly two cen- turies later , they were captured by the gallantry of British sailors , during the French revolutionary war , it was one of the great errors of Lord Castlereagh and the British Government to consent to their restoration ...
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... nearly burnt to death by her dress having accidentally caught fire , and her life being despaired of , an English physician was sent for from Surat , and Mr. Gabriel Boughton , the surgeon of an East Indiaman , was despatched to the ...
... nearly burnt to death by her dress having accidentally caught fire , and her life being despaired of , an English physician was sent for from Surat , and Mr. Gabriel Boughton , the surgeon of an East Indiaman , was despatched to the ...
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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...