Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1892 |
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Page xxxv
... British in 1858 in retribution for a massacre of the consul and other British subjects by the population . HODEIDA , lat . 14 ° 40 ′ N. , has a population of about 33,000 . The anchorage here also is about 3 m . from the shore ...
... British in 1858 in retribution for a massacre of the consul and other British subjects by the population . HODEIDA , lat . 14 ° 40 ′ N. , has a population of about 33,000 . The anchorage here also is about 3 m . from the shore ...
Page xlv
... British occupation . Their worship , in the course of time , became corrupted by Hindu practices , and the reverence for fire and the sun , as emblems of the glory of Orm " degenerated into idolatrous practices . The sacred fire , which ...
... British occupation . Their worship , in the course of time , became corrupted by Hindu practices , and the reverence for fire and the sun , as emblems of the glory of Orm " degenerated into idolatrous practices . The sacred fire , which ...
Page 27
... British Government deter- mined to occupy the Konkan opposite Tanna as far as the Ghats . Accord- ingly , several posts were seized , and Kalyan amongst them ; and here Cap- tain Richard Campbell was placed with a garrison . Nana ...
... British Government deter- mined to occupy the Konkan opposite Tanna as far as the Ghats . Accord- ingly , several posts were seized , and Kalyan amongst them ; and here Cap- tain Richard Campbell was placed with a garrison . Nana ...
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... British in 1804 , and again in 1818 . 162 m . Munmar junct . sta . , D.B. , ( R. ) This is the junction of the Dhond and Munmar State Railway , which forms a cord line between the N.E. and S. E. branches of the G.I.P. R. About 4 m . S ...
... British in 1804 , and again in 1818 . 162 m . Munmar junct . sta . , D.B. , ( R. ) This is the junction of the Dhond and Munmar State Railway , which forms a cord line between the N.E. and S. E. branches of the G.I.P. R. About 4 m . S ...
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... British territory . 322 m . Chandni sta . About 6 m . by a fair road is Asirgarh , an interest- ing and picturesque hill - fort , a detached rock standing up 850 ft . from the sur- rounding plain . It was taken by storm by General ...
... British territory . 322 m . Chandni sta . About 6 m . by a fair road is Asirgarh , an interest- ing and picturesque hill - fort , a detached rock standing up 850 ft . from the sur- rounding plain . It was taken by storm by General ...
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