The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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... neutrality was about to be abandoned , or that the protection of the Musal- man minority was to be diminished or withdrawn , there would be an end to confidence in British power and good - will , and sectarian strife would be 4 INDIA.
... neutrality was about to be abandoned , or that the protection of the Musal- man minority was to be diminished or withdrawn , there would be an end to confidence in British power and good - will , and sectarian strife would be 4 INDIA.
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... protection of the Court , were supported by Court patronage , and decayed with the influence which had nurtured them . Foreign trade by sea was carried on by foreigners , who obtained native goods and disposed of their own through ...
... protection of the Court , were supported by Court patronage , and decayed with the influence which had nurtured them . Foreign trade by sea was carried on by foreigners , who obtained native goods and disposed of their own through ...
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... protection , be it understood , is appreciated at its market value . schoolmaster , again - though , as a rule , very rare - was not altogether excluded , but let in outside the ordinary and recognised community . He lived in , but not ...
... protection , be it understood , is appreciated at its market value . schoolmaster , again - though , as a rule , very rare - was not altogether excluded , but let in outside the ordinary and recognised community . He lived in , but not ...
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... protection from the heavy seas occasioned by the south - west monsoon . At the present time there is sufficient depth of water to allow the largest troopship to enter the harbour without difficulty or delay , at all seasons of the year ...
... protection from the heavy seas occasioned by the south - west monsoon . At the present time there is sufficient depth of water to allow the largest troopship to enter the harbour without difficulty or delay , at all seasons of the year ...
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... protect themselves against the first onset of famines , than cultivators elsewhere in India . It is necessary to add that Bengal proper , which suffered from the worst famine in the last cen- tury , has known no real famine since the ...
... protect themselves against the first onset of famines , than cultivators elsewhere in India . It is necessary to add that Bengal proper , which suffered from the worst famine in the last cen- tury , has known no real famine since the ...
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