A Short Manual of the History of India: With an Account of India as it Is; the Soil, Climate, and Productions; the People, Their Races, Religions, Public Works, and Industries; the Civil Services, and System of Administration |
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... 244 XIX . THE WARS OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THE CARNATIC 249 XX . CLIVE , AND THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY . 253 XXI . CLIVE , AND THE GRANT OF THE DÍWÁNÍ OF BENGAL 260 PAGE CHAP . 167 173 XXII . WARREN HASTINGS , vi CONTENTS .
... 244 XIX . THE WARS OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THE CARNATIC 249 XX . CLIVE , AND THE BATTLE OF PLASSEY . 253 XXI . CLIVE , AND THE GRANT OF THE DÍWÁNÍ OF BENGAL 260 PAGE CHAP . 167 173 XXII . WARREN HASTINGS , vi CONTENTS .
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... battle of the Mahabharata was fought ; near Lodiána ( named after Sikandar Lodi ) are Máchhiwárá ( where Humayun's general , Bairám Khán , defeated the Afghán troops of Sikandar Sur in 1555 ) , and Aliwal ( where Sir Harry Smith ...
... battle of the Mahabharata was fought ; near Lodiána ( named after Sikandar Lodi ) are Máchhiwárá ( where Humayun's general , Bairám Khán , defeated the Afghán troops of Sikandar Sur in 1555 ) , and Aliwal ( where Sir Harry Smith ...
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... battles in which Sindia's forces were defeated by the British in 1843 ; Ujjain , one of the most ancient and sacred cities of India , the capital of King Vikramaditya , and the first meridian of Hindu geographers ; Nimach ( or Neemuch ) ...
... battles in which Sindia's forces were defeated by the British in 1843 ; Ujjain , one of the most ancient and sacred cities of India , the capital of King Vikramaditya , and the first meridian of Hindu geographers ; Nimach ( or Neemuch ) ...
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... battle - field of Assai . $ 25 . The Madras Presidency . - The British and feuda- tory territories that constitute the Presidency of Madras occupy all the eastern coast of the Indian Peninsula ( called the Coromandel coast ) as far ...
... battle - field of Assai . $ 25 . The Madras Presidency . - The British and feuda- tory territories that constitute the Presidency of Madras occupy all the eastern coast of the Indian Peninsula ( called the Coromandel coast ) as far ...
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... battle - field appeared the ancestors of most of the princes of India of later times . The battle lasted for eighteen days . All the Kurus except three were slain , when the fighting ended . These three , however , in the succeeding ...
... battle - field appeared the ancestors of most of the princes of India of later times . The battle lasted for eighteen days . All the Kurus except three were slain , when the fighting ended . These three , however , in the succeeding ...
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