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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... rule of the Mahárájá of Mysore . NOTE . - British India was formerly divided into the three Presi- dencies of Bengal , Bombay , and Madras . These divisions are now almost entirely obsolete ; they only survive in the nominal divisions ...
... rule of the Mahárájá of Mysore . NOTE . - British India was formerly divided into the three Presi- dencies of Bengal , Bombay , and Madras . These divisions are now almost entirely obsolete ; they only survive in the nominal divisions ...
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... rules as the head of the clan . There are , however , three non - Rájput States — Bhartpur and Dholpur being Jats , and Tonk being Muhammadan : all these have had a modern origin- the Nawab of Tonk is the descendant of the Pindári ...
... rules as the head of the clan . There are , however , three non - Rájput States — Bhartpur and Dholpur being Jats , and Tonk being Muhammadan : all these have had a modern origin- the Nawab of Tonk is the descendant of the Pindári ...
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... rule . § 20. The Bombay Presidency . - West and south of Rájputána is the Bombay Presidency , which includes the British Governorship of Bombay , together with a large number of feudatory States . The part of the Governorship which is ...
... rule . § 20. The Bombay Presidency . - West and south of Rájputána is the Bombay Presidency , which includes the British Governorship of Bombay , together with a large number of feudatory States . The part of the Governorship which is ...
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... rule , the chief officer of Government being the British Resident at Haidarabad . This territory was handed over to the British Government by the Nizám of Haidarabad as security for debts . Its area is 17,711 square miles , its ...
... rule , the chief officer of Government being the British Resident at Haidarabad . This territory was handed over to the British Government by the Nizám of Haidarabad as security for debts . Its area is 17,711 square miles , its ...
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... rule of a British Chief Commissioner . But Mysore is now being transferred to the young Mahárájá on his attaining his majority , and it will henceforth rank as one of our most important native feudatory States . Mysore occupies a lofty ...
... rule of a British Chief Commissioner . But Mysore is now being transferred to the young Mahárájá on his attaining his majority , and it will henceforth rank as one of our most important native feudatory States . Mysore occupies a lofty ...
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