Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... allied with Britain - Increased Power of Mahadajee Sindia - His Death - Death of Madoo Rao- Various Intrigues - Jealousies of Britain - Dissensions of Sindia and CONTENTS . Holkar - Defeat of Sindia and the Peishwa CONTENTS .
... allied with Britain - Increased Power of Mahadajee Sindia - His Death - Death of Madoo Rao- Various Intrigues - Jealousies of Britain - Dissensions of Sindia and CONTENTS . Holkar - Defeat of Sindia and the Peishwa CONTENTS .
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... ally . Having afterward , however , received a reinforcement , and learning that the Indian prince was under the alarm of an invasion from the Afghans , he de- termined to undertake the expedition at all hazards . He reached ...
... ally . Having afterward , however , received a reinforcement , and learning that the Indian prince was under the alarm of an invasion from the Afghans , he de- termined to undertake the expedition at all hazards . He reached ...
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... ally , and deter the enemy from the meditated attack . Returning hastily by the same route , they reached Patna before the English , and , aided by M. Law with a French force , reduced that city to great extremity . Cap- tain Knox ...
... ally , and deter the enemy from the meditated attack . Returning hastily by the same route , they reached Patna before the English , and , aided by M. Law with a French force , reduced that city to great extremity . Cap- tain Knox ...
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... allied powers to the frontier . The emperor , still aided in some degree by the sovereign of Oude , contrived to make harassing incursions into the nabob's territory . Major Carnac marched to its defence , and having soon brought the ...
... allied powers to the frontier . The emperor , still aided in some degree by the sovereign of Oude , contrived to make harassing incursions into the nabob's territory . Major Carnac marched to its defence , and having soon brought the ...
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... allies . Sujah Dowlah , having retreated into the interior of his dominions , obtained the aid of a body of Mahrattas under Mulhar Rao , and of Ghazee - ud - Dien , who , as we have seen , were once the most powerful adherents of the ...
... allies . Sujah Dowlah , having retreated into the interior of his dominions , obtained the aid of a body of Mahrattas under Mulhar Rao , and of Ghazee - ud - Dien , who , as we have seen , were once the most powerful adherents of the ...
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