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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... Company's Service . IN THREE VOLUME S. VOL . II . WITH A MAP AND ENGRAVINGS . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS . 329 & 331 PEARL STREET , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1855 . 15.436 CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME . CHAPTER I. BRITISH.
... Company's Service . IN THREE VOLUME S. VOL . II . WITH A MAP AND ENGRAVINGS . NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS . 329 & 331 PEARL STREET , FRANKLIN SQUARE . 1855 . 15.436 CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME . CHAPTER I. BRITISH.
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... Company - Rupture - Patna taken and retaken - Victory gained by Major Adams - Massacre of English Prisoners - Meer Cos- sim's Flight into Oude - Repeated Defeats of Sujah Dowlah - The Mogul joins the English - Death of Meer Jaffier ...
... Company - Rupture - Patna taken and retaken - Victory gained by Major Adams - Massacre of English Prisoners - Meer Cos- sim's Flight into Oude - Repeated Defeats of Sujah Dowlah - The Mogul joins the English - Death of Meer Jaffier ...
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... Company in 1698 - Union - Constitu⚫ tion of the United Company - Early Settlements - Acquisitions in the Carnatic - Conquest of Bengal - Financial Distress - Plans for its Remedy - Administration of Hastings - Charges against him ...
... Company in 1698 - Union - Constitu⚫ tion of the United Company - Early Settlements - Acquisitions in the Carnatic - Conquest of Bengal - Financial Distress - Plans for its Remedy - Administration of Hastings - Charges against him ...
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... Company - Rupture - Patna taken and retaken - Victory gained by Major Adams - Massacre of English Prisoners - Meer Cos- sim's Flight into Oude - Repeated Defeats of Sujah Dowlah - The Mogul joins the English - Death of Meer Jaffier ...
... Company - Rupture - Patna taken and retaken - Victory gained by Major Adams - Massacre of English Prisoners - Meer Cos- sim's Flight into Oude - Repeated Defeats of Sujah Dowlah - The Mogul joins the English - Death of Meer Jaffier ...
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... company had a factory very slightly fortified , without ditch or palisade , and of which the curtains formed the outer wall of a range of apartments . Under these circumstances , the nabob having summoned first Mr. Watts , the governor ...
... company had a factory very slightly fortified , without ditch or palisade , and of which the curtains formed the outer wall of a range of apartments . Under these circumstances , the nabob having summoned first Mr. Watts , the governor ...
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