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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... Hostile Conduct of Sindia - New System of Policy in Britain - Marquis Cornwallis comes out as Governor - gene- ral - Dies , and is succeeded by Sir George Barlow - Treaties with Sindia and Holkar - Lord Minto's Administration ...
... Hostile Conduct of Sindia - New System of Policy in Britain - Marquis Cornwallis comes out as Governor - gene- ral - Dies , and is succeeded by Sir George Barlow - Treaties with Sindia and Holkar - Lord Minto's Administration ...
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... hostile relations of his countrymen with the French on the coast of Coromandel , and the dan- ger lest the war should spread thence into Bengal . This ill - judged explanation inflamed at once the pride and the fear of the nabob ; who ...
... hostile relations of his countrymen with the French on the coast of Coromandel , and the dan- ger lest the war should spread thence into Bengal . This ill - judged explanation inflamed at once the pride and the fear of the nabob ; who ...
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... hostile . The commissioners , being warned by a friendly Indian to take care of themselves , departed abruptly , and safely reached the head - quarters . Clive , having now formed his resolution , attacked next morning the Indian camp ...
... hostile . The commissioners , being warned by a friendly Indian to take care of themselves , departed abruptly , and safely reached the head - quarters . Clive , having now formed his resolution , attacked next morning the Indian camp ...
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... hostile . Soon , however , it was seen decidedly to separate from the rest of the army , and Clive then deter- nined to make an immediate and brisk attack upon the CAPTURE OF SURAJAH DOWLAH . 27 enemy's camp . His 26 CONQUEST OF BENGAL .
... hostile . Soon , however , it was seen decidedly to separate from the rest of the army , and Clive then deter- nined to make an immediate and brisk attack upon the CAPTURE OF SURAJAH DOWLAH . 27 enemy's camp . His 26 CONQUEST OF BENGAL .
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... hostile to the governor , who soon became the majority , and who , having been originally adverse to the elevation of Meer Cossim , delighted to thwart him in every possible manner . Mr. Ellis , stationed with a detachment at Patna ...
... hostile to the governor , who soon became the majority , and who , having been originally adverse to the elevation of Meer Cossim , delighted to thwart him in every possible manner . Mr. Ellis , stationed with a detachment at Patna ...
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