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1st Cavalry 2nd Infantry 3rd Cavalry 3rd company 4th Cavalry 5th Infantry Arabs attack Aurangabad battalions Battery Berar Berar Infantry Bhils Bolarum British Government British officers camp Captain Abbott Captain Davies captured Central India Colonel command of Captain Company Artillery corps dacoits Deccan December Despatch detachment districts Duffadar Ellichpur employed enemy enemy's engaged European officers February Field Force gallantry garrison Government of India Governor-General Gwalior Havildar Highness the Nizam Hingoli Honourable Hyderabad Contingent Infantry insurgents January Jemadar Jhansi Kalpi Khan killed lakhs Lieutenant Madras Major Orr Major Pitman Maratha marched ment miles Minister Mominabad Naiks native officers Nizam's Nizam's Army Nizam's Contingent Nizam's Government Nizam's Infantry November operations party Pindaris plunderers pursuit Raja rebels Reformed Horse Regiment Infantry Resident Ressaidar Risala Risaldar-Major river Rohillas Russell Brigade Salabat Khan's sepoys Shorapur siege Sir Hugh Rose squadron Subadar Subsidiary Force Tantia Topi territory Treaty troopers troops village wounded
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Page l - Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle, and...
Page xlviii - ... peace and tranquillity, to enter into a general defensive alliance, for the complete and reciprocal protection of their respective territories, together with those of their several allies and dependants, against the unprovoked aggression or unjust encroachments of all or any enemies whatever.
Page 149 - Highness's own troops, and making together an army of twelve thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry, with their requisite train of artillery, and warlike stores of every kind, shall be immediately put in motion for the purpose of opposing the enemy; and His Highness likewise engages to employ every further effort in his power for the purpose of bringing...
Page l - The friends and enemies of either shall be the friends and enemies of both, and the contracting parties agree, that all the former treaties and agreements between the two states now in force, and not contrary to the tenor of this agreement, shall be confirmed by it.
Page lxxviii - The British Government while retaining the full and exclusive jurisdiction and authority in the Assigned Districts which they enjoy under the Treaties of 1853 and 1860, shall be at liberty, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in those Treaties, to administer the Assigned Districts in such manner as they may deem desirable, and also to redistribute, reduce reorganise and control the forces now composing the Hyderabad Contingent, as they may think fit, due provision being made as stipulated by...
Page xlviii - Sir Henry Hardinge, GCB, one of Her Britannic Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Governor-General, appointed by the Honourable Company to direct and control all their affairs in the East Indies, and by Maharaja Gulab Singh in person.
Page xlix - Council, on behalf of the Honourable Company, hereby declares that the British Government will never permit any power or State whatever to commit with impunity any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against the rights or territories of His Highness the Nizam, but will at all times maintain and defend the same, in the same manner as the rights and territories of the Honourable Company are now maintained and defended.
Page 216 - I thank you with all my sincerity for your bravery, your devotion, and your discipline. When you first marched I told you that you, as British soldiers, had more than enough of courage for the work which was before you, but that courage without discipline was of no avail, and I exhorted you to let discipline be your watchword. You have attended to my orders ; in hardships, in temptations, and in dangers you have obeyed your General, and you never left your ranks.
Page 225 - Maharajah Scindia, attended by the Governor-General's Agent for Central India, and Sir Hugh Rose, and escorted by British troops, was restored to the palace of his ancestors, and was welcomed by his subjects with every mark of loyalty and attachment. It was on the 1st...