The History of British India, Part 36Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 - Hindus |
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Page 90
... Jung , had resided for the most part in Deccan , and had officiated as his father's deputy , as often as the wars of the empire , or the intrigues of the court , had called him away . Though the obedience of Nazir Jung had been so ...
... Jung , had resided for the most part in Deccan , and had officiated as his father's deputy , as often as the wars of the empire , or the intrigues of the court , had called him away . Though the obedience of Nazir Jung had been so ...
Page 91
... Jung that they ought to commence their operations in Carnatic ; where the interest of the family of Chunda Saheb would afford advantages . Their troops had increased to the num- ber of 40,000 men , when they approached the con- fines of ...
... Jung that they ought to commence their operations in Carnatic ; where the interest of the family of Chunda Saheb would afford advantages . Their troops had increased to the num- ber of 40,000 men , when they approached the con- fines of ...
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... Jung , the Subahdar , was on his march to attack them.2 Nazir Jung had been summoned , upon his acces- sion , to the imperial presence ; and had advanced with a considerable army as far as the Nerbudda , when a counter - order arrived ...
... Jung , the Subahdar , was on his march to attack them.2 Nazir Jung had been summoned , upon his acces- sion , to the imperial presence ; and had advanced with a considerable army as far as the Nerbudda , when a counter - order arrived ...
Page 93
... Jung , returned to Pondicherry . Dupleix was admirably calculated for the tricks of Indian policy . Though he exerted himself with the utmost vigour to animate the spirits , and augment the force of his allies ; lending them 50,000l ...
... Jung , returned to Pondicherry . Dupleix was admirably calculated for the tricks of Indian policy . Though he exerted himself with the utmost vigour to animate the spirits , and augment the force of his allies ; lending them 50,000l ...
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... Jung , against the French . Besides a letter from the English Governor to the same effect , Commodore Griffin , in a letter to Nizam al Mulk , dated March 6 , 1747 , said , " I shall not enter into a particular detail of all the ...
... Jung , against the French . Besides a letter from the English Governor to the same effect , Commodore Griffin , in a letter to Nizam al Mulk , dated March 6 , 1747 , said , " I shall not enter into a particular detail of all the ...
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Page 53 - I do not trust to Mr. Francis's promises of candour, convinced that he is incapable of it. I judge of his public conduct by his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour.
Page 422 - I hope I shall not depart from the simplicity of official language in saying, the majesty of justice ought to be approached with solicitation, not descend to provoke or invite it, much less to debase itself by the suggestion of wrongs, and the promise of redress, with the denunciation of punishments before trial, and even before accusation.
Page 148 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 292 - I have been surprised to meet with several English flags flying in places which I have passed; and on the river I do not believe that I passed a boat without one.
Page 300 - The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his History of British India, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon record of the power of interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame.
Page 514 - AGRA. the emperor flings himself into the hands of the Mahrattas, or any other power, we are disengaged from him, and it may open a fair opportunity of withholding the twenty-six lacs of rupees we now pay him.
Page 386 - Under the Sanction of a Soubah every encroachment that may be attempted by Foreign Powers can effectually be crushed without any apparent Interposition of our own Authority ; and all real Grievances complained of by them, can, through the same channel, be examined into and redressed. Be it therefore always remembered that there is a...
Page 461 - The Nazims exacted what they could from the Zemindars, and great Farmers of the Revenue, whom they left at Liberty to plunder all below them reserving to themselves the Prerogative of Plundering them in their Turn, when they were supposed to have enriched themselves with the Spoils of the country.
Page 462 - to stand forth as Diwan and by the agency of the Company's servants to take upon themselves the entire care and management of the revenues."!
Page 359 - To go farther, is in my opinion, a scheme so extravagantly ambitious and absurd, that no Governor and Council in their senses can ever adopt it, unless the whole system of the Company's interest be first entirely new modelled.