The History of British India, Part 36Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 - Hindus |
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... Patna ; and ren- dered the French commerce in Bengal an object of envy to the most commercial of the European co- lonies . The reputation which he acquired in this situation pointed him out as the fittest person to occupy the station of ...
... Patna ; and ren- dered the French commerce in Bengal an object of envy to the most commercial of the European co- lonies . The reputation which he acquired in this situation pointed him out as the fittest person to occupy the station of ...
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... Patna , the СНАР . 3. capital of the province . Upon the assassination of the father of Suraja Dowla , Aliverdi had nominated Suraja Dowla himself to the nabobship of that im- portant province ; but appointed Ramnarain , a Hindu , in ...
... Patna , the СНАР . 3. capital of the province . Upon the assassination of the father of Suraja Dowla , Aliverdi had nominated Suraja Dowla himself to the nabobship of that im- portant province ; but appointed Ramnarain , a Hindu , in ...
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... Patna ; and was joined by Ramnarain , after receipt of a letter from Clive , as- suring him , that both his person and government should be safe . The intended delays and machina- tions of the Nabob were cut short , by intelligence that ...
... Patna ; and was joined by Ramnarain , after receipt of a letter from Clive , as- suring him , that both his person and government should be safe . The intended delays and machina- tions of the Nabob were cut short , by intelligence that ...
Page 243
... Patna . This manufac- ture had in general been farmed for the benefit of the Government ; and Clive saw the advantage of obtaining the monopoly for the English . He offered the highest terms which the government had ever received ; but ...
... Patna . This manufac- ture had in general been farmed for the benefit of the Government ; and Clive saw the advantage of obtaining the monopoly for the English . He offered the highest terms which the government had ever received ; but ...
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... Patna , and , as con- Clive were at Patna , he was one day accused to the Nabob of having permitted a fray between some of his own soldiers and some of Clive's . " It chanced , " says the author of the Seer Mutakhareen , ii . 19 ...
... Patna , and , as con- Clive were at Patna , he was one day accused to the Nabob of having permitted a fray between some of his own soldiers and some of Clive's . " It chanced , " says the author of the Seer Mutakhareen , ii . 19 ...
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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.