The Making of British India, 1756-1858Ramsay Muir University Press, 1915 - 398 էջ |
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... equal in area and population to the whole of Europe excepting Russia ; a land full of cities of old renown , and inhabited by races of an ancient and noble civilisation . The history of India has extended over scores of centuries ; but ...
... equal in area and population to the whole of Europe excepting Russia ; a land full of cities of old renown , and inhabited by races of an ancient and noble civilisation . The history of India has extended over scores of centuries ; but ...
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... equal to European kingdoms , protesting all the while quite sincerely that they could not help it ; and shamefacedly exculpating themselves from the reproaches of their embarrassed masters . Never was Empire less the result of design ...
... equal to European kingdoms , protesting all the while quite sincerely that they could not help it ; and shamefacedly exculpating themselves from the reproaches of their embarrassed masters . Never was Empire less the result of design ...
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... equal level of the country , and not a stone to be picked up in the space of some hundred miles , whilst shells are found every- where . Such signs declare the soil to have been formed by the retreat of the sea ; and in such a soil ...
... equal level of the country , and not a stone to be picked up in the space of some hundred miles , whilst shells are found every- where . Such signs declare the soil to have been formed by the retreat of the sea ; and in such a soil ...
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... equal utility to us , for when we pressed them for ships and ammunition they genteely refused us and pleaded their own weakness . Neither were we deficient in writing letter after letter to the Nawab , making him every concession in our ...
... equal utility to us , for when we pressed them for ships and ammunition they genteely refused us and pleaded their own weakness . Neither were we deficient in writing letter after letter to the Nawab , making him every concession in our ...
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... equal and annual payments . The part to be paid in money is received and safely arrived at Calcutta ; and the goods , jewels , etc. , are now delivered over to us ; the major part of which will be bought back by the Nawab for ready ...
... equal and annual payments . The part to be paid in money is received and safely arrived at Calcutta ; and the goods , jewels , etc. , are now delivered over to us ; the major part of which will be bought back by the Nawab for ready ...
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The Making of British India, 1756-1858: Described in a Series of Dispatches ... Ramsay Muir Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1923 |
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Adalat administration affairs Afghan Afghanistan alliance allies Amirs appointed army attack authority Bengal Berar Board Bombay British government British power Calcutta Carnatic chief civil Clive collectors Company's servants confederacy Cornwallis Court of Directors districts Diwani dominions Dost Mahomed Khan East India Company effect Empire endeavour enemies engaged English established European force French frontier gomastas Governor Governor-General in Council Hindu Holkar Honourable hostilities inhabitants interests Jafar justice Kabul Kasim Kasimbazar lacs land Lord Madras Mahomed Reza Khan Mahratta measures ment military Mir Jafar Mir Kasim Mogul Mogul Empire Murshidabad Mysore native Nawab Nizam Nuncomar object officers oppression Oudh peace Persia person Peshwa Pindaris plunder Poona possession present President princes principles protection provinces Punjab received revenue rupees ryots settlement Shah Sikh Sindhia Singh Siraj-uddaula territories tion Tipu trade treaty of Bassein troops Warren Hastings Wellesley whole zemindars
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Էջ 304 - No Native of the said Territories, nor any natural-born subject of His Majesty resident therein, shall by reason only of his religion, place of birth, descent, colour or any of them, be disabled from holding any place, office, or employment under the said Company.
Էջ 284 - We should look upon India not as a temporary possession, but as one which is to be maintained permanently, until the natives shall in some future age have abandoned most of their superstitions and prejudices and become sufficiently enlightened to frame a regular government for themselves, and to conduct and preserve it.
Էջ 388 - ... it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by Order in Council, to...
Էջ 383 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified, by their education, ability, and integrity, duly to discharge.
Էջ 381 - Whereas, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, to take upon ourselves the government of the territories in India heretofore administered in trust for us by the Honourable East India Company...
Էջ 299 - Sanscrit works. I have conversed both here and at home with men distinguished by their proficiency in the Eastern tongues. I am quite ready to take the Oriental learning at the valuation of the Orientalists themselves. I have never found one among them who could deny that a single shelf of a good European...
Էջ 386 - State, to conduct the business transacted in the United Kingdom in relation to the government of and the correspondence with India...
Էջ 299 - I am quite ready to take the Oriental learning at the valuation of the Orientalists themselves. I have never found one among them who could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia.
Էջ 296 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Էջ 200 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour, and policy of this nation...