The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Sindhia consolidates his position 365 Death of Mahadaji Sindhia . 366 The Maratha confederacy 367 The pirate states 367 Intrigues and confusion at Poona 369 370 Wellesley's proposals to Baji Rao II Holkar defeats Sindhia and Baji Rao ...
... Sindhia consolidates his position 365 Death of Mahadaji Sindhia . 366 The Maratha confederacy 367 The pirate states 367 Intrigues and confusion at Poona 369 370 Wellesley's proposals to Baji Rao II Holkar defeats Sindhia and Baji Rao ...
Page 249
... Sindhia , the Gaekwad , the Bhonsle and others , in consequence , worked more and more in their own private interests to the neglect of those of the Peshwa and of the Marathas as a whole . The Peshwa , Baji Rao , his spirit broken by ...
... Sindhia , the Gaekwad , the Bhonsle and others , in consequence , worked more and more in their own private interests to the neglect of those of the Peshwa and of the Marathas as a whole . The Peshwa , Baji Rao , his spirit broken by ...
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... Sindhia an ascendancy which his house has retained ever since . In 1767 Madhu Rao , fearing the rapidly rising power of Hyder ' Ali in Mysore , attacked and defeated him . The growing power of Madhu Rao , whose strong personality had ...
... Sindhia an ascendancy which his house has retained ever since . In 1767 Madhu Rao , fearing the rapidly rising power of Hyder ' Ali in Mysore , attacked and defeated him . The growing power of Madhu Rao , whose strong personality had ...
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... Sindhia , whose rivalry with Holkar became a deciding factor in Maratha party squabbles . The last by his astute manoeuvring emerged , after the Treaty of Salbai , as the leader in Indian politics , a position he retained until his ...
... Sindhia , whose rivalry with Holkar became a deciding factor in Maratha party squabbles . The last by his astute manoeuvring emerged , after the Treaty of Salbai , as the leader in Indian politics , a position he retained until his ...
Page 256
... Sindhia on his side , but finding that , if not actually hostile , they were at any rate indifferent to his cause , he returned . On his return , Gambier , the Company's agent at Surat , was asked by Raghunath Rao if the English would ...
... Sindhia on his side , but finding that , if not actually hostile , they were at any rate indifferent to his cause , he returned . On his return , Gambier , the Company's agent at Surat , was asked by Raghunath Rao if the English would ...
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administration affairs Afghans alliance amirs appointed army arrived attack Bengal Bombay British Bussy Calcutta capture Carnatic Chait Singh chief claim Clive coast collectors Colonel command Committee Company's servants Cornwallis council court of directors Deccan declared dispatch district diwanni Dupleix Dutch East India Company emperor enemy England English established European favour February force Fort St David French Gleig governor governor-general grant Hastings's Holkar hostilities Hyder Hyder Ali Idem Impey Ja'far Jang Kasim Khan king lakhs land letter Lord Madras Maratha March ment military Mir Kasim Moghul Muhammad Mysore Nana Nana Phadnavis Nandakumar nawab negotiations Nizam officers orders Oudh Parliamentary peace Peshwa political Pondichery Poona Portuguese position possessions president princes province Raghunath Rao raja Ranjit reform revenue Rohillas ruler rupees secured sent settlement Shah Shuja Sikhs Sindhia success Surat territory Tipu trade treaty troops village Warren Hastings Wellesley wrote zamindars