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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Page 242
... authority of government , and to the laws and customs of the people . I am afraid that to this prudent caution alone it must be ascribed , that the undefined state of the powers of the Governor - General and Council and of the Supreme ...
... authority of government , and to the laws and customs of the people . I am afraid that to this prudent caution alone it must be ascribed , that the undefined state of the powers of the Governor - General and Council and of the Supreme ...
Page 598
... authority over Bengal , he was equally active in reducing even the ostensible part played by that phantom the nawab in its internal management — implanting , as he said , the authority of the Company and the sovereignty of Great Britain ...
... authority over Bengal , he was equally active in reducing even the ostensible part played by that phantom the nawab in its internal management — implanting , as he said , the authority of the Company and the sovereignty of Great Britain ...
Page 600
... authority of the Emperor should be in a considerable degree restored and means given him to support it . " The revival of the empire would have been wholly inconsistent with English authority in Bengal . It is worth noting that in this ...
... authority of the Emperor should be in a considerable degree restored and means given him to support it . " The revival of the empire would have been wholly inconsistent with English authority in Bengal . It is worth noting that in this ...
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