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 424
... land . It is sufficient to point out that while Hastings and Barwell assumed that the sovereign possessed the land , and Francis and his school were equally convinced that the zamindar was the real owner , no one thought , with the ...
... land . It is sufficient to point out that while Hastings and Barwell assumed that the sovereign possessed the land , and Francis and his school were equally convinced that the zamindar was the real owner , no one thought , with the ...
Page 465
... land , and the power of resistance was very small . Almost everywhere there was more cultivable land than could be cultivated by the labour and stock of the inhabitants . The ruler therefore had seldom any reason to assert a claim to the ...
... land , and the power of resistance was very small . Almost everywhere there was more cultivable land than could be cultivated by the labour and stock of the inhabitants . The ruler therefore had seldom any reason to assert a claim to the ...
Page 466
... land . So much was this the case that there had grown up among the revenue officers a tradition that the cultivator was idle , and that it was their duty to drive him and to force him to cultivate more land than he was willing to be ...
... land . So much was this the case that there had grown up among the revenue officers a tradition that the cultivator was idle , and that it was their duty to drive him and to force him to cultivate more land than he was willing to be ...
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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