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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... raja to surrender his territory . But Shore would none of it . His biographer1 says that the prize did not tempt him to forget what he conceived to be the undue pressure by which it had been won . He observed that the raja had been ...
... raja to surrender his territory . But Shore would none of it . His biographer1 says that the prize did not tempt him to forget what he conceived to be the undue pressure by which it had been won . He observed that the raja had been ...
Page 374
... raja decisively at Argaon in November , stormed the strong fortress of Gawilgarh , and thus forced the raja to sign the Treaty of Deogaon , 15 December , under the terms of which the latter ceded Cuttack to his conquerors and accepted a ...
... raja decisively at Argaon in November , stormed the strong fortress of Gawilgarh , and thus forced the raja to sign the Treaty of Deogaon , 15 December , under the terms of which the latter ceded Cuttack to his conquerors and accepted a ...
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... raja of Satara , whose powers and prestige rapidly declined from the moment when the appointment of Peshwa became hereditary in the family of Balaji Visvanath ( 1714-20 ) . Although the raja continued after that date to be regarded as ...
... raja of Satara , whose powers and prestige rapidly declined from the moment when the appointment of Peshwa became hereditary in the family of Balaji Visvanath ( 1714-20 ) . Although the raja continued after that date to be regarded as ...
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