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 72
... soon again the outbreak of war in Europe threatened the fruit of his labours . Though the trade of Pondichery was not much hurt by the complete failure of the Siam expedition , it was brought into grave danger by the war between the ...
... soon again the outbreak of war in Europe threatened the fruit of his labours . Though the trade of Pondichery was not much hurt by the complete failure of the Siam expedition , it was brought into grave danger by the war between the ...
Page 262
... soon disgusted his colleagues by his arro- gance , and the mission came to nothing . Nana affected , at any rate , to credit his story , as he was not prepared to lose such an opportunity of opposing the English , and St Lubin was ...
... soon disgusted his colleagues by his arro- gance , and the mission came to nothing . Nana affected , at any rate , to credit his story , as he was not prepared to lose such an opportunity of opposing the English , and St Lubin was ...
Page 351
... soon saw more clearly . He had in 1798 found it necessary to station an army of 20,000 men in Oudh under the command of Sir J. Craig , to be ready for the anticipated invasion by Zaman Shah . The new wazir had complained that his own ...
... soon saw more clearly . He had in 1798 found it necessary to station an army of 20,000 men in Oudh under the command of Sir J. Craig , to be ready for the anticipated invasion by Zaman Shah . The new wazir had complained that his own ...
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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