The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Afghans , who had invaded Northern India , were likely to advance on Bengal . Under the alarm caused by this , Siraj - ud - daula wrote to offer the English a lakh a month if they would aid him against the Afghans . This was on 4 March ...
... Afghans , who had invaded Northern India , were likely to advance on Bengal . Under the alarm caused by this , Siraj - ud - daula wrote to offer the English a lakh a month if they would aid him against the Afghans . This was on 4 March ...
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... Afghans . A year after his restoration , the Marathas forced upon him a minister of their own choice , and obliged him to make over to them the districts of Kora and Allahabad . A new and delicate problem now con- fronted the Company's ...
... Afghans . A year after his restoration , the Marathas forced upon him a minister of their own choice , and obliged him to make over to them the districts of Kora and Allahabad . A new and delicate problem now con- fronted the Company's ...
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... Afghans , the words signifying much the same thing . The country was governed by a loose confederacy of chiefs under the headship of Rahmat Khan , generally known as Hafiz Rahmat Khan because he had been guardian ( hafiz ) of the sons ...
... Afghans , the words signifying much the same thing . The country was governed by a loose confederacy of chiefs under the headship of Rahmat Khan , generally known as Hafiz Rahmat Khan because he had been guardian ( hafiz ) of the sons ...
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... Afghan tribe who had only established their power over the Hindu population of Rohilkhand for about a quarter of a century . The Rohillas , he says , were as much foreigners in Rohilkhand as Frenchmen in Spain or Russians in Poland in ...
... Afghan tribe who had only established their power over the Hindu population of Rohilkhand for about a quarter of a century . The Rohillas , he says , were as much foreigners in Rohilkhand as Frenchmen in Spain or Russians in Poland in ...
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... Afghans , p . 209 . 2 Strachey , Hastings and the Rohilla War , p . 30 . 3 Reports from Committees of the House of Commons , VI , 30 . • Strachey , Hastings and the Rohilla War , p . 196 . Idem , p . 203. • Idem , p . 191 . POLICY OF ...
... Afghans , p . 209 . 2 Strachey , Hastings and the Rohilla War , p . 30 . 3 Reports from Committees of the House of Commons , VI , 30 . • Strachey , Hastings and the Rohilla War , p . 196 . Idem , p . 203. • Idem , p . 191 . POLICY OF ...
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administration affairs Afghans amirs appointed army arrived attack Batavia Bengal Bombay British Bussy Calcutta capture Carnatic Ceylon Chait Singh chief Clive coast collectors Colonel command Committee Company's servants Cornwallis Coromandel Coromandel Coast council Deccan declared dispatch district Dupleix Dutch East India Company emperor enemy England English established European factory favour February fleet force Fort St David French garrison Gleig governor governor-general grant Gujarat Hastings's Hyder Hyder Ali Idem Impey Ja'far Jang Kasim Khan king lakhs land letter Lord Madras Malabar Maratha March military Moghul Muhammad Mysore Nana 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 secure sent September settlement Shah Shuja ships Sikhs Sindhia success Surat territory Tipu trade treaty troops village Warren Hastings wrote zamindars