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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Page 134
... Deccan affairs wore a different appearance . Peace is usually discussed on the basis of accomplished facts , not of those hopes which the war has either destroyed or realised . The French position at Hyderabad was too strong in 1754 for ...
... Deccan affairs wore a different appearance . Peace is usually discussed on the basis of accomplished facts , not of those hopes which the war has either destroyed or realised . The French position at Hyderabad was too strong in 1754 for ...
Page 135
... DECCAN 135 treated on both sides as a family business quite as much as an affair of state . Bussy , however , was independent enough not to approve blindly all the projects of Dupleix , and he could oppose them when they sacrificed too ...
... DECCAN 135 treated on both sides as a family business quite as much as an affair of state . Bussy , however , was independent enough not to approve blindly all the projects of Dupleix , and he could oppose them when they sacrificed too ...
Page 137
... Deccan which till then had developed in accordance with French interests , because Dupleix had entrusted them to a man of consummate capacity and wisdom . He himself declared that had he had another Bussy in the Carnatic , affairs there ...
... Deccan which till then had developed in accordance with French interests , because Dupleix had entrusted them to a man of consummate capacity and wisdom . He himself declared that had he had another Bussy in the Carnatic , affairs there ...
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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