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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... affairs " , he said , " to four causes : a relaxa- tion of government in my successors ; great neglect on the part of administration ; notorious misconduct on the part of the directors ; and the violent and outrageous proceedings of ...
... affairs " , he said , " to four causes : a relaxa- tion of government in my successors ; great neglect on the part of administration ; notorious misconduct on the part of the directors ; and the violent and outrageous proceedings of ...
Page 358
... affairs in general with more industry and insight than any of his predecessors before their arrival in the country , but as the intimate friend of Pitt was well acquainted with the bitter criticisms directed against the India Act in its ...
... affairs in general with more industry and insight than any of his predecessors before their arrival in the country , but as the intimate friend of Pitt was well acquainted with the bitter criticisms directed against the India Act in its ...
Page 602
... affairs at Delhi ; and this was the position of affairs when Hastings quitted India early in 1785 . The degree in which the decay of the Moghul Empire was apparent to and recognised by the people of India , and the aspect under which ...
... affairs at Delhi ; and this was the position of affairs when Hastings quitted India early in 1785 . The degree in which the decay of the Moghul Empire was apparent to and recognised by the people of India , and the aspect under which ...
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