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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... GOVERNOR - GENERAL 317 of 1786 had permitted the union in the same hands of the offices of governor - general and commander - in - chief ; so that no effective opposition was now to be expected from the military as distinct from the ...
... GOVERNOR - GENERAL 317 of 1786 had permitted the union in the same hands of the offices of governor - general and commander - in - chief ; so that no effective opposition was now to be expected from the military as distinct from the ...
Page 421
... governor - general's choice had almost always been accepted by the council . In a letter to the court of directors dated 1 September , 1777 , and embodied in proceedings for I October , 1777 , Clavering states without contradiction that ...
... governor - general's choice had almost always been accepted by the council . In a letter to the court of directors dated 1 September , 1777 , and embodied in proceedings for I October , 1777 , Clavering states without contradiction that ...
Page 561
... governor , appointed in 1850 , used , when tipsy , to threaten to torture and behead the whole population , and among his acts of extortion were three dozen committed on British subjects , culmi- nating in the cases of Sheppard and ...
... governor , appointed in 1850 , used , when tipsy , to threaten to torture and behead the whole population , and among his acts of extortion were three dozen committed on British subjects , culmi- nating in the cases of Sheppard and ...
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