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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He failed to see how far his policy would lead him and how strong a reaction it would provoke.3 Having succeeded in getting rid of the emperor and in getting the chief English protégé into his hands , Mir Kasim now proceeded to raise ...
He failed to see how far his policy would lead him and how strong a reaction it would provoke.3 Having succeeded in getting rid of the emperor and in getting the chief English protégé into his hands , Mir Kasim now proceeded to raise ...
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Meanwhile the board rapidly lost its powers , which were concen- trated in the hands of a single person , the president . This change was not effected without some ill - feeling . Henry Dundas had from the first been the moving spirit ...
Meanwhile the board rapidly lost its powers , which were concen- trated in the hands of a single person , the president . This change was not effected without some ill - feeling . Henry Dundas had from the first been the moving spirit ...
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In the course of the war with Sindhia , Lake defeated the enemy before Delhi in 1803 , and the capital and the person of the emperor fell into English hands . This was an object which , on account of French intrigues , Morning- ton ...
In the course of the war with Sindhia , Lake defeated the enemy before Delhi in 1803 , and the capital and the person of the emperor fell into English hands . This was an object which , on account of French intrigues , Morning- ton ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858 Volume 4 of The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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