The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... possessions round Pondichery , and they added to this on the Orissa Coast the province of Masulipatam and the island of Divy . In indirect answer to these grants Admiral Boscawen took possession of St Thomé , where he suspected Dupleix ...
... possessions round Pondichery , and they added to this on the Orissa Coast the province of Masulipatam and the island of Divy . In indirect answer to these grants Admiral Boscawen took possession of St Thomé , where he suspected Dupleix ...
Page 183
... possessions in India and convert the Company's servants into a civil service of the crown . But this was felt to be too great and drastic a change . It was opposed to all eighteenth - century notions of the sacredness of property , and ...
... possessions in India and convert the Company's servants into a civil service of the crown . But this was felt to be too great and drastic a change . It was opposed to all eighteenth - century notions of the sacredness of property , and ...
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... possessions in Asia . Soon after came news of the critical situation in Europe ; and on 6 July the governor - general learnt that the renewal of war was officially thought very probable . In the first week of September he learnt that ...
... possessions in Asia . Soon after came news of the critical situation in Europe ; and on 6 July the governor - general learnt that the renewal of war was officially thought very probable . In the first week of September he learnt that ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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