The History of British India, Volume 8J. Madden, 1858 |
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1st batt 2nd battalion advance alliance Amir Khan Arabs army artillery attack authority Baji Rao Berar Bhopal body Bombay BOOK brigade British Government Captain cavalry ceded CHAP Cheetoo chiefs command Court defence Dekhin despatched detachment districts division effect enemy engaged European favour foot frontier Gaekwar garrison Ghats Gorkha Government of Bengal Governor-General guns Guzerat Gwalior hills Holkar horse hostilities hundred Hyderabad India infantry Jaypur Jeswant Rao Jodhpur Kandesh Karim Khatmandu Kiladar killed Kota lakhs lands letter Lieutenant Lord Moira Madras Mahratta Malwa marched Marquis of Hastings ment miles military minister Mohammed Nagpur native Nawab Nepal Nerbudda Nizam officers party Peshwa Pindari war Pindaris plunder political Poona possession princes principal protection province Raja of Nagpur Raja's Rajput regiment Resident restored retreat revenue river Saheb Satara sent settlement Sindh Sindhia Sing Sipahis Sitabaldi subsidiary force surrender territories Thomas Hislop thousand tion town treaty Trimbak troops village
Populaire passages
Pagina 324 - And no Act hereafter passed by the Council of the Governor-General for making Laws and Regulations shall be deemed to extend to any part of the said territory, unless the same be specially named therein.
Pagina 383 - Raja will be administered by him, and he will be bound to establish a system of justice and order.
Pagina 372 - When our power is once reduced, we shall have another Knox's mission, under pretence of concluding a treaty of alliance and friendship, and founding commercial establishments. If we decline receiving their mission, they will insist ; and if we are unable to oppose force, and desire them to come unaccompanied with troops, they will not comply. They will begin by introducing a company ; a battalion will soon after follow, and at length an army will be assembled for the subjection of Nipal.
Pagina 382 - Row has compelled the British Government to drive him from his Musnud and to conquer his dominions.
Pagina 381 - Rao has accumulated those treasures which he is now employing against his benefactors. The British Government not only protected the Peshwa's own possessions, but maintained his rights abroad.
Pagina 353 - Marshman, ii. 364. previous period in the history of the country was the credit of the British Government more firmly established, or was the prospect of financial prosperity more promising than at the commencement of 1823, when the Marquess of Hastings retired from the guidance of the pecuniary interests of India...
Pagina 97 - CHAP. xxv. it was now thought fit to explain these intimations, as not intended to restrain the governor-general in the exercise of his judgment and discretion, upon any occasion where actual war upon the British territories " might be commenced by any body of marauders, and where the lives and properties of British subjects might call for efficient protection.
Pagina 26 - British colonies be ever found in the East with a chance of preserving the moral and physical energies of the parent country, it is to the vales and mountains of the Indian Alps that we must look for their existence.
Pagina 381 - Row immediately commenced on a new system of intrigues and used every exertion to turn all the powers of India against the British Government. At length he gave the signal of disturbances by fomenting an insurrection in his own dominions and prepared to support the insurgents by open force. The British Government had then no remedy but to arm in turn.
Pagina 376 - ... quiet possession of his dominions. Our proffers of peace and reconciliation will be interpreted as the result of fear ; and it would be absurd to expect that the enemy will respect a treaty concluded under such circumstances. Therefore, let us confide our fortunes to our swords ; and by boldly opposing the enemy, compel him to remain within his own territory ; or, if he should continue to advance, stung with shame at the idea of retreating, after his immense preparations, we can then give up...