Warren Hastings: A BiographyAllen, 1878 - 383 páginas |
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... provinces which British valour had lately won for the East India Company . The story of his troubled yet glorious career has been told at full length by Mr. Gleig , and summarised in glowing language by Lord Macaulay ; to say nothing of ...
... provinces which British valour had lately won for the East India Company . The story of his troubled yet glorious career has been told at full length by Mr. Gleig , and summarised in glowing language by Lord Macaulay ; to say nothing of ...
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... province of Bengal was ruled by Aliverdi Khan , a wise and able Viceroy , who encouraged trade with the foreigners , and did his best to guard his people from the raids of those ubiquitous Maráthas , who were already tearing to pieces ...
... province of Bengal was ruled by Aliverdi Khan , a wise and able Viceroy , who encouraged trade with the foreigners , and did his best to guard his people from the raids of those ubiquitous Maráthas , who were already tearing to pieces ...
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... province of the old Moghal Empire . The victory of Plassy on the 23rd June , 1757 , threw the future of India , as it were , into English hands . A few days later , Clive marched into Murshidabad , and installed the successful traitor ...
... province of the old Moghal Empire . The victory of Plassy on the 23rd June , 1757 , threw the future of India , as it were , into English hands . A few days later , Clive marched into Murshidabad , and installed the successful traitor ...
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... provinces from the Nizám of the Dakhan . Delhi itself , the prize in turn of so many conquerors , from Muhammad Ghori to Nádir Shah and Ahmad the Abdáli , now for the first time fell into their hands ; and it seemed for the moment as if ...
... provinces from the Nizám of the Dakhan . Delhi itself , the prize in turn of so many conquerors , from Muhammad Ghori to Nádir Shah and Ahmad the Abdáli , now for the first time fell into their hands ; and it seemed for the moment as if ...
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... provinces ruled by Mír Kásim . His predecessor's favourites were dismissed from office and compelled to dis- gorge the bulk of their ill - gotten wealth . Heavy arrears of pay were disbursed to the English troops at Patna , while the ...
... provinces ruled by Mír Kásim . His predecessor's favourites were dismissed from office and compelled to dis- gorge the bulk of their ill - gotten wealth . Heavy arrears of pay were disbursed to the English troops at Patna , while the ...
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