The History of British India, Том 2Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 - 777 страници |
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... rupees in cash were found in his treasury . When an order was published that such of the English as had escaped the black hole might return to their homes , they were supplied with provisions by Omichund , " whose intercession , " says ...
... rupees in cash were found in his treasury . When an order was published that such of the English as had escaped the black hole might return to their homes , they were supplied with provisions by Omichund , " whose intercession , " says ...
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... rupees a year ; two thirds for Carnatic , and one for Trichi- nopoly and the southern dependencies . Of this they asserted that six years were due ; and presented their demand , in whole , at 4,000,000 of rupees . The Nabob , who knew ...
... rupees a year ; two thirds for Carnatic , and one for Trichi- nopoly and the southern dependencies . Of this they asserted that six years were due ; and presented their demand , in whole , at 4,000,000 of rupees . The Nabob , who knew ...
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... rupees , was received into the town . 1757 . The French receive a forcement from Europe . On the 8th of September a French fleet of twelve ships anchored in Pondi- strong rein- cherry road ; but , after landing about a thousand men , it ...
... rupees , was received into the town . 1757 . The French receive a forcement from Europe . On the 8th of September a French fleet of twelve ships anchored in Pondi- strong rein- cherry road ; but , after landing about a thousand men , it ...
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... rupees . This sum , could it only be extorted from him , was a large and present resource ; and in Fort St. David , as a prisoner , had been found the pretender to the throne of Tanjore , who might now be employed as an instrument to ...
... rupees . This sum , could it only be extorted from him , was a large and present resource ; and in Fort St. David , as a prisoner , had been found the pretender to the throne of Tanjore , who might now be employed as an instrument to ...
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... rupees , and be taken , along with his troops , into the pay and service of Lally . As auxiliary measures , the previous possession of the secondary forts of Trivatore , Trinomalee , Carangoly , and Timery , was deemed expedient . Lally ...
... rupees , and be taken , along with his troops , into the pay and service of Lally . As auxiliary measures , the previous possession of the secondary forts of Trivatore , Trinomalee , Carangoly , and Timery , was deemed expedient . Lally ...
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Adaulut affairs appeared appointed Arcot army arrived attack authority Begums Benares Bengal Board Bombay Book Bussy Calcutta Carnatic CHAP chief Circars Clive Colonel command conduct Court of Directors declared defence detachment dominions Dowla Dupleix East India Company Emperor endeavoured enemy engaged English Europeans expedition favour fleet force Fort St French Fyzoolla Khan garrison Governor-General Governor-General and Council Hastings House of Commons Hyder Hyder Ali immediately important intelligence jaghires Jung justice Labourdonnais lacs Lally letter Lord Lord Macartney Madras Mahomed Mahrattas Meer Causim ment military minister Nabob native Negapatnam negotiation Nizam Nuncomar officers orders Orme Oude party Patna Peshwa Polygars Pondicherry Poonah possession present President and Council Prince proceedings Proprietors province Ragoba Rajah received rendered Report revenue Rohillas rupees says Select Committee sent Sepoys ships Subahdar supra Supreme Council Tanjore territory tion trade transactions treaty Trichinopoly troops Vizir whole Zemindars
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Страница 311 - It was an innovation by which the whole property of the country, and along with it the administration of justice, were placed upon a new foundation...
Страница 238 - ... the vast fortunes acquired in the inland trade have been obtained by a scene of the most tyrannic and oppressive conduct that ever was known in any age or country.
Страница 237 - Upon my arrival, I am sorry to say, I found your affairs in a condition so nearly desperate as would have alarmed any set of men whose sense of honour and duty to their employers had not been estranged by the too eager pursuit of their own immediate advantages.
Страница 310 - to stand forth as Diwan and by the agency of the Company's servants to take upon themselves the entire care and management of the revenues."!
Страница 258 - Under the Sanction of a Soubah every encroachment that may be attempted by Foreign Powers can effectually be crushed without any apparent Interposition of our own Authority ; and all real Grievances complained of by them, can, through the same channel, be examined into and redressed. Be it therefore always remembered that there is a...
Страница 304 - That all acquisitions made under the influence of a military force, or by treaty with foreign princes, did of right belong to the state. " 2. That to appropriate acquisitions so made to the private emolument of persons intrusted with any civil or military power of the state is illegal.
Страница 99 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Страница 4 - Company has been an oligarchy, in fact. So far from meddling too much, the Court of Proprietors have not attended to the common affairs even sufficiently for the business of inspection: And the known principles of human nature abundantly secured that unfortunate result. To watch, to scrutinize, to inquire, is labour, and labour is pain. To confide, to take for granted that all is well, is easy, is exempt from labour, and, to the great mass of mankind, comparatively delightful. On all ordinary occasions,...
Страница 240 - To go farther, is in my opinion, a scheme so extravagantly ambitious and absurd, that no Governor and Council in their senses can ever adopt it, unless the whole system of the Company's interest be first entirely new modelled.
Страница 216 - Your deliberations on the inland trade have laid open to us a scene of most cruel oppression; the poor of the country, who used always to deal in salt, beetlenut, and tobacco, are now deprived of their daily bread by the trade of the Europeans.