The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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... causes , and from the distance of the province from the countries then under British dominion . They heard of the proverbial honesty of in- tention of that Government , of the general tranquillity of the people , of its own greatness ...
... causes , and from the distance of the province from the countries then under British dominion . They heard of the proverbial honesty of in- tention of that Government , of the general tranquillity of the people , of its own greatness ...
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... cause temporary annoyance to the Government by any attempt to do so . Sensible of this , the General himself was able to assert , immediately after his crowning victory , that " not another shot would be fired in Scinde . " The ...
... cause temporary annoyance to the Government by any attempt to do so . Sensible of this , the General himself was able to assert , immediately after his crowning victory , that " not another shot would be fired in Scinde . " The ...
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... caused that picturesque appearance , which has been not inaptly compared by the chroniclers of those events to a field of poppies . " When the struggle was over , and victory declared against them , when their masters were expelled ...
... caused that picturesque appearance , which has been not inaptly compared by the chroniclers of those events to a field of poppies . " When the struggle was over , and victory declared against them , when their masters were expelled ...
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... cause a partial semblance of success ; and even then , comparatively few of his troops were Sikhs - the remainder con- sisting of mercenaries , willing enough to enter his Fort , and draw his pay , but men , who , under no combination ...
... cause a partial semblance of success ; and even then , comparatively few of his troops were Sikhs - the remainder con- sisting of mercenaries , willing enough to enter his Fort , and draw his pay , but men , who , under no combination ...
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... cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were want- ing in industry , and ( puffed up with their own importance ) re- fused to consider themselves as the mere writers of their im- mediate superior . That they were ...
... cause of their removal originated in a complaint , that they were want- ing in industry , and ( puffed up with their own importance ) re- fused to consider themselves as the mere writers of their im- mediate superior . That they were ...
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Affghanistan Affghans Agra amongst army attack Bala Hissar Bamian Bengal Brahmans brigade British Cabul Calcutta Candahar cantonments Captain Hervey Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command course Court creation cultivators detachment district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Elphinstone enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu India influence instruction Kalhana Kashmir Khan Khiva labour land landholders Lord Lord Auckland Macnaghten Mahomed Akbar matter means measures ment military Mohun Lal Namuh native Nawab North Western Provinces object occupation officers pass Pergunnah period Persian political portion position possession present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received regarding regiment render respect revenue rupees Sale Sanskrit schools Scinde settlement Shah Shuja Shah's sipahis tion tribes troops Urdu village whilst whole Yar Mahomed Zeila