The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 11
... never joined in arms against us , we had a mixed and turbulent population - Sikhs , Afghans , and Hindús — all lately our enemies , and all hating and keeping aloof from their conquerors . BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 11.
... never joined in arms against us , we had a mixed and turbulent population - Sikhs , Afghans , and Hindús — all lately our enemies , and all hating and keeping aloof from their conquerors . BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 11.
Page 12
... never been vested in any other individual in India , or elsewhere . Most important and various were his duties . As the commander of a large division of the Army - and a commander too , who was not only so in name , but under whose keen ...
... never been vested in any other individual in India , or elsewhere . Most important and various were his duties . As the commander of a large division of the Army - and a commander too , who was not only so in name , but under whose keen ...
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... never been brought into the calculation , and were charged in contingent bills . These officers and watchmen , who were nothing less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men ...
... never been brought into the calculation , and were charged in contingent bills . These officers and watchmen , who were nothing less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men ...
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... never given at all . The evil practice , so common un- der native governments , was freely adopted in Scinde , viz . that of granting provisional orders , that , if the Kardar on enquiry should find so and so to be the case , then he ...
... never given at all . The evil practice , so common un- der native governments , was freely adopted in Scinde , viz . that of granting provisional orders , that , if the Kardar on enquiry should find so and so to be the case , then he ...
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... never tracked for twenty yards in his life . His only course was at once to proceed to the next village , and throw the responsibility on the zemindar . What was originally , and is , in itself , an admirable preventative of crime ...
... never tracked for twenty yards in his life . His only course was at once to proceed to the next village , and throw the responsibility on the zemindar . What was originally , and is , in itself , an admirable preventative of crime ...
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Affghan Affghanistan Agra amongst appears army attack Bala Hissar battalion Bengal Bombay Brahmans brigade British Buddhist Cabul Calcutta Captain Cawnpore character Chiefs civil Clive Collectors command commenced course Court cultivation Diamond Harbour district ditto Dost Mahomed duties earth effect Emperor enemy English Envoy European existed fact favour feeling force former Fund Ghiljies Government Governor-General guns hand Herat Hindi Hindu honour Hungary India influence interest Judson Kalhana Kashmir Khan labour land language Lord Macnaghten Madras matter means measures ment military mind Moohummudun Namuh native nature Nawab never North Western Provinces object officers pass period Persian Police portion possessed present proprietors Provinces Rajput reason received record regard remarks render respect revenue rupees Sanskrit schools Scinde Scindians Shah Shah Shuja sipahis spirit thing tion troops Urdu village whilst whole Zeila