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... English should not assist Ragonaut Row , to whom the Mahrattas agreed to allow five lacks of rupees a year , or a jaghire to that amount , and that he should reside at Benares ; that never- theless the presidency of Bombay did receive ...
... English should not assist Ragonaut Row , to whom the Mahrattas agreed to allow five lacks of rupees a year , or a jaghire to that amount , and that he should reside at Benares ; that never- theless the presidency of Bombay did receive ...
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... English should withdraw their forc and give no assistance to Ragoba , and that he should be e cluded for ever from any share in their government , being person universally held in abhorrence in the Mahratta e pire ; and if it had been ...
... English should withdraw their forc and give no assistance to Ragoba , and that he should be e cluded for ever from any share in their government , being person universally held in abhorrence in the Mahratta e pire ; and if it had been ...
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... English posses- sions intrusted to his charge . " That all the offers of the said Hastings were rejected with slight and contempt by the Ra- jah of Berar ; but the same being discovered , and generally known throughout India , did fill ...
... English posses- sions intrusted to his charge . " That all the offers of the said Hastings were rejected with slight and contempt by the Ra- jah of Berar ; but the same being discovered , and generally known throughout India , did fill ...
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... English ; viz . the peshwa , as repr sentative of the Mahratta state , and Moodajee Boosla , th Rajah of Berar , that is , the principal Hindoo powers of Indi on one side ; and Hyder Ally , and the Nizam of the Decca that is , the ...
... English ; viz . the peshwa , as repr sentative of the Mahratta state , and Moodajee Boosla , th Rajah of Berar , that is , the principal Hindoo powers of Indi on one side ; and Hyder Ally , and the Nizam of the Decca that is , the ...
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... and declarations to the peshwa , to the nizam , and to the Rajah of Berar , falsely and perfidiously affirm , that it never was nor is designed by the of November . English chiefs to give support to Ragonaut AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 11.
... and declarations to the peshwa , to the nizam , and to the Rajah of Berar , falsely and perfidiously affirm , that it never was nor is designed by the of November . English chiefs to give support to Ragonaut AGAINST WARREN HASTINGS . 11.
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