The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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... Calcutta in 1826 , Miss Jane Brightman , the daughter of a once well - known merchant ; William George , and George William who , named after his father , also followed the profession of arms . He ... CALCUTTA 18 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW ,
... Calcutta in 1826 , Miss Jane Brightman , the daughter of a once well - known merchant ; William George , and George William who , named after his father , also followed the profession of arms . He ... CALCUTTA 18 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW ,
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... information embodied here I am indebted to an exhaustive article The Due ] [ in India " by Mr. E. W. Madge , which appeared in the English- man in 1906 . that without his master's favour he would be nothing . -DUELLING DAYS IN OLD CALCUTTA.
... information embodied here I am indebted to an exhaustive article The Due ] [ in India " by Mr. E. W. Madge , which appeared in the English- man in 1906 . that without his master's favour he would be nothing . -DUELLING DAYS IN OLD CALCUTTA.
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... Calcutta as with the blades of London and Paris . Carey in his " Good Old Days tells us how a Major Brown challenged to single combat Sir John Macpherson , Governor - General of India . The cause of the quarrel may be partially gleaned ...
... Calcutta as with the blades of London and Paris . Carey in his " Good Old Days tells us how a Major Brown challenged to single combat Sir John Macpherson , Governor - General of India . The cause of the quarrel may be partially gleaned ...
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... Calcutta Gazette and was made by authority of Government at the head of which Sir John as Governor - General then was . In Calcutta the growth of the duel was fostered by a social atmosphere peculiarly adapted to its exotic nature ...
... Calcutta Gazette and was made by authority of Government at the head of which Sir John as Governor - General then was . In Calcutta the growth of the duel was fostered by a social atmosphere peculiarly adapted to its exotic nature ...
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... Calcutta , pistols were the weapons used ; nor is an authentic exception wanting to prove what seems the rule . The Calcutta Chronicle of the 21st May 1793 notices an affair which came off with small swords within an apartment . With ...
... Calcutta , pistols were the weapons used ; nor is an authentic exception wanting to prove what seems the rule . The Calcutta Chronicle of the 21st May 1793 notices an affair which came off with small swords within an apartment . With ...
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