How India was Won by England Under Clive and Hastings: With a Chapter of Afghanistan |
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Afghan Afghanistan allies Ameer Arcot army arrived attack attempt battle of Plassey Benares Bengal Bombay British Empire Bussy Cabul Calcutta capture Carnatic chief Chinsurah Chunda Sahib Clive Colonel command commenced Council at Calcutta death Deccan defeat Delhi Dhost Mohammed Dowlah Dupleix Dutch East India Company Emperor Empire in India enemy England English European factory fleet force Fort St Francis French Futteh Khan garrison Government Governor Governor-General Hindostan honour Hooghly hundred Hyder Aly Labourdonnais Lord Lawrence Madras Mahratta Meer Cassim Meer Jaffier ment miles military Mogul Mogul Empire Moorshedabad Nabob Nasir Jung native Nund Comar obtained officers Plassey plundered Pondicherry possession presidency princes proved province of Bengal Rajah received Rohillas Rughoba sent Sepoys Shah Soojah Shah Zada Shere Ali ships siege Singh soldiers sovereign success Suráj-ood-Dowlah Surat territory thousand throne Tippoo trade treaty Trichinopoly troops Viceroy victory Vizier of Oude Warren Hastings
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Page xiv - Firmly relying ourselves on the truth of Christianity, and acknowledging with gratitude the solace of religion, we disclaim alike the right and the desire to impose our convictions on any of our subjects.
Page 119 - His name stands high on the roll of conquerors. But it is found in a better list, in the list of those who have done and suffered much for the happiness of mankind.
Page 153 - Directors, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India, and for the due administration of justice in Bengal.
Page xiii - Derby would write it himself, in his excellent language, bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than a hundred millions of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them, and after Preface. xiii a bloody civil war giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her government.
Page 22 - The truth is," says Sir John Malcolm, in his Sketch of the Political History of India, " that from the day on which the Company's troops marched one mile from their factories, the increase of their territories and their armies became a principle of self-preservation...
Page 162 - Indian government has only to let it be understood that it wishes a particular man to be ruined; and, in twenty-four hours, it will be furnished with grave charges, supported by depositions so full and circumstantial that any person unaccustomed to Asiatic mendacity would regard them as decisive.
Page 279 - We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and, while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others.
Page xiv - Government for the benefit of all Our Subjects resident therein. In their prosperity will be Our strength, in their contentment Our security, and in their gratitude Our best reward. And may the God of all Power grant to Us, and to those in Authority under Us, strength to carry out these Our wishes for the good of Our people.
Page xviii - If we say the darkness shall cover us, in the darkness as in the light, our obligations are yet with us. We cannot escape their power, nor fly from their presence. They are with us in this life, will be with us at its close, and in that scene of inconceivable solemnity, which lies yet...