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East & West October 1902

1902

The point at issue was no longer whether the colonies should send their deputies to the National Assemblies but whether the white men alone should have the privilege of eleiting them and under the influence of Robespierre inspirectby the doctrines of Jean Jacques Rousseau the electoral privilege was extended first from the white to the free coloured races until the day came when all coloured [...] The Revolution had theoreticaOy decreed the abolition of slavery— the Republic realised this abolition' The Revolution had conceded to the colonies the right of electinndeputies; £his right suppressed by subsequent governments was biestored by the Republit ; the Revoltion had admitted all freed slaves to the honours of the electorate the Republic gave their freettbm to all the coloured races [...] and surveying the fair landscarrspread out Alma them and from this point of vantage Abu-ul-Hasan the last and far from the least of that kingly race doubtlessftvatched with mingled apprehension and amusement the efforts of the great host of the emperor of Dihli to wrest from him his fortress capital the last possession that remained to him of all his dominions. [...] In the hostilities which followed the failure of the negotiations the imperial forces were everywhere triumphant and the parganas which had formed the subject of the dispute remained in their possession. [...] He stipulated for the payment of an indemnity of ten crores and twenty lakhs of rupees over and above the fixed annual tribute and the exclusion of the two Brahman advisers of the king Madna and Akna from the councils of the kingdom.
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Should India be Represented in the British Parliament ?
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Golconda
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The Nairs of the Malabar Coast
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East and West
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Cultivation of Indian Vernaculars
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The Virgin—s Champion
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The Census of the Bombay Presidency
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An Eastern View of Western Science
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The Church and Biblical Criticism
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The Term of the Indian Financial Year
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The Indian Ryot: His Treatment by East and West
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Editorial Note
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Current Events
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Correspondence
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