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The Calcutta Review An Illustrated Monthly (Third Series) November 1940

1940

It was in 1798 that the Calcutta Council got information of the activity of French diplomacy in the East and partcularly in Persia ; and 'on the 13th February 1799 the GovernoOtilieral is found expressing himself in such definite terms as that " the aim of the British policy should now be the exqlusion of the F;ench especially if they should make 'any attempt to penetrate through Persia [...] The hcikeitality of King Shuja-ul-Mulk was profuse and Elphinstone formed a very favourable impression of the cflaracter of the Afghan monarch at the same time affable and reserved In the beginning the envoy was instructed to recieve proposals from the King of Kabul of-assistance in the case of an invasion of British India by the concerted action of the French and the Persians in return for wh [...] Information bad been received of the despatch of vakils from Sind to the court of Persia and of the intrigues of the French in this country. [...] His place was taken by N. H. Smith who was asked to obtain a cancellation of the epgagements entered into by Seton and ' to endeavour to establish such an intercourse with the chief of Sind as would afford us the means of watching and cotinteracting the intrigues of the French in that and the neighbouring countries'A It was certainly a difficult task : the difficulty was that the various powers o [...] An immense stretch of plains from North to South enclosed within straggling offshoots` of hills—%he spurs of the Vindhyas on the west the Garo and Klaasia hills on the east the Himalayas like a wakefcl sentinel guarding with paternal care her bead the waves of the sea to the South washing her feet—such is the out-line of this country.
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Pages
110
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Shakespearean Puzzle—Endeavours after its Solution
131-140 P.C. Ray view
The North-Western Question of Indian History (1798-1830)
141-156 Bool Chand view
The Genius of Bengal
157-170 Batuknath Bhattacharya view
Characterisation in Bankim Chandra’s Novels
171-190 A.K. Sen view
Veracity (or Truth in its Moral Aspect)
191-196 Abani Roy view
Elementary Education in England and Wales Since 1870
197-210 Dhrenchandra Dasgupta view
The Scope and Possibilities of Mass Education in India
211-217 Amalesh Ghosh view
Racine
218-224 Monsirur Dobois view
A Digression on Chemistry
225-226 Raju Basu view
News and Views
227-228 unknown view
Miscellany
229-234 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
235-236 unknown view
Ourselves
237-239 unknown view

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