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Bengal Past & Present July—December 1937

1937

The instructions given to the envoy on this date strictly limited his activities : he was directed to go to Lucknow interview the Nawab-Wazir and take his advice as to the line of action to be followed and then quickly proceed to Farrukhabad on the frontier and there wait for the Emperor's reply to the Governor-General's letter asking permission for his envoy to go to the Presence. [...] You must study the character connection influence and power of the several competitors for the possession of the King's favour or the exercise of his authority the state views and relations of the independent Chiefs and States whose territories border on his.- Browne was told to endeavour by all means to inform himself of the designs and proceedings of all foreign agents residing at that Co [...] The envoy was instructed to declare to the Emperor on behalf of the Governor-General "My sole objects are to manifest to the world at this particular time the attachment of the Company and of the English nation to promote his interests and to know in what manner they may effect it." On getting the Emperor's reply on this single point Browne was to ask for his dismission ; but if the Emperor hims [...] and the Emperor it was foredoomed to failure because he was instructed to refuse positively the payment of the Bengal tribute of 26 lakhs which Lord Clive had guaranteed to the Emperor by the Treaty of 1765 and which W. Hastings had left unpaid for eleven years now and the restoration of the districts of Kora-Kara and Allahabad which the British had assigned to the Emperor by Treaty and then ta [...] It is the Wazir's duty to come to my Presence with his troops and the Prince and in concert with the sardars of my army regulate the realm and thereby win the satisfaction of his lord and master.' Then Maharajah Sindhia addressed Major Browne 'In the affair of the Shahzada the Governor-General (Hastings) had repeatedly written to me to secure the Emperor's pardon for his offences and to call hi
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Pages
118
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120279
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-vi unknown view
The Mission of James Browne To the Delhi Court 1783-1785
1-8 Jadu Sarkar view
Prince Jawan Bakht Jahandar Shah
9-17 A.F.L. Ali view
Administration of Justice in Bengal in the Last Decades of the 18th Century
18-24 L.P. Dutt view
Scraps of Fort William Regimental History
25-52 H. Hobbs view
Activities of the “Old Company” in India (1620-1661) Several Aspects
53-63 J.C. De view
Some Eighteenth Century Armenian Graves in Calcutta
64-68 Mesrovb Seth view
An Account of the Early European Indigo Planters in Bhagalpur
69-74 K.K. Basu view
Soldier’s Dress in India
75-90 H. Hobbs view
Our Library Table
91-91 S.K. Basu view
Editor’s Note Book
92-110 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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