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Empire in Asia How We Came by It

1872

5 if we can imagine the course of victory rolling ()wards at his bidding until it reached at length the shores of the Dardanelles and those of Lapland the batiks of the Vistula and the mouth' of the Tagus we shall have Something like an accurate parallel as far as space is concetned and the variety of creeds and Govtrnments existnng in that space to that which is now presented to the world by [...] But it -wvis fated otherwise ; and after seizing the island of Jujellee and burning the town of Balasore the raiders suffered a severe reverse ; and the li)ss of their factories at Patna and Cosimbuzar reduced them to seek for terms of acconamodation.1 From that day the designs of the Company were. [...] Taking advatage of the circumstances of the time and of the errors of their suzerain the Soubandairs gradually sought to become more independent of the court at Delhi. [...] When peace was signed in 1754 the first article of the treaty bound the Companies of both nations " to renounce for ever all Indian government and dignity and to inter-. fere no more in the differences that might arise between the princes of the country." 3 Chunda Sahib was dead and Mohammed Ali the friend of the English was acknoledged Nawab of the CL.natic. [...] Fearing that the chagrin of the French at the failure of the treaty would lead them to join the Nawab Clive recommended7he ruthless alternative of surprising and destroying the settlment of Chandernagore.
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Chapter I. Introduction
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Chapter II. A Foothold Near the Sea. 1500-1700
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Chapter III. Beginnings of Aggression. 1701-1756
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Chapter IV. Plunderful Times. 1757-1764
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Chapter V. The Dewanny. 1765
53-65 unknown view
Chapter VI. Plight of the People. 1767-1770
66-80 unknown view
Chapter VII. Warren Hastings. 1771-1773
81-97 unknown view
Chapter VIII. Punchayet and Adawlut. 1772
98-113 unknown view
Chapter IX. The Rohillas. 1773-1776
114-128 unknown view
Chapter X. Benares and Oude. 1777-1780
129-139 unknown view
Chapter XI. Hyder Ali—Mysore. 1781-1782
140-152 unknown view
Chapter XII. Rival India Bills. 1782-1786
153-168 unknown view
Chapter XIII. Tyranny on Its Knees. 1787-1788
169-183 unknown view
Chapter XIV. Tippoo Saib. 1786-1793
184-196 unknown view
Chapter XV. The Land Settlement. 1793
197-209 unknown view
Chapter XVI. Lord Wellesley. 1797-1801
210-236 unknown view
Chapter XVII. The Mahrattas. 1802-1805
237-251 unknown view
Chapter XVIII. The Sword in the Scabbard. 1805-1813
252-267 unknown view
Chapter XIX. Scindia and Holkar. 1814-1817
268-281 unknown view
Chapter XX. The Peishwa. 1818-1823
282-293 unknown view
Chapter XXI. Lord William Bentinck. 1824-1835
294-306 unknown view
Chapter XXII. Afghanistan. 1835-1841
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Chapter XXIII. The Amirs of Scinde. 1843-1844
317-329 unknown view
Chapter XXIV. Punjab and Pegu. 1845-1852
330-357 unknown view
Chapter XXV. Zulm.1 1849-1853
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Chapter XXVI. Taking in Kingdoms. 1853-1856
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Chapter XXVII. To-Day; and To-Morrow ?
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Index
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