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The Life of Lord Curzon Being the Authorized Biography of George Nathaniel Marquess Curzon of Kedleston K.G. Volume Two. Viceroy of India

1928

80-97 CHAPTER VI WANTED : A COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF The achievements of the first year—first signs of disagreement between the Viceroy and the Home Government—Persia a source of confliEt between Lord Curzon and the Secretary of State—the effe& of the prolongation of the war in South Africa upon the situation in India—Sir E. Collen's demands for expenditure upon the army—the heavy load of the Viceroy's [...] 373-390 CHAPTER XXX THE BITTERNESS OF DEFEAT The controversy in retrospe&—the light thrown by subsequent events upon the validity of the opinions of the two schools of thought—verdia of Lord Esher's Committee—and of the Mesoptamian Commission—the personality of the protagonists in the drama of 19o5—the Viceroy—the Commander-in-Chief--the Secrtary of State—the Prime MiniSter—the episode of th [...] They ranged from rform of the educational system to a radical alteration in the deparmental methods of transaaing business ; from the thorough ovehauling of the Archeological Department to the institution of an Imperial Library in Calcutta ; from a proje& for the employment of young Indians of good family in the army to a revision of the Civil Service leave rules under which the continui [...] As a matter of detail—though detail of the highest importance—the maintenance of the Khyber pass as a safe artery of communication and of trade was specifically laid down as an essential measure whether viewed from the Standpoint of the obligations of Government to the Amir of Afghanistan or from that of the protection of British subjeas. [...] The matter became the subje& of a considerable correspondence between the Viceroy and the Governor of the Province leading to a definite demand by the former for a Statement of the grounds on which the continued detention of the brothers was justified and for Lord SandhurSt's considered opinion on the possibility of their early release.
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Pages
437
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141763
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Preface
i-20 The Earl of Ronaldshay view
Chapter I Early Days in India
21-36 unknown view
Chapter II Problems on and Beyond the Frontier
37-50 unknown view
Chapter III First Summer at Simla
51-66 unknown view
Chapter IV Clouds in the Sky
67-79 unknown view
Chapter V A Weary and Dry Land
80-97 unknown view
Chapter VI Wanted : A Commander-In-Chief
98-111 unknown view
Chapter VII The North East and North West Frontiers
112-121 unknown view
Chapter VIII A North West Frontier Province
122-140 unknown view
Chapter IX The Autumn Tour of 1900
141-154 unknown view
Chapter X The Victoria Memorial Hall
155-162 unknown view
Chapter XI A Solitary Summer
163-177 unknown view
Chapter XII Herculean Labours : Land Policy and Education
178-194 unknown view
Chapter XIII Manipur and Burma
195-203 unknown view
Chapter XIV Sunshine And Shadow
204-213 unknown view
Chapter XV The Question of Berar
214-220 unknown view
Chapter XVI The Great Durbar
221-234 unknown view
Chapter XVII Grave Issues
235-251 unknown view
Chapter XVIII Pomp and Pageantry
252-260 unknown view
Chapter XIX Difficulties with Afghanistan
261-271 unknown view
Chapter XX Difficulties with Tibet
272-280 unknown view
Chapter XXI More Grave Issues
281-289 unknown view
Chapter XXII A Great Reformer
290-304 unknown view
Chapter XXIII The Persian Question
305-319 unknown view
Chapter XXIV The Partition of Bengal
320-329 unknown view
Chapter XXV Ancient Monuments
330-339 unknown view
Chapter XXVI The Summer of 1904
340-348 unknown view
Chapter XXVII Relations with Lord Kitchener
349-360 unknown view
Chapter XXVIII Resumption of the Viceroyalty
361-372 unknown view
Chapter XXIX The Military Controversy
373-390 unknown view
Chapter XXX The Bitterness of Defeat
391-i unknown view
Chapter XXXI Retrospect
413-424 unknown view

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