Empire in Asia, how We Came by it: A Book of ConfessionsTrübner, 1872 - 426 pages |
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... affairs in those distant regions . From the outset the Company maintained the strictest principles of monopoly . Any ships but their own , whether manned by their country- men or by foreigners , were causes of complaint , and , when ...
... affairs in those distant regions . From the outset the Company maintained the strictest principles of monopoly . Any ships but their own , whether manned by their country- men or by foreigners , were causes of complaint , and , when ...
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... affairs , and the only officer of ability they possessed at the time in that quarter of the world , was en- gaged in maintaining a perilous position in the Deccan . Their affairs grew desperate , and would have been lost . without ...
... affairs , and the only officer of ability they possessed at the time in that quarter of the world , was en- gaged in maintaining a perilous position in the Deccan . Their affairs grew desperate , and would have been lost . without ...
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... affairs of the Company had fallen from bad to worse . Suraja Dowla was not begotten . in the likeness of his wise predecessor . The activity then being shown in fortifying Calcutta aroused his suspicions , which the explanation that ...
... affairs of the Company had fallen from bad to worse . Suraja Dowla was not begotten . in the likeness of his wise predecessor . The activity then being shown in fortifying Calcutta aroused his suspicions , which the explanation that ...
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... affairs . A force of 900 Europeans and 1500 sepoys under Colonel Clive , with five of his Majesty's ships under Admiral Watson , was collected for the recapture of the Bengal settlement . They arrived in the Hooghly on the 20th December ...
... affairs . A force of 900 Europeans and 1500 sepoys under Colonel Clive , with five of his Majesty's ships under Admiral Watson , was collected for the recapture of the Bengal settlement . They arrived in the Hooghly on the 20th December ...
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... affairs of govern- ment ; withdraw your people from every part , and send them to their own country ; carry on the Company's trade as formerly , and confine yourselves to your own commercial affairs . " Shah Alum also began to be ...
... affairs of govern- ment ; withdraw your people from every part , and send them to their own country ; carry on the Company's trade as formerly , and confine yourselves to your own commercial affairs . " Shah Alum also began to be ...
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administration affairs allies army Asia authority Baramahal Benares Bengal British Burke Calcutta Chandernagore chap chief Clive command Company Company's conquest Council Court declared Delhi Despatch Dewanny dignity Directors districts dominions duty East empire enemies engaged England English European favour Francis French friends Government Governor Governor-General hands Hindu Hindustan Holkar honour House Hyder Hyder Ali imperial India Jaffir justice Khan lacs of rupees land letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Lord William Bentinck Madras Mahrattas ment Metcalfe military Minister Mogul Moorshedabad Munro Mysore native Nawab neighbours never Nizam Nuncomar Omichund Parliament peace Peishwa Pitt political possession princes provinces Rajah refused regarded Resident restored revenue Rohillas rule ruler Ryots Scindia sent servants settlement Sikhs Singh Soubahdar subsidiary force suffered territory thought tion Tippoo trade treaty troops Viceroy Vizier Warren Hastings wrote Zemindars
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Page 360 - We desire no extension of Our present territorial Possessions ; and while We will permit no aggression upon Our Dominions or Our Rights to be attempted with impunity, We shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the Rights, Dignity, and Honour of Native Princes as Our own; and We desire that they, as well as Our own Subjects, should enjoy that Prosperity and that social Advancement which can only be secured by internal Peace and good Government.
Page 265 - The consequence, therefore, of the conquest of India by the British arms would be in place of raising to debase the whole people. There is perhaps no example of any conquest in which the Natives have been so completely excluded from all share of the government of their country as in British India.
Page 203 - You cannot imagine me to be indifferent to the transactions which have passed between you and the enemies of my country nor does it appear necessary or proper that I should any longer conceal from you the surprise and concern with which I perceived you disposed to involve yourself in all the ruinous consequences of a connection, which threatens not only to subvert the foundations of friendship between you and the Company, but to introduce into the heart of your kingdom the principles of anarchy and...
Page 227 - The subsidiary force will, at all times, be ready to execute services of importance, such as the protection of the person • of His Highness, his heirs, and successors, the overawing and chastisement of rebels, or exciters of disturbance in His Highness...
Page 124 - Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those against whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the world together, was no protection.
Page 360 - East India Company are by us accepted, and will be scrupulously maintained, and we look for the like observance on their part. We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions or our rights to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the rights, dignity, and honour of native princes as our own...
Page 226 - Company, hereby declares that the British Government will never permit any power or State whatever to commit with impunity any act of unprovoked hostility or aggression against the rights...
Page 113 - ... be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals ; — and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house, wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket with the other.
Page 360 - Now, therefore, we do by these presents notify and declare that, by the advice and consent aforesaid, we have taken upon ourselves the said government; and we hereby call upon all our subjects within the said territories to be faithful, and to bear true allegiance to us, our heirs and successors...