Men and Events of My Time in IndiaJ. Murray, 1882 - 526 pages |
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... existing - Encouragement for the future CHAPTER II . ( 1847. ) CLOSE OF LORD HARDINGE'S ADMINISTRATION . East India Company's College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire - Overland voyage to India - Calcutta in 1847 - Daniel Wilson , Bishop ...
... existing - Encouragement for the future CHAPTER II . ( 1847. ) CLOSE OF LORD HARDINGE'S ADMINISTRATION . East India Company's College at Haileybury in Hertfordshire - Overland voyage to India - Calcutta in 1847 - Daniel Wilson , Bishop ...
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... existing - Encouragement for the future . In this work some account will be given of the statesmen I have met or known , and of the events with which I have been acquainted , during my time in India from 1847 to 1880 . Without ...
... existing - Encouragement for the future . In this work some account will be given of the statesmen I have met or known , and of the events with which I have been acquainted , during my time in India from 1847 to 1880 . Without ...
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... existing by local usage , he was anxious that this right should involve fixity of tenure with a fair rent , and was vigilant to curb the tyrannical by protecting the weak . Apprehending that in the then state of rural society there ...
... existing by local usage , he was anxious that this right should involve fixity of tenure with a fair rent , and was vigilant to curb the tyrannical by protecting the weak . Apprehending that in the then state of rural society there ...
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... existing there had been founded roughly indeed , but firmly , by Ranjit Sing . He was the very embodiment of that practical sagacity which achieves great things despite the dis- advantages of unlettered ignorance . That system helped ...
... existing there had been founded roughly indeed , but firmly , by Ranjit Sing . He was the very embodiment of that practical sagacity which achieves great things despite the dis- advantages of unlettered ignorance . That system helped ...
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... existing state of the Pan- jab , and rendered the courts of justice comparatively popular . The number of cases settled out of court by arbitration or other- wise was remarkably large at first , though it decreased as years went on ...
... existing state of the Pan- jab , and rendered the courts of justice comparatively popular . The number of cases settled out of court by arbitration or other- wise was remarkably large at first , though it decreased as years went on ...
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