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... chief command , he found the Company in debt ; and he was pressed by instruc- tions from home , to effect immediately a great reduc- tion of expense . The reduction of expense , in India , raising up a host of enemies , is an arduous ...
... chief command , he found the Company in debt ; and he was pressed by instruc- tions from home , to effect immediately a great reduc- tion of expense . The reduction of expense , in India , raising up a host of enemies , is an arduous ...
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... chief , named Sadatullah , was nabob of the Carnatic , and held that command under the Nizam till the year 1732 , when he died . Sadatullah , who had no issue male , adopted the two sons of his brother ; Dost Ali , and Bâkir Ali . Bâkir ...
... chief , named Sadatullah , was nabob of the Carnatic , and held that command under the Nizam till the year 1732 , when he died . Sadatullah , who had no issue male , adopted the two sons of his brother ; Dost Ali , and Bâkir Ali . Bâkir ...
Page 96
... chief , was left Governor of Trichinopoly . Sufder Ali , afraid to trust himself in the open city of Arcot , the capital of the Carnatic , took up his residence in Velore . Bâkir Ali was dead , the late governor of Velore , and uncle of ...
... chief , was left Governor of Trichinopoly . Sufder Ali , afraid to trust himself in the open city of Arcot , the capital of the Carnatic , took up his residence in Velore . Bâkir Ali was dead , the late governor of Velore , and uncle of ...
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... Dupleix had early fixed itself upon the pro- spect of the ascendency of Chunda Saheb ; and if that chief should , by the assistance of the French , CHAF . 2 . 1749 . acquire the government of 93 HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA .
... Dupleix had early fixed itself upon the pro- spect of the ascendency of Chunda Saheb ; and if that chief should , by the assistance of the French , CHAF . 2 . 1749 . acquire the government of 93 HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA .
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... chief in- strument in raising to power , Dupleix contemplated the highest advantages , both for himself and for his country . Chunda Saheb persuaded Moozuffer Jung that they ought to commence their operations in the Carnatic ; where the ...
... chief in- strument in raising to power , Dupleix contemplated the highest advantages , both for himself and for his country . Chunda Saheb persuaded Moozuffer Jung that they ought to commence their operations in the Carnatic ; where the ...
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Page 329 - A gentleman sends a Gomastah here to buy or sell; he immediately looks upon himself as sufficient to force every inhabitant either to buy his goods or sell him theirs; and on refusal (in case of non-capacity) a flogging or confinement immediately ensues. This is not sufficient even when willing, but a second force is made use of, which is to engross the different branches of trade to themselves and not to suffer any...
Page 362 - Your deliberations on the inland trade have laid open to us a scene of most cruel oppression; the poor of the country, who used always to deal in salt, beetlenut, and tobacco, are now deprived of their daily bread by the trade of the Europeans.
Page 335 - The conduct of the Company's servants upon this occasion," says James Mill in his History of British India, " furnishes one of the most remarkable instances upon record of the power of interest to extinguish all sense of justice, and even of shame.
Page 164 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 165 - ... in hopes they would have reflected (after the first impulse of their panic was over) how cruel as well as shameful it was to leave their countrymen to the mercy of a barbarous enemy ; and for that reason we made no doubt they would have attempted to cover the retreat of those left behind, now they had secured their own : but we deceived ourselves ; and there never was a single effort made in the two days the fort held out after this desertion, to send a boat or vessel to bring off any part of...
Page 402 - To go farther, is in my opinion, a scheme so extravagantly ambitious and absurd, that no Governor and Council in their senses can ever adopt it, unless the whole system of the Company's interest be first entirely new modelled.
Page 363 - Subah, as to them may appear most prudent, either by settling here at home the restrictions under which this trade ought to be carried on, or by referring...
Page 434 - Soubah ; that we have allotted him a stipend which must bje regularly paid in support of his dignity; and that though the revenues belong to the Company the territorial jurisdiction must still rest in the Chiefs of the country acting under him and this Presidency in conjunction.
Page 628 - I declare that I will not suffer Nuncomar to appear before the Board as my accuser. I know what belongs ' to the dignity and character of the first member of this administration. I will not sit at this Board in the character of a criminal. Nor do I acknowledge the members of this Board to be my judges.
Page 327 - A trade was carried on without payment of duties, in the prosecution of which infinite oppressions were committed. English agents or gomastahs, not contented with injuring the people, trampled on the authority of government, binding and punishing the Nabob's officers, whenever they presumed to interfere.