The British Colonial Library, [comprising a Popular and Authentic Description of All the Colonies of the British Empire, Their History--physical Geography--geology--climate--animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms--government--finance--military Defence--commerce--shipping--monetary System--religion--population, White and Coloured--education and the Press--emigration, Social State, &c.]: Possessions of the honourable East India company. 1837 |
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Strona 16
... head thereof is styled the Governor General of India ; he is necessarily possessed of much local independence , exercising some of the most important rights of sovereignty , such as declaring war , making peace , 1 I believe there is ...
... head thereof is styled the Governor General of India ; he is necessarily possessed of much local independence , exercising some of the most important rights of sovereignty , such as declaring war , making peace , 1 I believe there is ...
Strona 17
... head the military opera- tions in any part of India . He has also the power 1 This power was first granted to the Marquess Wellesley in 1802. See vol . ii . of his Lordship's despatches . C of suspending the governors of the other ...
... head the military opera- tions in any part of India . He has also the power 1 This power was first granted to the Marquess Wellesley in 1802. See vol . ii . of his Lordship's despatches . C of suspending the governors of the other ...
Strona 32
... head officer at each station receives criminal charges , holds inquests , forwards accused persons with their ... head of the village ; the head of the village is under the con- trol of the Tehsildar , who is a native collector of ...
... head officer at each station receives criminal charges , holds inquests , forwards accused persons with their ... head of the village ; the head of the village is under the con- trol of the Tehsildar , who is a native collector of ...
Strona 33
... head of the village has also similar allowances , to a greater extent . The Tehsildar is a stipendary officer of the government , employed in the collection of the revenue . There are police officers appointed to towns , called Aumeems ...
... head of the village has also similar allowances , to a greater extent . The Tehsildar is a stipendary officer of the government , employed in the collection of the revenue . There are police officers appointed to towns , called Aumeems ...
Strona 56
... head of his surgeon had been struck off , and his own destruction seemed inevitable , when two sepoys of the Bombay ... heads exposed on pikes explained their fate to their lamenting companions on board the Intrepid . Captain Packenham ...
... head of his surgeon had been struck off , and his own destruction seemed inevitable , when two sepoys of the Bombay ... heads exposed on pikes explained their fate to their lamenting companions on board the Intrepid . Captain Packenham ...
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Acbar Adawlut Agra amount ancient annual army artillery Asiatic Researches average battalion Benares Bengal Bengal presidency Board of Control Bombay boys Brahmins British India Calcutta capital capital punishment Captain Cawnpore cent charges Chinsurah Christians churches civil Colonel command committee Company's corps council Court of Directors crime cultivation Cuttack death Decrease Delhi despatches district ditto duties East India Company England English establishment Europe European officers evidence before Parliament executed Fund Governor grain Hindoo horse idol Jain judges land Lord Madras Mahomedan Mahratta Malwa ment Mhow miles military missionaries mohur native cavalry observed offences opium Patna period Persian person population possession present presidency proportion proprietors provinces punishment Purânas rank regiment revenue road rupees Sanscrit schools sent Sentences sepoys Serampore servants sicca rupees Society soldiers subadar Sudder Syrian temple territories tion Total Vedas village Vishnu worship Zemindars Zillah
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Strona 315 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Strona 121 - They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds revolution; but the village community remains 'the same This union of the village communities, each one forming a separate little state in itself, has, I conceive, contributed more than any other cause to the preservation of the people of India, through all the revolutions and changes which they have suffered, and is in a high degree conducive to their happiness, and to the enjoyment of a great portion...
Strona 120 - The sons will take the places of their fathers, the same site for the village, the same position for the houses, the same lands, will be reoccupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when the village was depopulated ; and it is not a trifling matter that will drive them out, for they will often maintain their post through times of disturbance and convulsion, and acquire strength sufficient to resist pillage and oppression with success.
Strona 120 - Sikh, English, are all masters in turn; but the village communities remain the same. In times of trouble they arm and fortify themselves: a hostile army passes through the country: the village communities collect their cattle within their walls, and let the enemy pass unprovoked.
Strona 70 - Regiment on this occasion not only drove back the enemy who had made a sally to attack the trenches, but effected a lodgment, and planted its colours on one of the bastions of the fort. Unfortunately this work was cut off by a deep ditch from the body of the place ; and after the attack had failed, the...
Strona 308 - But to say that the Hindoos or Mussulmans are deficient in any essential feature of a civilized people, is an assertion which I can scarcely suppose to be made by any who have lived with them. Their manners are at least as pleasing and courteous as those in the corresponding stations of life among ourselves...
Strona 35 - Clive, have been given by an eloquent and faithful historian ;* but he has not informed us of one occurrence that took place, and which, as it illustrates the character of the Indian soldiers, well merited to be preserved. When provisions were very low, the Hindoo sepoys entreated their commander to allow them to boil the rice (the only food left) for the whole garrison.
Strona 245 - Purana treats of five subjects, — the creation of the universe : its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according to a fabulous system ; and heroic history, containing the achievements of demigods and heroes. Since each Purana contains a cosmogony, both mythological and heroic history, they may not unaptly be compared to the Grecian theogonies.
Strona 120 - If .plunder and devastation be directed against themselves and the force employed be irresistible, they flee to friendly villages at a distance, but when the storm has passed over they return and resume their occupations. If a country remain for a series of years the scene of continued pillage and massacre, so that the village cannot be inhabited, the scattered villagers nevertheless return whenever the power of peaceable possession revives.
Strona 39 - The fidelity of the native cavalry did not shrink from the severe trial, and after the gates of the fortress were blown open, their sabres were as deeply* stained as those of the English dragoons with the blood of their misguided and guilty countrymen.