The History of British India, Volumen8J. Madden, 1848 |
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2nd battalion advance alliance Amir Khan Arabs army artillery attack authority Baji Rao batt Bengal Berar Bhopal Bhotwal body Bombay BOOK brigade British Government Captain cavalry CHAP Cheetoo chiefs Colonel command Court Dekhin detachment dispatched districts division effect enemy engaged European fire force frontier Gaekwar garrison Gorakhpur Gorkha Government of Bengal Governor-General guns Guzerat hills Holkar horse hostilities hundred Hyderabad India infantry Jaypur Jodhpur Kandesh Khatmandu Kiladar killed lakhs lands letter Lieutenant Lord Moira Madras Mahratta Major Malaun Malwa marched Marquis of Hastings ment miles military minister Mohammed Nagpur native Nawab Nepal Nerbudda Nizam Ochterlony officers party Peshwa Pindaris plunder Poona possession princes principal provinces Raja of Nagpur Raja of Nepal Rajput regiment Resident restored retreat revenue rupees Saheb Sastri sent settlement Sindh Sindhia Sing sion Sipahis stockade territories Thomas Hislop thousand tion town treaty Trimbak troops village Vizir Zemindar
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