Lord CliveMacmillan, 1890 - 221 страница |
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action afterwards appointed Arcot army arrived assistance attack Behar Bengal British Bussy Calcutta camp Carnatic carried Chandernagore Chinsurah Chunda Sahib civil command Company Company's conduct Coote Council Court of Proprietors David Deccan defence Delhi diwani Dupleix Dutch Empire enemy England English expedition Eyre Coote favour fire force Fort St fortune French friends garrison Government Governor guns Hindu honour Hooghly hundred Europeans hundred sepoys jagir Lawrence letter Lord Lord Clive Madras Mahomed Mahrattas Meer Cossim Meer Jaffier military Mogul Empire Moorshedabad Muzuffar Jung Nasir Jung native princes Nawab never Nizam officers Omichund opinion orders Oude Padishah Patna peace Plassey Pondicherry position provinces Rajah received revenue Rezza Sahib Select Committee sent sepoys servants settlements Shahzada siege soldiers soon Stringer Lawrence Subadar success Sulivan Surajah Dowlah surrendered Tanjore thousand tion trade treaty Trichinopoly troops Vansittart victory Warren Hastings whilst zamindar
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