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Was any single conductor of any one of these paltry prints ever in Bundelcund or the Rohilla country?
Burlesques 2006
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Maratha occupation of the Punjab (1758) and renewed northern activity (1760) excited allied opposition of the Rohilla Afghans and Ahmad Shah Abdali (the Durani Afghan chief, who had invaded the Punjab almost annually between 1748 and 1759).
Early 1700s 2001
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Operations commenced in April, and Colonel Champion gained a great victory over the Rohilla chiefs, on the side of Babul Nulla, which placed the whole country at the mercy of the conquerors.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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Rohilla country, which was threatened by the Mahrattas, to the province of Oude, which was at first agreed upon, but subsequently postponed; the nabob fearing that the price he had agreed to pay for it was beyond his present ability, and Hastings conceiving that such an enterprise would be open to severe animadversion in England.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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That Hastings did not concur in the nabob's cruelties is clear from the directions which he wrote to Colonel Champion with reference to the captive family of Hafez Ramet, one of the Rohilla chiefs.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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The affair relative to Fyzoola Khan, the Rohilla chief, who retained possession of Rampore in Rohilicund, was brought forward on the 22nd of
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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While the Rohilla charge was pending, a packet arrived from India, which brought Hastings a diamond of great size and value, as a present from the Nizam of the Decean, who had acted
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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In his political negociations, Hastings had assumed a high and almost single authority; and in conformity with this plan, at the close of the Rohilla war, he had appointed his friend
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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This language was as unjustifiable as the Rohilla war, for Hastings had not profited in the least by his connexion with the nabob, and was at the time, in fact, a poorer man than when he quitted his inferior employment at Madras: he had sought money, it is true, but it was for the company, and not for himself.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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Soon after this Rohilla war was concluded, the new constitution, as framed by parliament, came into operation.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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