IndiaJohn Buchan Houghton Mifflin, 1923 - 295 Seiten |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
administration Afghan Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Durani Akbar Amir annexed appointed army Aurangzeb Bengal Bihar Bombay Brahmans British Government British India Burma Calcutta capital cent Central chief civil classes Clive commanded Committee Company Company's Congress Court crops crores cultivation Deccan declared Delhi despatched district dominions Dupleix East India Emperor England English established European exports famine force French frontier Gandhi Government of India Governor Governor-General Hastings Hindu Imperial important irrigation Kabul Karnatik King Kingdom land later Legislative Council Lord Madras Maisur Maratha ment miles military Moghal Empire Muhammad Muhammadan Muslim Mutiny native Nawab Nizam north-west officers organised Orissa Oudh Parliament peace Peishwa Persian political Pondicherry population Portuguese Presidency princes Punjab railway Raja Rajput recruits reforms revenue rule ruler rupee Secretary settlement Shah Shere Ali Shuja-ud-daula Sikh Singh soldiers succeeded success Sultans territory tion trade treaty troops United Provinces Viceroy
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 184 - The British Government and the Government of India, on whom the responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples, must be the judges of the time and measure of each advance, and they must be guided by the co-operation received from those upon whom new opportunities of service will thus be conferred, and by the extent to which it is found that confidence can be reposed in their sense of responsibility.
Seite 79 - An act for establishing certain regulations for the better management of the affairs of the East India Company, as well in India as in Europe...
Seite 184 - The policy of His Majesty's Government, with which the Government of India are in complete accord, is that of the increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and the gradual development of self-governing institutions with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.
Seite 126 - We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing bigger and bigger, may at last threaten to overwhelm us with ruin.
Seite 133 - Derby would write it himself in his excellent language, bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than a hundred millions of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them, and, after a bloody war, giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her government.
Seite 92 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour and the policy of this nation...
Seite 161 - Not one whit more than you do I think it desirable or possible, or even conceivable, to adapt English political institutions to the nations who inhabit India. Assuredly not in your day or mine. But the spirit of English institutions is a different thing, and it is a thing that we cannot escape even if we wished, which I hope we don't.
Seite 133 - ... bearing in mind that it is a female sovereign who speaks to more than 100,000,000 of Eastern people on assuming the direct government over them after a bloody civil war, giving them pledges which her future reign is to redeem, and explaining the principles of her Government. Such a document should breathe feelings of generosity, benevolence, and religious feeling, pointing out the privileges which the Indians will receive in being placed on an equality with the subjects of the British Crown,...
Seite 26 - Distinctions of colour are of his ordination. It is he who gives existence. In your temples, to his name the voice is raised in prayer : in a house of images, where the bell is shaken, still he is the object of adoration. To vilify the religion or customs of other men, is to set at naught the pleasure of the Almighty.
Seite 220 - Since I landed I have felt around me bitterness and estrangement between those who have been and should be friends. The shadow of Amritsar has lengthened over the fair face of India.