Calcutta Review, Volume 34University of Calcutta, 1860 |
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advances appears appointments army Artillery authority Bahadoor Bajazet Bengal Bengal Presidency better brahmin British Calcutta Captain cause character Christian Church Cis-Sutlej civil Colonel command considerable corps Court crop depôt district duty effect Elphinstone enemy England English established European existence fact force French Fyzabad Ghat give Government ground Hindoos improvement India Indian Army Indigo planters Indigo planting infantry interest Jarbo Judge king labor lakhs land large number Lieutenant Lord Lucknow Magistrate Mahomedan matter means ment miles military Missionaries moral Mozambique native non-commissioned officers object opinion Oudh pass police present promotion Punjab Puttiala rank rebels recruits regard regiments residents respect revenue Rupees ryot ryot's Seikhs sent siege of Lucknow Sikhs Sir James Outram slave soldiers Staff Sudder Supernumerary supply things Timur tion town trade troops Umballa whole zemindars Zillah
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