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Image 2 of England and Russia in Asia, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. TrsT^S @(fap, ©ojtifrigli If tr, Shelf _.._\._-6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 4 of England and Russia in Asia,- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 5 of England and Russia in Asia, TIMELY TOPICS V ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN ASIA GEORGE MAKEPEACE TOWLE It AUTHOR OF MODERN GREECE, ROUMANIA AND SERVIA, ETC. Wife Ww ifO Ml r BOSTON JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY i...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 6 of England and Russia in Asia, T*4 Copyright, 1S85 By JAMES R. OSGOOD AND CO. All rights reserved PRESS OF ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL BOSTON- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 7 of England and Russia in Asia, PREFACE. The purpose of the Timely Topic series, of which this is the initial volume, is to supply to the reader, in a compact and convenient form, information concerning interesting topics and...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 8 of England and Russia in Asia, 4 PREFACE. the Russian and English conquests in Asia, and the conditions of their antagonistic policies on that continent, as to give the reader suc- cinctly, and without the necessity of hunting...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 9 of England and Russia in Asia, CONTENTS. PAGE I. The English in India 7 II. The Government of India 31 III. The Military Resources of India 42 IV. The Russians in Central Asia 45 V. The Peoples of...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 10 of England and Russia in Asia,- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 11 of England and Russia in Asia, MAPS. GENERAL MAP OF INDIA. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN AFGHANISTAN. THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON HERAT.- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 12 of England and Russia in Asia,- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 13 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN ASIA. i. THE ENGLISH IN INDIA. The vast English empire of India, with its population of nearly 200,000,000, and its area of nearly 900,000 square miles, has grown...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 14 of England and Russia in Asia, 8 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. to a definite period, but reserved to the king the power to cancel it at his will. This was the beginning of the famous East India Company, which...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 15 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 9 161 2 a Portuguese fleet made an unsuccessful attack on the English factory at Surat. The Dutch, however, succeeded in ousting their rivals on some of the islands....- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 16 of England and Russia in Asia, IO ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. the River Hooghly, on which Calcutta, the pres- ent lordly metropolis of Hindostan, is built. The Great Mogul compelled these settlements to be given up. After a while,...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 17 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. II thought of obtaining political dominion over any part of Hindostan nor does the idea of its con- quest seem to have occurred to the English home government. The...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 18 of England and Russia in Asia, 12 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. between the two nations resulted, soon after, in the restoration of Madras to the English. The rivalry between the companies, however, had only begun. Dupleix was ambitious and...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 19 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 1 3 had gained, but to lay the broad foundations of an English empire throughout Hindostan. Robert Clive, the son of a small English farmer, had been sent out...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 20 of England and Russia in Asia, 14 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. by friendly Mahrattas, and, raising the siege of Trichinopoly, restored the son of the nabob who had been deposed by the French, to the throne of Arcot. With...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 21 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 15 head of 3.000 men, and the nabob, at the head of full 50,000. The Hindoos were utterly de- feated Surajah was taken captive, and was soon after slain...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 22 of England and Russia in Asia, 1 6 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. was speedily followed by the capture of Pondi- cherry itself by the English. Thus came to an end the French dominion on the eastern shores of Hindostan....- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 23 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 1 7 pany, and Clive was once more summoned to India. Clive s return was the signal not only for energetic reforms in the company s adminis- tration but...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 24 of England and Russia in Asia, 1 8 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. Hyder AH, the warlike Rajah of Mysore, in which neither side won any signal advantage. A terrible famine spread over north-eastern Hindostan, which swept away a third...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 25 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 19 established at Calcutta, that town being desig- nated as the capital of all the Indian dependen- cies. At this time the Governor of Bengal was a man destined...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 26 of England and Russia in Asia, 20 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. the most obstinate and most formidable foe of the English. He threatened Madras, and at first defeated one after another the forces which were sent against him. Finally,...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 27 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 21 distant settlement and presidency. He left a code of rules for the guidance of courts which amply confirms his ability as a great law-maker and he suppressed the...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 28 of England and Russia in Asia, 22 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. for the protection of its subjects, of the natives, and of commerce. After an ineffectual attempt to deal with the question by the North ministry, an India bill,...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 29 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 23 with Tippoo, the son of Hyder AH, Cornwallis succeeded in overcoming that obstinate warrior, and in extending English authority over more than one half of the central kingdom...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 30 of England and Russia in Asia, 24 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. English. Tippoo himself was slain while fighting with desperate valor at one of the gate- ways of the fortress. Mysore, the great region of the Deccan, and the...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 31 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 25 drawn, and that trade was thrown open to all English merchants while, for the first time, missionaries were allowed to pursue their minis- trations in Hindostan. The Marquis...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 32 of England and Russia in Asia, 26 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. by serious conflict, and the work of consolidat- ing the empire went steadily on. A war with the Burmese was speedily brought to a term by Lord Amherst...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 33 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 27 troops. In the course of this period, too, many internal improvements were made in the vast empire. Under the rule of the Marquis of Dal- housie, especially (1848-1855),...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 34 of England and Russia in Asia, 28 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. possession of Delhi. Their example was fol- lowed in various parts of Central India. Nana Sahib, who claimed the rank of Peshwa, put himself at the head of...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 35 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 29 Parliament which became a law in August, 1858, the Queen of England was declared to be the sovereign of India, and the East India Com- pany, after a...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 36 of England and Russia in Asia, 30 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. ferred upon its teeming millions and that wealth and power have, for many generations, been reaped by the conquering race. The English methods of conquest in India were...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 37 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 31 II. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The system of government which has been established in India by its English rulers is worth a brief description. It is despotic in...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 38 of England and Russia in Asia, 32 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. Cabinet is the executive agent, finally deter- mines all the policies of the British empire. The Secretary of State for India is aided in his functions by a...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 39 of England and Russia in Asia, ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. 33 tions of the Secretary of State but, aside from this, his office is almost that of an abso- lute despot. He is appointed for a term of six...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
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Image 40 of England and Russia in Asia, 34 ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. his office. The members of the Council are appointed by the Secretary of State, and are thus in a sense independent of the Viceroy. There is also in...- Contributor: Towle, George M. (George Makepeace)
- Date: 1885