The Rajas of the Punjab: Being the History of the Principal States in the Punjab and Their Political Relations with the British GovernmentPunjab Printing Company, 1870 - 678 pages |
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Agent Governor Ahluwalia Ahmad Shah Ala Singh Amar Singh Ambala Amritsar April army Bhadour Bhattis British Government brother Captain Murray Chand Chief Commissioner Cis-Satlej Chiefs claim Colonel Ochterlony Commissioner Cis-Satlej dated death December Dehli district Ditto Diwan Durbar English Faridkot February force Gajpat Singh Government of India Government Punjab granted jagir Jalandhar January Jassa Singh Jaswant Singh Jhind Kapurthalla Karam Singh Karnal Khan Kour Kythal Lahore letter Ludhiana Maharaja of Pattiala Maharaja Ranjit Singh Mahrattas Maler Kotla Mandi March ment Metcalfe Muhammadan Nabha Nanun Nihal Singh Partab Singh Pattiala Phul Phulkian Phulkian Chiefs Political Agent possession Prince Punjab to Government Raja Bhag Singh Raja of Jhind Raja of Nabha Raja of Pattiala Raja Sahib Singh Raja's Rajah Rani Resident Dehli revenue Sanad Sarup Singh Satlej Secretary to Government September Sikh Chiefs Sirdar Sirdar Fatah Singh Sirhind territory Thanesar tion Trans-Satlej treaty troops villages
Popular passages
Page 469 - Her Majesty being desirous that the Governments of the several Princes and Chiefs of India, who now govern their own territories, should be perpetuated, and that the representation and dignity of their Houses should be continued...
Page 258 - Be assured that nothing shall disturb the engagement thus made to you, so long as your House is loyal to the Crown and faithful to the conditions of the Treaties, grants or engagements which record its obligations to the British Government.
Page 130 - Whereas certain differences which had arisen between the British Government and the Rajah of Lahore have been happily and amicably adjusted, and both parties being anxious to maintain the relations of perfect amity and concord, the following Articles of Treaty, which shall be binding on the heirs and successors of the two parties, have been concluded by Rajah Runjeet Singh on his own part, and by the agency of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Esquire, on the part of the British Government.
Page 593 - Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, he, having communicated to the Sultan of Muscat his full powers found in good and due form, and the aforesaid Sultan of Muscat, Seyyid Toorkee-bin-Said, acting on his own behalf.
Page 467 - Sing, have given various proofs of their loyalty to the British Government. More recently, the present Chief of Nabha has surpassed the former achievements of his race, by the constancy and courage he evinced during the mutiny of 1857-58. In memory of this unswerving and conspicuous loyalty, His Excellency the Viceroy and...
Page 130 - The Rajah will never maintain in the territory occupied by him and his dependants, on the left bank of the River Sutlej, more troops than are necessary for the internal duties of that territory, nor commit or suffer any encroachments on the possessions or rights of the Chiefs in its vicinity.
Page 521 - Singh, abstain from holding any friendly connection with the enemies of that Government, or from committing any act of hostility on their own parts against the said Government, the British armies shall never enter the territories of the said Chieftains, nor will the British Government form any plans for the seizure or sequestration of their possessions or property.
Page 468 - ... enemy. He will exert himself to the utmost of his resources, in providing carriage and supplies for the British Troops, according to requisitions he may receive. Clause 7. The British Government will not...
Page 130 - Perpetual friendship shall subsist between the British Government and the State of Lahore; the latter shall be considered, with respect to the former, to be on the footing of the most favoured powers, and the British Government will have no concern with the territories and subjects of the Raja to the northward of the river Sutlej.
Page 117 - Mahrattas, and has allowed them to carry on their own concerns without interference or control. But this liberality on the part of the British Government was meant for the benefit of these chiefs, not for their injury.