The Annexation of the Punjaub and the Maharajah Dulcep Singh

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Trubner, 1882 - 108 sider
 

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Side 29 - I assembled the Chiefs of Hazara; explained what had happened, and called upon them by the memory of their murdered parents, friends and relatives, to rise, and aid me in destroying the Sikh forces in detail. I issued purwannas to this effect throughout the land, and marched to a strong position...
Side 64 - as an enemy to the constituted Government"; while in his secret letter to the Resident as early as of October 3, 1848, he wrote that he considered "the State of Lahore to be, to all intents and purposes, directly at war with the British Government.
Side 98 - Singh shall receive from the Honourable East India Company, for the support of himself, his relatives, and the servants of the State, a pension not less than four and not exceeding five lakhs of Company's rupees per annum.
Side 80 - Maharajah of Lahore renounces, for himself, his heirs and successors, all claim to, or connection with, the territories lying to the south of the River Sutlej, and engages never to have any concern with those territories or the inhabitants thereof.
Side 98 - Sing shall resign for himself, his heirs, and his successors, all right, title, and claim to the sovereignty of the Punjab, or to any sovereign power whatever.
Side 105 - All the property of the State, of whatever description and wheresoever found, shall be confiscated to the Honourable East India Company, in part) payment of the debt due by the State of Lahore to the British Government, and of the expenses of the war. 3rd. — The gem called the Kohinoor, which was taken from Shah Shuja-ul-Mulk by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, shall be surrendered by the Maharaja of Lahore to the Queen of England.
Side 48 - It was my own belief at the time, that had the Mooltan rebellion been put down at once, the Sikh insurrection would never have grown out of it ; it was a belief shared, moreover, (as well as I remember,) by every political officer in the Punjaub, and I for one still think so now...
Side 9 - Hardinge announced that he felt "the interest of a father in the education and guardianship of the young Prince.
Side 27 - I cannot at all agree with you as to the character you assign to this transaction. Sirdar Chuttur Singh was the Governor of the province, military and civil, and the officers of the Sikh army were bound to obey him, the responsibility for his orders resting with him. Taking the worst possible view of the case, I know not how you can characterise it as 'a cold-blooded murder, as base and cowardly as that of Peshora Singh.
Side 15 - Legal proof of the delinquency of the Maharanee would not, perhaps, be obtainable."f She might have been acquitted. The Resident, however, declares that " this is not a time for us to hesitate about doing what may appear necessary to punish state offenders, whatever may be their rank and station, and to vindicate the honour and position of the British Government.

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