. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . -tries, with a few thousand officials, civil andmilitary, the administration of all India wasconducted. The native princes still existed,still held a certain rank aud authority overtheir respective peoples. Above them all wasthe aged King of D^lhi, lineal descendant ofthe great Timour, representative of the Mogul?dynasty, nominal Emperor of India. With
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . -tries, with a few thousand officials, civil andmilitary, the administration of all India wasconducted. The native princes still existed,still held a certain rank aud authority overtheir respective peoples. Above them all wasthe aged King of D^lhi, lineal descendant ofthe great Timour, representative of the Mogul?dynasty, nominal Emperor of India. With these native sovereigns and princes, arm of British authority was vastly cheaperaud hardly less efficient than would have beenan army of native soldiers sent out from Eng-land. But it had in it the potency of alldangers. Many local difficulties had occurredof such character as to give Great Britainwarning of- worse things possible. At thetime of the destruction of the English army,in Cabul, symptoms of a general disaffijctionwere noticed in several of the subject prov-inces; aud had it not been for the speedyaud completely successful rally made by theGovernment, and the triumphant conquest ofCabul before the very face of all India, it. DIAMOND HARBOR, HOOGHLY. and with the peoples under them, the Govern-ment of Great Britain temporized from yearto year. It must not be forgotten that theprimary business of England in India hadbeen commerce. It might almost be said thatsuch has been her business in the world. Butto maintain her commercial ascendency iuIndia and in the adjacent seas, required manyexpedients and a vast expenditure of of the most effective of these expedients wasthe organization aud discipline of native armiesunder English officers. It was found that theHindus tuade good soldiers, and were glad toaccept service and compensation at the handsof the Government. The military establish-ment thus created and maintained as the right were hard to predict what oth
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