Report on The Battle of Plassey: Sir Robert Clive 06/09/1757
I gave you an account of the taking of Chandernagore in my last letter; the subject of this address is an event of much higher importance, no less than the entire overthrow of Nabob Suraj-ud-Daulah, and the placing of Meer Jaffier on the throne.
Major Allan’s Account of finding the dead body of Tippoo Sultan-1799
Tippoo was of low stature, corpulent, with high shoulders, and a short thick neck, but his feet were remarkably small; his complexion was rather dark; his eyes large and prominent, with small arched eyebrows, and his nose aquiline: he had an appearance of dignity, or perhaps sternness, in his countenance, which distinguished him above the common order people
Pakistan People’s party and the context of Pakistani politics 1992
The PPP defined itself then as an "Islamic socialist" party, whose objective was to serve the needs of simple workers and peasants. The party's founder, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, upon his election in 1970 tried to introduce a series of social and economic reforms, but he quickly abandoned the party's socialist program to serve the interests of large landowners.
Conversion Of Constantine-Edward Gibbon: PT-1
The primitive Christians derived the institution of civil government, not from the consent of the people, but from the decrees of Heaven. The reigning emperor, though he had usurped the sceptre by treason and murder, immediately assumed the sacred character of vicegerent of the Deity. To the Deity alone he was accountable for the abuse of his power; and his subjects were indissolubly bound, by their oath of fidelity, to a tyrant, who had violated every law of nature and society.
The situation, Customs and People of Germany: A treatise of Tacitus
A TREATISE ON THE SITUATION, MANNERS AND INHABITANTS OF GERMANY THE whole of Germany is thus bounded; it is separated from Gaul, from Rhœtia and Pannonia, by the rivers Rhine […]
THE HISTORY OF BENGAL – R.C. Majumdar and Jadunath Sarkar Vol: I, II and III
THE HISTORY OF BENGAL PUBLICATION COMMITTEE PREFACE- EXTRACT The idea of writing a comprehensive History of Bengal on modem scientific lines may be traced back to 1912 when Lord Carmichael, […]
Land of Two Rivers – A History of Bengal From the Mahabharata to Mujib-Nitish Sengupta
The history of Bengal is sketched right from the days of the Mahabharata, through the Maurya, Gupta, Pala, and Sen dynasties, the Turkish conquest and the Turkish phase of medieval Bengal, the Mughal period and the British conquest of this province in the eighteenth century. Thereafter, it sketches the Bengal Renaissance, the growth of nationalism, the growth of Muslim separatist politics, the attempts at forging a united Bengali nation and eventually the failure of these efforts leading to Partition.
