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... British Chief Superin- tendent of the trade of British subjects in China , Captain Charles Elliot , to co - operate with him in enforcing the sur- render , by Western merchants , of 20,283 chests of opium , valued at over £ 11,000,000 ...
... British Chief Superin- tendent of the trade of British subjects in China , Captain Charles Elliot , to co - operate with him in enforcing the sur- render , by Western merchants , of 20,283 chests of opium , valued at over £ 11,000,000 ...
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... British successors profited . The British successors of the Mughal rulers of India condemned their own revival of the Mughal rāj to come to an end when , in the eighteen - thirities , they deliberately set out to change the habits that ...
... British successors profited . The British successors of the Mughal rulers of India condemned their own revival of the Mughal rāj to come to an end when , in the eighteen - thirities , they deliberately set out to change the habits that ...
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... British did keep their word , there was a revulsion of feeling on the Indian side from hostility to friendliness . It is handsome of the Indians to make their new friendliness towards the British apparent ; and this happy change in the ...
... British did keep their word , there was a revulsion of feeling on the Indian side from hostility to friendliness . It is handsome of the Indians to make their new friendliness towards the British apparent ; and this happy change in the ...
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CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
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