Lexicographical Neighbors of Pindaris
Literary usage of Pindaris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"THE determination of the Governor-General to form BOOK II. effective military
arrangements for the eradication of CHAP. vi. the pindaris, and for the ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Its immediate object was the suppression of the pindaris, those lawless gangs of
... Amir Khan, founder of the Tonk State, was himself a leader of pindaris, ..."
3. The Protected Princes of India by William Lee-Warner (1894)
"The pindaris were reckless of life, rather than courageous, and robbers rather
than soldiers. The Marathas and the Sikhs reached the condition of a state ..."
4. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"... u> jV^t the famous chief of the pindaris and ancestor to the present Nawab of
Tonk. He was originally in the service of Jaswant Rao Holkar, who becoming ..."
5. The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India by Alfred Comyn Lyall (1894)
"But Sindia agreed reluctantly to associate himself with the campaign against the
pindaris: he delayed the departure of his troops with the manifest purpose ..."
6. The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century: Its Progress and Expansion at by Edgar Sanderson (1897)
"... Cornwallis becomes Governor-general—Sir George Barlow succeeds him—Sepoy mutiny
at Vellore— Lord Minto Governor-general—The pindaris and Pathans—Renewal ..."
7. History of India from the Earliest Times to the End of the Nineteenth by Henry George Keene (1906)
"Section I : War with the Peshwa, and extirpation of pindaris. ... The consequence
was curious; while professing to pursue the pindaris as common enemies, ..."
8. A History of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Century by Marcus Robert Phipps Dorman (1904)
"... army—Defeat of the pindaris—Defeat of Apa Saheb —Holkar forced to cede
territory—Surrender of Baji Rao. 1805. THE greater portion of the territory on ..."
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