Lexicographical Neighbors of Peishwah
Literary usage of Peishwah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the British Empire in India by George Robert Gleig (1835)
"... Icar^s submission—Operations against the peishwah— His rapid movements—Gallant
action ... The peishwah marches south— General Munro's successes— General ..."
2. The Life of Field-Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington by Charles Duke Yonge (1860)
"THY news of Wellesley's entrance into Poonah speedily reached the peishwah at
Bassein, and he at once returned to his capital, in which he was ..."
3. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1893)
"... 1857, and was proclaimed peishwah, but was defeated by Havelock on July 17,
after which he fled into Nepaul. ..."
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