In this first full-length joint biography, the author traces the careers of the first British administrators of the Punjab. Their disagreements led to Henry's removal to Rajasthan and Lucknow, and subsequent death during the Great Revolt of 1857, while John stayed on to become Viceroy.
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"Biography as an approach to historical issues may not be very fashionable, but this book repays reading."--Choice
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Alexander Lawrence, John and Henry's father, was one of the six children of a mill-owner of Coleraine in County Derry, in the north of Ireland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chief commissionership, paternalist rule, entire interference, young maharajah, summary settlement, revenue settlement, revenue survey, financial commissioner, settlement officer, revenue matters, native infantry, civil lines, personal government, political officer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulab Singh, Bosworth Smith, John Lawrence, Ranjit Singh, Lal Singh, Dalip Singh, Henry Lawrence, Sher Singh, Dina Nath, Lawrence of Lucknow, Tej Singh, Jullundur Doab, British India, History of the Sikhs, Herbert Edwardes, Jind Kaur, Vans Agnew, Board of Administration, Treaty of Bhyrowal, Calcutta Review, Oxford University Press, George Clerk, Lord Hardinge, Sheikh Imam-ud-Din, Ali Masjid New!
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Alexander Lawrence, John and Henry's father, was one of the six children of a mill-owner of Coleraine in County Derry, in the north of Ireland. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chief commissionership, paternalist rule, entire interference, young maharajah, summary settlement, revenue settlement, revenue survey, financial commissioner, settlement officer, revenue matters, native infantry, civil lines, personal government, political officer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gulab Singh, Bosworth Smith, John Lawrence, Ranjit Singh, Lal Singh, Dalip Singh, Henry Lawrence, Sher Singh, Dina Nath, Lawrence of Lucknow, Tej Singh, Jullundur Doab, British India, History of the Sikhs, Herbert Edwardes, Jind Kaur, Vans Agnew, Board of Administration, Treaty of Bhyrowal, Calcutta Review, Oxford University Press, George Clerk, Lord Hardinge, Sheikh Imam-ud-Din, Ali Masjid New!
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- A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469-1839 (Oxford India Collection) by Khushwant Singh on 9 pages
- History of the Sikhs by Joseph Davey Cunningham on 9 pages
- Empire and Information by C. A. Bayly on 4 pages
- Guy Mannering (Large Print) by Sir Walter Scott on 4 pages
- Guy Mannering (Penguin Classics) by Walter Scott on 4 pages
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