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'History of the Province of Gohud' [8r] (15/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (36 folios). It was created in c 1843. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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his willingness to enter into a peace being reported to the
Governor- General, Warren Hastings authorised Colonel Muir,
in a letter dated 29th August 1781, to conclude a Treaty
with Scindiah for an alliance of mutual defence and neu
trality, on the condition of the British restoring to Scindiah
all that they had acquired during the war, except the fortress
of Gwalior und fort and territory of Lohar. "We will yield,"
wrote the Governor-General, " what is ours, and what we
can in honour grant, but we will never suffer our treaties to
be infringed, nor our faith to be violated." "
JRana ofGohud in the Peace"
This last instruction of the Governor-General to Colonel
Muir sufhciently proves that up to that date no charges of
duplicity and of failure to act up to the terms of the Treaty
of 1779 had been established against the Rana of Gohud,
which could in any way, in the Governor-General's opinion,
justify him in openly, at that time, setting aside the Treaty
of alliance with that Prince. After the despatch of these in
structions to Colonel Muir, the Governor-General received
from him formal intimation of Scindiah's havmg himself
made overtures for peace with the British. Upon the 10th
September 1781 the Governor-General intimated to Colonel
Muir the great satisfaction he had derived from the intelli
gence of Scindiah's having anticipated the wishes of the
British Government, by himself making overtures for peace.
Knowing what was Scindiah's ultimate object in thus desir-
ing peace in order to be free to carry out his ambitious de-
signs against the Mogul Empire—the Governor -General in
structed Colonel Muir to give Scindiah to understand that
as the object of the British Government in sending a force
into his country to divert Scindiah from carrying on opera
tions on the other side of India, had been accomplished, the
troops might at once be withdrawn into British dominions.
Colonel Muir was further desired to give Scindiah to know
that as " we are under no engagements to protect the present
dominions of tfie King of Delhi, nor those of others, if peace
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A published, printed history of the Province of Gohud [Gohad] written on or after 1843, which is the last date to appear in the history.
The history, although published, gives no details of its author or information on when or where it was published.
There are a small number of alterations that have been made in ink to the text, for which the author is unknown but is likely to have been Lewis Pelly.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation number has been enclosed with a circle.
The volume also has its own original printed pagination, starting on the inside of the front page with the number 2 and finishing on the inside of the second to last page with the number 70.
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