A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.72
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.72
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v1.c17.72
The state of parties in England had probably as great an effect in occasioning this proceeding as its immediate cause. The interests of commercial adventurers and the rival East India Company, which sprang up about this time, created a variety of reports and spread opinions in India prejudicial to the existing company. This no doubt tended to diminish that respect for them in the eyes of their own servants which was of so much importance to the preservation of their authority.