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THE STORY OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS. 241
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* The Press Has Teemed Of Late Years Wit...
liolder of the military power . Alia Bhye however proved to have been no weak coneocter of impracticable schemes ; she knew both
what she could herself do and what she might expect from others , and the result fully vindicated her judgment , since , for more than _,
thirty years , she and Tukajee continued to co-operate with each other with mutual advantage and in undisturbed harmony . She
was really at the head of the government , the different tributaries all making their annual payment to her , _exceiDt that , when
stationed in the vicinity , Tukajee collected the revenues of the recei venient countrie ts s than were acquired sending all brou in Hindostan any ht to other Alia , ag who as ent an kep for arrangement t the the purpose accounts more ; with but con the the
greatest p exactness , paid g first all expenses , of the home government , the then requirements sent the surp of lus the to army the public abroad treasury ; while , envoy to be s drawn from all on the for
rulers of India resided at her court , she , in return sending ministers her also that to them he was . Tukajee indebted , on for his his hi part h , station never forgot even when that it once was for to ;
a timemuch under the influence g of a minister adverse to her , he . never wavered , in his fidelityand though the armed force of , the
kingdom was entirely under , his control , and the management of its foreirelations left chiefly to himit was always his first
endeavour gn to please his mistress , and carry , out all her wishes . imperative Malwa Being , usuall immediate but y at whenever a and distance therefor it , was for e he possible independent never he stayed always action very asked was long often and in
took her advice ; , making a point of referring to her in all things that worth concerned was she the of the general utmost interests he could of the render government that even ; while after his so
descendants y were on the throne their courtiers , never thought they could to say bestow that " any He hi fulfilled gher praise all the upon expectations their soverei of gns Alia ' ancestor Bhye , , than and
was ever faithful and obedient to her . " some The army stirring of Alia events , under during the command her reign of for Tukajee Ragob , took ah , the part Evil in
G-enius very of that period , having murdered the , Peishwa and attempted to assume his lacethe Mahratta chiefs combined against the
and thus p became , involved in a war with the British usurper government , , which unfortunately favoured and sided with the
his murderer also mistress helped . He the took foug conquests at ht least too no , of at active the one Sindi time part , a in against famil these y in the proceedings Hindostan Afghans , , , and and but
of devoted the king herself dom mainl taking y to under the administration her peculiar charge of the a intern large al territory affairs
including the provinces , of Malwah and Nemaur ; for , at least
period whenever of twe the lve Deccan years , , all and the he Holkar remained possessions there at one south time of for the a
The Story Of An Indian Princess. 241
THE STORY OF AN INDIAN PRINCESS . 241
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 241, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/25/
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