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	Pindaris - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		PINDARIS, a word of uncertain origin, applied to the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Mahratta armies in India during the r8th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up; loosely organized under self-chosen leaders, each band was usually attached to one or other of the great Mahratta chieftains.
		The Pindaris were surrounded on all sides by a great army, consisting of 120,000 men and 300 guns, which converged upon them from Bengal, the Deccan and Gujarat under the supreme command of Lord Hastings in person.
		Amir Khan, by far their most powerful leader, accepted the conditions offered to him; and his descendant is now Nawab of the state of Tonk in Rajputana.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pindaris (407 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Pindari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This was an elaborate military plan: to attack the Pindari forces from the north and east from Bengal, from the west from Gujarat, and from the south from the Deccan.
		Since the Pindaris gave a portion of their loot to Maratha leaders, the Peshwa at Pune, the Bhonsle raja at Nagpur and the army of the infant Holkar of Indore each took up arms, but were separately defeated.
		Amir Khan, by far their most powerful leader, accepted the conditions offered to him; he and his descendants became the Nawabs of the state of Tonk in Rajputana.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Pindari (569 words)

	Pindari (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This was an elaborate military plan: to attack the Pindari forces from the north and east from Bengal, from the west from Gujarat, and from the south from the Deccan.
		Since the Pindaris gave a portion of their loot to Maratha leaders, the Peshwa at Pune, the Bhonsle raja at Nagpur and the army of the infant Holkar of Indore each took up arms, but were separately defeated.
		Amir Khan, by far their most powerful leader, accepted the conditions offered to him; he and his descendants became the Nawabs of the state of Tonk in Rajputana.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/pi/Pindari.htm (535 words)

	Bhopal
		Khan, who was a commander in the Mughal army posted at Mangalgarh (which now lies to the north of modern Bhopal).
		Khan's nephew assassinated the Gond Queen Kamalapati's husband, he punished his own nephew to death and restored the Queen's little kingdom back to her.
		Khan was the virtual ruler of Bhopal, he still acknowledged the suzerainty of the declining Mughal Empire.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/b/bh/bhopal.html (2008 words)

	Tonk - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The founder of the family was Amir Khan, the notorious Pindari leader at the beginning of the 19th century, who received the present territory on submitting to the British in 1817.
		The nawab Mahommed Ibrahim Ali Khan, G.C.I.E., succeeded in 1867, and was one of the few chiefs who attended both Lord Lytton's Durbar in 1877 and the Delhi Durbar of 5903 as rulers of their states.
		The late minister, Sir Sahibzada Obeidullah Khan, was deputed on political duty to Peshawar during the Tirah campaign of 1897.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tonk (267 words)

	A Brief Study of the Pindaris in Madhya Pradesh. P. F. McEldowney, in the India Cultures Quarterly, 1971
		One of these "elements of war" was the Pindari menace, threatening the rich British frontier from the Hoogli to the Bhonsla's territories with a possible plundering incursion.
		Amir Khan along with Holkar kept him in semi-confinement until 1817, when he again was released and reformed his band.
		These also differed from the Pindaris in that their main area of operations was Rajputana, while the Pindaris raided southward in the territories of the Marathas and the Nizam.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/Pindaris/pind9b.htm (6311 words)

	Pindari - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Pindari is a word of uncertain origin, applied to the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up.
		In 1817 the Marquess of Hastings obtained the consent of the British East India Company to the organized campaign, known as the Pindari War, which became the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
		The Pindaris were surrounded on all sides by a great army, consisting of 120,000 men and 300 guns, which converged upon them from Bengal, the Deccan and Gujarat under the supreme command of Lord Hastings in person.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pindari (482 words)

	Introduction Bhop #257 l is a city in central India India...
		Khan", who was a commander in the Mughal Mughal army posted at Mangalgarh (which now lies to the north of modern Bhopal).
		Khan's nephew assassinated the Gond Gond Queen Kamalapati?s husband, he punished his own newphew to death and restored Queen's little kingdom back to her.
		Khan was the virtual ruler of Bhopal, he still acknowledged the suzerainty of the declining Mughal Empire.
	www.biodatabase.de /Bhopal (1919 words)

	Khan (name) Information
		Khans can be found in Indian cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, even though their ancestry is Dravidian or otherwise.
		Khan is up near the top of the list of common Indian surnames, along with honourary titles such as Patel/Singh of North India.
		Amir Khan (Pindari), a Pindari leader who fought the British in India in the early 19th century; later the Nawab of Tonk
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Khan_(name) (409 words)

	Pindari Society and the Establishment of British Paramountcy in India - Philip McEldowney
		Of the 1O,OOO Pindaris participating in the 1816 luhbur on the Madras Presidency, 7,000 belonged to Chitu's durrah, 1,000 to Karim Khan's, 500 to Dost Muhammad's, and 1,500 to the Holkar Shahi.
		The significance of this festival for the Pindaris is uncertain.
		An enduring assessment of the Pindaris in Indian history cannot be content with an overemphasis of the "immoral" actions of the Pindaris during luhburs or exaggeration of their threat to the peace and prosperity of India.
	www.lib.virginia.edu /area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/pindaris.html (17958 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		PINDARIS, a word of uncertain origin, applied to the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Mahratta armies in India (luring the 18th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up; loosely organized under self-chosen leaders, each band was usually attached to one or other of the great Mahratta chieftains.
		At last the evil became intolerable, and in1817 the marquess of Hastings obtained the consent of the East India Company to the organized campaign, known as the Pindari War.
		The Peshwa at Poona, the Bhonsla raja at Nagpur and the army of the infant Holkar each took up arms, but were separately defeated.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=52884&locale=en (427 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Hastings, Lord (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Amir Khan, the prominent Pindari leader, became the nawab of Tonk and several other leaders settled in different regions.
		After settling with the Pindaris Hastings turned to the Marathas who were anxious to recover their independent position.
		The English forces subdued the Peshwa, the ruler of Nagpur and the Raja of Indore, one after another, and the Marathas had to accept the Subsidiary Alliance and the consolidation of British power over the whole of India to the east of Sutlej and Sind was completed.
	banglapedia.net /HT/H_0083.HTM (473 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Rajputana Agency
		In 1817 the British went to war with the Pindaris, raiders who were based in Maratha territory, which quickly became the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and the British government offered its protection to the Rajput rulers from the Pindaris and the Marathas.
		The Pindari were defeated, and the Afghan adventurer Amir Khan submitted and signed a treaty with the British, making him the ruler of Tonk.
		By the end of 1818 The Sword of Rever Dyansty again make war and in the history of Rajasthan this war is being remembered as victory of "Rahevars" with the east india co. of Britain.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Rajputana_Agency (986 words)

	TONK - Online Information article about TONK
		AMIR, or AMEER (an Arabic word meaning " commander," from the root amr, " commanding ")
		KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)
		Ali Khan, G.C.I.E., succeeded in 1867, and was one of the few chiefs who attended both See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/TONK.html (443 words)

	Ghaziabad city of Uttar Pradesh - India
		Khwaja Basant Khan, who got the viilage in Jagir in the time of Muhammad Shah, built a fort here which was razed to the ground by the Marathas in 1794 when Fateh Ali Khan rebelled.
		A system of grants for the disabled and retired personnels of the army was introduced here by Perron(a French Military commander) and was adopted by the British for many years under which wastelands were cleared of jungles and were assigned to invalid pensioners.
		Ibrahim Ali, the tahsildar of Hapur, defended the town against Amir Khan Pindari and his 500 men in 1805.
	www.bharatheritage.in /uttar-pradesh/ghaziabad.htm (1833 words)

	Pindari Campaign or 3rd Mahratta War : 1817-1818
		Of uncertain origin, the term `Pindari' described a type of irregular light horse-cum-bandit which flourished in central India in the late l8th and early l9th centuries, originating with the break-up of the Mogul armies.
		The most powerful chieftain, Amir Khan, had regularly organised regiments, estimated at 12,000 light horse, 10,000 infantry and an estimated artillery train of between 80 and 200 guns; to which other Pindari bands added a further 15,000 cavalry, 1,500 infantry and 20 guns.
		Amir Khan accepted conditions imposed by the British and disbanded his forces, in return for a territorial settlement which became the state of Tonk in Rajputana; the remaining Pindari forces were attacked and dispersed, one of their principal leaders, Karim, surrenderirig, and another, Chitu, fled to the jungles where he was killed by a tiger.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~clday/pindari.htm (1108 words)

	British India 1800-1858
		In 1809 he forced Amir Khan to retreat to Nagpur; but his attempt with Daulat Rao Sindia to capture Bhopal in 1813 was defeated by Nawab Vazir Muhammad the next year.
		Mehrab Khan's son Nasir Khan took over Khelat and forced the British puppet Shah Nawaz Khan to abdicate until General William Nott arrived with troops and forced Nasir Khan to flee to the hills.
		Khan Bahadur Khan was the grandson of Rohilkhand's deposed nawab, and he had tried to warn the British commissioner of the coming mutiny.
	www.san.beck.org /14-1-BritishIndia1800-58.html (22836 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pindari
		The Pindaris were the irregular horsemen who accompanied the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century when the Mughal Empire was breaking up.
		Lord Hastings, with the approval of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, decided to exterminate and eliminate the Pindaris.
		Pindari Society and the Estabilishment of British Paramountcy in India
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Pindaris (585 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > Chronology of Indian History (Part 1)
		Ulgu Khan embraced Islam, married a daughter of the Sultan Jalad-ud-din, and settled in the quarters of Delhi called Mughalpura.
		Juna Khan assumed the throne with the title Muhammad Tughlak Shah II and Ulugh Khan.
		The assassin was the Afghan Mubarak Khan Lohani (whose father had been killed by Bairam at the Battle of Machiwara).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t3248.html (17283 words)

	Bhopal - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Khan's nephew assassinated the Gond Queen Kamalapati?s husband, he punished his own newphew to death and restored Queen's little kingdom back to her.
		Khan took the seized the little Gond Kingdom ad established his capital 10 km away from modern Bhopal, at Jagdishpur.
		They fought wars with their neighbours to protect the small terrritory and also fought among themselves to take the control of the state.
	www.indexsuche.com /Bhopal.html (1794 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Minto, Lord1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		By show of force he prevented the Pindari leader, Amir Khan from interfering in Berar.
		A mission was also sent to the Amirs of Sind, who assured to exclude the French from their territory.
		For further measures against the French threat Lord Minto conquered the French Island of Bourbon and Mauritius in the west and annexed the Dutch possessions of Amboina and conquered the island of Java in 1811.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/M_0251.HTM (453 words)

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		And it was Amir Khan that Nana Sahib, and the renegade French commander, Jean Baptiste, dreaded and distrusted.
		Thus the Gulab would hold Amir Khan in her hand, and some night as he slept in her tent I would crawl neath the canvas and accomplish that which is desired." "By Jove!" Nana Sahib exclaimed, "this jungle man has got the right idea.
		Of course the matter of Bootea's mission to the Pindari Chief had not been conveyed to Ajeet as yet; and Hunsa felt that this affair of the _nautch_ was a propitious thing--an inserting of the thin edge of the wedge.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/6/7/5/16752/16752.txt (18891 words)

	alfa romeo zagato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Son of Shiva, bobbing in the alfa romeo car rhythmic stride of 1947 buick his carriers, seemed to nod his elephant head at the horseman approvingly, wishing him luck as was the wont of Ganesha.
		The true object the slaying of Amir Khan who was looked upon as a great leader.
		What service want they of Amir Khan?" "There are rumours that the Mahrattas, daewoo serv9ce forgetting the lessons they have received--both Holkar and Sindhia having been thoroughly beaten by the British--are.
	mitsubishi-air-conditioner.freeservers.com /alfa-romeo-zagato.html (1894 words)

	India Culture Disucssion chat forums
		Like the Pindaris and Cossacks, the Buccaneer, though transported on a ship instead of a horse, relied on mobility, surprise, and the protection of his terrain, the open sea.
		In retrospect, it appears unusual that the British refused to negotiate with the Pindaris and otter them legitimate positions in Indian society or the incorporation of their cavalry into the British army.
		In spite of factionalism between central Indian leaders, the Marathas' interest in, and indirect encouragement of, Pindari activities exemplifies a common dissatisfaction with the existing situation and their frustration with the restrictive treaties.
	indiaculture.net /talk/messages/128/1623.html?1125877125 (4942 words)

	The Institute of Ismaili Studies - Muslim Saints and Hindu Rulers: The Development of Sufi and Ismaili Mysticism in the ...
		The Muslim general Bure Khan fought bravely with his army of Pathans to defend the kingdom of Jodhpur.
		Bure Khan died during a battle and was buried on the spot.
		Bure Khan is worshipped as a shahid by both Hindu and Muslims and is supposed to grant all sorts of boons to his devotees.
	www.iis.ac.uk /view_article.asp?ContentID=105018 (6422 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Minto, Lord1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		By show of force he prevented the Pindari leader, Amir Khan from interfering in Berar.
		A mission was also sent to the Amirs of Sind, who assured to exclude the French from their territory.
		For further measures against the French threat Lord Minto conquered the French Island of Bourbon and Mauritius in the west and annexed the Dutch possessions of Amboina and conquered the island of Java in 1811.
	banglapedia.org /HT/M_0251.HTM (453 words)

	Caste eBook
		Soon a Pindari announced, “Commander Sahib, here is the holy one,” and at a word from Kassim the priest unrolled his sheets of yellow paper, and sitting cross-legged upon a cushion with a salaam to the dead Chief, dipped his quill in a little ink-horn and held it poised.
		When he spoke of the other Bagrees, Kassim realised that in the excitement of fixing the murder upon one there they had forgotten his troop associates, and a hurried order was passed for their capture.
		Then Amir Khan was lifted by the Jamadars and carried to a bed in the room that adjoined the surya mahal.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/16752/96.html (413 words)

	The Tribune...Sunday Reading
		The said manuscript makes out that Ahmed Shah Abdali asked the father of Jassa Singh Ahluwalia to exchange his life of dacoity for the governorship of Punjab.
		In 1818 the British made a Pindari chief the Nawab of Tonk as a tactic to put an end to thugee in India.
		Amir Khan, Sarbuland Khan and Nabi Khan were wiser in seeking refuge in Hindustan (northern India) after losing.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99apr11/sunday/head7.htm (950 words)

	Summary and Evaluation of India & Southeast Asia to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
		In the south the Cholas fought the Pandyas and the Chalukyas.
		Sher Khan became governor of Bihar and invaded Bengal in 1537.
		Sayyid Ahmad Khan protected Bijnor for the British during the mutiny, and he analyzed its causes.
	www.san.beck.org /2-14-Summary.html (10869 words)

	Architecture of India
		The Marathas were almost bankrupted by war and the British were distracted by Napoleon's successful wars in Russia and their own efforts to counter increasing French power in the East Indies.
		Into the resultant vacuum two new forces rose to terrorise India - the Pathans under Amir Khan but nominally serving Holkar, and the Pindaris, the pendhara freebooters who had attached themselves in the past to the Maratha armies.
		These wide-ranging groups of cavalry, especially the Pindaris, hit hard and indiscriminately, mustering and dispersing freely and fast, with no fixed base where they could be attacked.
	indiansaga.com /architecture/maratha4.html (711 words)

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