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In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
  BIship - Rohilla
On the outbreak of war, Rohilla had been taken up as a naval hospital ship and was on passage south through the North Sea when at about 0400 on October 30, 1914 she ran aground just a mile south of the entrance to Whitby harbour on the northeast coast of England.
Rohilla and her sistership Rewa were the first in BI to be equipped with radio but, ironically, radio was not a significant factor in this incident, as the alarm was raised on shore almost as soon as the ship went aground.
As to the cause of the grounding, Captain Neilson was convinced Rohilla had hit a mine as he believed his ship to be six or seven miles to seaward of the place she struck.
www.biship.com /historical/rohilla.htm   (881 words)

  
  Rohilla - LoveToKnow 1911
ROHILLA (a Pushtu word for "mountaineer"), a tribe of Afghan marauders, who, towards the beginning of the 18th century, conquered a district of Hindostan, giving it the name of Rohilkhand, which still survives as an alternative title of the Bareilly division of the United Provinces.
The Rohillas are chiefly notable for their association with Warren Hastings, which formed one of the main counts in his impeachment.
The Rohillas were never a nation, but consisted of a small body of Mahommedans, who had imposed an alien rule upon a million Hindus; and one of their chiefs was left in possession of a tract which now forms the state of Rampur.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Rohilla   (292 words)

  
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Rohilla was easily distinguishable from her sister Rewa, her foremast was closer to the Bridge and her funnel was both taller and bigger in circumference.
Captain Neilson was adamant, as were his Officers that Rohilla had struck a mine and he made the judgement to drive his ship for shore before she sank, unfortunately for Captain Neilson due to the storm, tides and dead reckoning he had in fact struck rocks near Saltwick Nab.
Rohilla's company, British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd erected a memorial a short while later dedicated not only to its thirty-one Officers and Crew that lost their lives but also to the sixty men that perished along with them.
www.merchantnavyofficers.com /rohilla.html   (1204 words)

  
 LIFEBOATS
Weather conditions were very bad and it was impossible to launch the Whitby No.1 Lifeboat and row her around to the wreck.
Instead, the No 2 boat "John Fielden" which was kept afloat in the harbour was hauled over the beach to a position oposite the "Rohilla" and, despite the aweful conditions, was launched at 7am and eventually reached the wreck after great difficulty.
In total, of the 229 people on board the "Rohilla", 84 were lost.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/JACKIE_SANDERS/lifeboat.htm   (950 words)

  
 Wreck site of the HMHS Rohilla
The SS Rohilla was named after Afghan tribes who had sought refuge in India during the 18 th Century.
In 1908 the SS Rohilla entered service as a permanent military ship and on the 6 th August 1914 was requisitioned as a Hospital ship and became known as the HMHS Rohilla.
Even the Rohilla was only 500 yards away from the shore her position was problematic for the resue services.
www.titanicandco.com /rohilla.html   (810 words)

  
 ROHILLA (a Pushtu word... - Online Information article about ROHILLA (a Pushtu word...
ROHILLA (a Pushtu word for " mountaineer ")
The Rohillas are chiefly notable for their association with See also:
The word 'Rohilkhand' carries a pure sanskrit word 'khand'.It clearly indicates that the original rulers were hindu rohillas and not muslim rohillas.Had it been muslim rohillas,the name would have something like 'Rohillabad'.Infact encyclopedia Columbia mentions of this.It says there existed a hindu rohilla kingdom with its capital at Barreily from 1702 to 1720.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/ROHILLA_a_Pushtu_word_for_mount.html   (637 words)

  
 Delhi Guide
arai Rohilla station in north Delhi from where several trains leave was once a sarai or resting place for travellers who would stay for some time and then disperse in different directions.
Sarai Rohilla was earlier known as Rulhullah ki sarai and was named after Ruhullah Khan, the son of Nawab Khaliullah Khan, a nobleman of the times of Shahjahan and Aurangzeb.
It is imperative that the authorities in charge of publicising the history of the place should do enough to project the historical importance of such spots and stations which are located in places and areas which have a long and cherished history behind them.
www.thedelhicity.com /DelhiGuide/Dgu_mem/sarai_rohilla.htm   (472 words)

  
 Suresh Kumar Rohilla, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Bradford
Rohilla, S.K (2005), ‘Defining Peri-Urban’ in Dupont, V., Peri-Urban Dynamics: Population, Habitat and Environment on the peripheries of large Indian metropolises, CSH Occasional Paper No. 14, publication of French Research Institutes in India.
Rohilla, S.K.(2004) ‘Planning for Sustainable Natural Resources in the National Capital Region: Integrated Land and Water Management-Problems and Alternatives’, Journal of the Institute of Town Planners, India, 21(4): 64-69.
Rohilla, S.K (2003) ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment for the new Master Plan of Delhi’;, Journal of the Institute of Town Planners, India, 20(4): 67-71.
www.brad.ac.uk /acad/envsci/staff/profiles/rohilla.php   (618 words)

  
 Rohilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rohilla were Afghan highlanders (Roh means mountans and Rohilla literally means mountaineer) that invaded India with Nadir Shah Durrani and were awarded territory in northern India called Katehr which was later renamed Rohilkhand, in modern Uttar Pradesh state.
British named one of the steamship Rohilla in honor of Rohillas.
Rohilla were the Afghan highlanders that settled in Rohilkhand
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rohilla   (142 words)

  
 screenonline: Topical Budget 167-1: The Wrecked 'Rohilla' (1914)
The 'Rohilla', a British Hospital ship lies wrecked off the Yorkshire coast during a terrific gale.
In October 1914, the 'Rohilla' sailed from Leith on a mercy mission to Dunkirk for a rendezvous with wounded and dying soldiers.
At 4am on the 29th October, the 'Rohilla' ran hard aground on Saltwick Nab and was lost.
www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/585197/index.html   (182 words)

  
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The steamship Rohilla was built in 1906, by Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast as a passenger and cruise liner.
Amongst the crew were 15 men from a small cotton weaving community, the men from the Ambulance brigade were amongst those who were responsible for the care of Prince Albert brought onboard the Rohilla at Scapa Flow, suffering with appendicitis, the Prince was later crowned King George.
The rescue of those who survived is listed in the annals of the lifeboat institution as ‘one of the worst services’ which the lifeboats have ever attended, in all six lifeboats are on record as attempting rescue of those stranded on what remained of the once proud ship.
www.merchantnavyofficers.com /maelstrom.html   (458 words)

  
 SAI SATCHARITRA - Chapter 3
One Rohilla, tall and well-built, strong as a bull, came to Shirdi, wearing a long Kafni (robe) and was enamoured of Sai who stayed there.
Most people of Shirdi, were working in their fields by day and when they returned to their homes at night, they were welcomed with the Rohilla’s harsh cries and shouts.
He said to them that the Rohilla had got a very bad wife, a Zantippi, who tried to come in and trouble the Rohilla and Himself; but hearing the Rohilla’s prayers, she dare not enter and they were at peace and happy.
www.saibaba.org /satcharitra/sai3.html   (1816 words)

  
 History of District Jhunjhunu
Rohilla Khan was the last Nawab of Jhunjhun.
Rohilla Khan had imposed a great faith in Shardul Singh and he acted as his Diwan.
Shardul Singh was as brave as his ancestor Rao Shekha ji was, It was by dint of his Subtle political Demeanour that he occupied (usurped) Jhunjhunu and ruled over it for twelve years.
jhunjhunu.nic.in /history.htm   (849 words)

  
 Rohilla - Psychology Central
Rohilla was a steamship of the British India Steam Navigation Company which ran aground in 1914 while serving as the HMHS Rohilla.
Rohilla (7,114 tons gross) was built in 1906 in Belfast by Harland and Wolff.
Amongst those resued from Rohilla was Mary K. Roberts, who had survived the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Rohilla   (281 words)

  
 The Rohilla Rescue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Six lifeboats from stations as far apart as Tynemouth and Scarborough were involved over a period of two and a half days in the service to Rohilla, a 7,400 ton hospital ship with 229 crew and medical staff aboard.
On the morning of October 30th 1914, she ran onto a reef near Whitby in an ESE gale, breaking in half in the mountainous seas.
Whitby's No1 lifeboat under the command of coxwain Thomas Langlands was then towed to within half-a-mile of Rohilla, but even Thomas Langlands who had twice got alongside the previous day had to admit defeat.
www.seascouts.ca /library/rohilla.htm   (717 words)

  
 Chapter ROCK-PIGEON <i>to</i> ROHILLA of R by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
Chapter ROCK-PIGEON to ROHILLA of R by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary
money to be paid to the E. Company, with a body of troops for the declared purpose of ‘thoroughly extirpating the nation of the Rohillas’; a nation from whom the Company had never received, or pretended to receive, or apprehend, any injury whatever.”—Art.
Copyright: All texts on Bibliomania are © Bibliomania.com Ltd, and may not be reproduced in any form without our written permission.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/260/1285/20196/3.html   (115 words)

  
 Welcome to Shirdi Sai Center, NY
One Rohilla, tall and well-built, strong as a bull, came to Shirdi, wearing a long Kafni (robe) and was enamoured by Sai who stayed there.
Most people of Shirdi, were working in their fields by day and when they returned to their homes at night, they were welcomed with Rohilla's harsh cries and shouts.
He said to them that Rohilla had got a very bad wife, a Zantippi, who tried to come in and trouble the Rohilla and Himself; but hearing the Rohilla's prayers, she dare not enter and they were at peace and happy.
www.dwarakamaishirdi.org /site/chapterdetail.php?detailid=3&id=1   (1782 words)

  
 ShaikhSiddiqui Bareilly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Chief Ali Mohammad (1721-48) of Rohilla tribe, a Pakhtun tribe from Afghanistan, were allies of Nadir Shah and was awarded Bareilly and surrounding territories.
Rohillas settled in Bareilly and surrouding districts with 40,000 Afghans.
This Rohilla state was based in Bareilly, and it was called Rohilkhand.
www.shaikhsiddiqui.com /bareilly.html   (1370 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
An erstwhile officer of the Delhi Judicial Service, Rohilla, who was holding the rank of an Additional District Judge, was demoted to the rank of a civil judge by an administrative order of the High Court on February 2, 1995.
In his petition, Rohilla argued that his promotion to the Delhi High Judicial Service on November 29, 1989, was a regular promotion against a substantive vacancy and, therefore, he could not have been reverted back to the Delhi judicial service by a mere administrative order of the High Court.
Upholding Rohilla's contention the Bench while interpreting the provisions of Article 233 read with Article 235 maintained that any disciplinary action in the form of demotion, termination or removal by High Court is subject only to the approval of the Governor which in the present case was not observed.
www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060605/nation.htm   (2382 words)

  
 Rohilla Global Foundation : Industrial Training Institutes
Admission will be granted on the first come first serve basis, subject to availability of seats.
The vision of Rohilla's Global Foundation was seen by Mr.
He started this by starting an institution of tailoring for needy women because he thought that if a woman is educated she can earn livelihood for herself and family.
www.rohillas.com   (63 words)

  
 Tynemouth Lifeboat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
British India Steam Navigation Co's liner HMS Rohilla was called up at the outset of the First World War and converted into a naval hospital ship to carry wounded soldiers.
Built in 1906 by Harland and Wolff, the HMHS Rohilla was one of the first British India ships to be fitted with a radio.
Three Gold and four Silver medals were awarded to the lifeboat crews, Major Burton of the Tynemouth Lifeboat was to be awarded the Empire Gallantry medal, which was later changed to the George Cross when it was implemented in 1940.
www.tynemouth-lifeboat.co.uk /rohilla.htm   (491 words)

  
 Rohilla - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rohilla   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the middle of the 18th century, the Rohilla raided and settled in Rohikhand, India.
The ruler of Oudh, with the assistance of the East India Company, succeeded in expelling them 1774.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Rohilla   (84 words)

  
 E2kB - Modern History of Etawah Part-I (Etawah under the Rohillas and Oudh Government)
Strong reinforcements were sent to the Rohillas, including some artillery, under Sheikh Kuber and Mullah Baz Khan, and many of the smaller forts were levelled to the grounds; but in their ravine fortresses the zamindars of Kamait in the trans-Yamuna tract still resisted the authority of Inayat Khan.
The ambitions Najib-ud-daula had been considerably irritated by the intervention of the Rohillas on behalf of Ahmad Khan Bangladesh in 1762; and though he had been too busily engaged otherwise to pursue his plans of revenge before, he began in 1770 to plot the downfall of Hafiz Rahmat Khan.
He next seduced many of the Afghan Rohillas from their allegiance to Hafiz Rahmat Khan, and then proceeded to eject the Maratha garrisons from Etawah and Shikohabad in spite of Rahmat Khan's remonstrance.
etawah.nic.in /history2.htm   (1626 words)

  
 Hospital Ship ROHILLA - Great War Forum
Although tatty, it is still clear and on the back it has written " Wreck of Hospital Ship Rohilla at Whitby - Firing a Rocket - Exposure 1/1000 part of a second." There is a great website that covers details on her at www.merchantnavyofficers.com/rohilla.html
'Ronald Allen had only recently become a naval chaplain, was rescued from the wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla off Whitby on 30 October 1914, but as a consequence of the shock he was physically unable to serve again and resigned on 23 December.
Private Sellars, of Brierfield, who died in the wreck of the Rohilla, is buried in St. Paul's churchyard, Little Marsden, Nelson, about two minutes walk from where I live.
1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=15685&view=getlastpost   (916 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories
We are trying to ascertain whether they are forged or authentic,” said Mr Chaudhry and added that about 150 applications and identity cards of students have been recovered during the raid at his rented accommodation in Vikaspuri.
Rohilla’s arrest came following interrogation of Sunesh Kumar, who was arrested after a tip-off on the delivery of NOS marksheets near Odeon theatre in Connaught Place yesterday.
Sunesh told the police that Rohilla was the mastermind behind the racket and had been into the job for several months.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040428/ncr1.htm   (5342 words)

  
 DAWN - Features; May 14, 2005
A minimum requirement for such an enterprise would be to know his mind, his ways of thought and have close familiarity with that emotive culture which his unique choice of expression puts into words.
His prose too has the coating of a peculiar conceit that is hard to capture in transliteration but it looks as if Rohilla has come upon the master’s own palette to paint from as his Urdu rendering too allures you into daring a further version in English.
Another very useful book, Mushkelat-i-Ghalib, is Rohilla’s interpretation of the poet’s more illusive verses that he offers in conjunction with interpretations by other authorities also.
www.dawn.com /2005/05/14/fea.htm   (2160 words)

  
 Explanation fo Battle Never Won   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Hii guys this is the explanation of the poem Battle never won...I am shivam and rohilla has a girlfriend saloni.
Rohilla had never seen her before they talked with each other on the phone and net....and one fine day he asked me to go along with him to meet her for the first time 800 km from our place...
4 now this is heavy for saloni (as saloni has lost a friend who care her almost the same as rohilla appears to her or that the freedom that the protagonist got which is all he need to go to the blues.....
www.englishforums.com /English/31440/Print.htm   (247 words)

  
 Justice for judge after 11 years - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Eleven years after he was demoted to a lower cadre, a Full Bench of the Delhi High Court has ordered that Judge M S Rohilla shall be deemed to have continued as a Member of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service till the date he was compulsorily retired from service on September 28, 2001.
An erstwhile officer of the Delhi Judicial Service, Mr Rohilla, who was holding the rank of an Additional District Judge, was demoted to the rank of a civil judge by an administrative order of the high court on February 2, 1995.
In his petition, Mr Rohilla argued that his promotion to the Delhi High Judicial Service on November 29, 1989 was a regular promotion against a substantive vacancy and, therefore, he could not have been reverted to the Delhi judicial service by a mere administrative order of the high court.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun52006/national225541200664.asp   (332 words)

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