...strength. In the words of Lord Canning "These patches of Native Goven*ment served as a break water to the storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave". With hardly an exception, they remained faithful in circumstances of severest trial and difficulty....

...the Mutiny, when, in Lord Canning's words, they served as a breakwater to the Bundi City, Rajputana. storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave. Almost without exception these "feudatory" States remained true to us in that hour of trouble. In 1877...

...the Native States, in whose cause he had suffered so much, were acting — in Canning's own words — as " breakwaters to the storm, which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." difficult of military operations, the passage of a river in the face of an enemy, is led away by generous...

...England. In the words of Lord Canning, ' those patches of Native government served as a breakwater to the storm, which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave.' Statesmen who look ahead cannot afford to neglect the powerful Native Chiefs of India. They cannot...

...remained faithful. Lord Canning observed : " These patches of Native Government served as a breakwater to the storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." Before Lord Canning left India a sanad was issued to each of the principal Hindu chiefs, assuring him,...

...wait to annex their territories. In his despatch on this subject he said, referring to the Mutiny: " In the time of which I speak these patches of native...the storm which would otherwise have swept over us as one great wave. And in quiet times they have their uses. Restless men who will accept no profession...

...houses. The Mutiny revealed to us the advantage of native states as (to use the words of Lord Canning) "breakwaters to the storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." At the close of the storm the native chiefs saw clearly that the British Government was the paramount...

...Lord Canning, after the Mutiny, said : " These patches of native government served as a breakwater to the storm, which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." * Lord Curzon said in 1899 that "the Native Chief has become by our policy an integral factor in the...

...has it become less deserving of attention? In 1857-58 the native Governments, wrote Lord Canning, " served as breakwaters to the storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." So now do they defeat the * The general Indian term for the lawyers, journalists, and other politicians...

...of India was covered by those States which had been, in the words of Lord Canning, " breakwaters in the storm which would otherwise have swept over us in one great wave." In their case the doctrine of lapse was completely abolished. Lord Canning issued adoption sanads,...