Twelve Indian Statesmen (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897. Excerpt: ... TIGER STORIES HI ram gave his life for the Bheels and Dangchis of Khandesh, and the little-known land between Goozarat and Eajpootana, with what results, military and social, the wars and the progress of the next ten years testified. Let the following suffice regarding the social, written to himself by one of his assistants, Colonel C. M. Grant, in 1853: --"Did I once tell you that, in 1849, we visited Dharangaon? I went to the Bheel lines, saw the regiment on parade, with their band playing: Love not, ' or some civilised air, and then went to the schoolroom, where I saw at least fifty children of these wild ( ) Bheels busy reading and writing. I do not know when I have been so interested in anything; and if, my dear Outram, the reclaiming of these wild creatures had been the one sole act of your life, it would have been sufficient to ensure you a pleasant retrospect as long as you live--had not your subsequent career been one long act of singleness of purpose and devotedness to your country, through rough disappointments and vexations enough to have tried the firmest resolve. This Bheel episode must, I am sure, form one of the most agreeable and satisfactory retrospects of your active and honourable career." General Goldsmid remarks in his Biography: --"No wonder that we hear of his memory still lingering in Khandesh, shrouded by a semi-divine halo. We are told that, a few years ago, some of his old sipahis happened to light upon an ugly little image. Tracing in it a fancied resemblance to their old commandant, they forthwith set it up and worshipped it as 'Outram Sahib.' Reminiscences of Khandesh life abound in anecdotes regarding these exploits in the jangal which formed an effective link in the-chain of influence the young soldier made it the business of ...