Holkar

This battle was one of the most sanguinary ever fought by private armed vessels; for of the crew of the "Holkar" six were killed and sixteen wounded, including the captain and first lieutenant, while of the enemy there were about the same number killed and twenty wounded.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Twice the Briton sheered off to escape the telling fire of the American; but the "Holkar" pressed him closely, and only the appearance of a second British armed vessel at the scene of the action saved the Englishman from capture.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Some went farther: Rashwant Rao Holkar II, ruler of Indor, posed in Western evening dress for this portrait by Bernard Boutet de Monvel, in 1929.

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A hundred voices yelped in reply — some said the Pindarees, some said the Mahrattas, some vowed it was Scindiah, and others declared it was Holkar — no one knew.

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Holkar, as I made these uncomplimentary remarks, gave a scream of rage, and, drawing his scimitar, rushed on to despatch me at once (it was the very thing I wished for), when the third person sprang forward, and seizing his arm, cried — “Papa! oh, save him!”

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Holkar sulkily sheathed his scimitar, and muttered,

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I conceived Holkar would be most likely to attack me.

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That man, thought I, must never go back to Holkar.

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I never saw a man in such a rage as Holkar was when I gave him this somewhat imprudent message.

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The fact was that Scindiah and Holkar both were so notorious for their cruelty, that no one dared venture to face the danger.

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