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There were ugly rumours and portents: the 34th N.I. - the executed Sepoy Pandy's regiment - had been disbanded at Barrackpore, a mysterious fakir on an elephant had appeared in Meerut bazaar predicting that the wrath of Kali was about to fall on the British, chapattis were said to be passing in some barrack-rooms, the Plassey legend was circulated again.
Fiancée 2010
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Cakes like these have circulated among native troops, quite apart from civilians, on only three occasions in the past fifty years - at Vellore in '06, at Buxar, and at Barrackpore.
Fiancée 2010
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When the word came through that Sepoy Pandy had been hanged at Barrackpore for mutiny, I thought there might be some kind of stir among our men, but they never let cheep.
Fiancée 2010
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Gad, Tom, I remember you a buck of bucks when that coat first came out to Calcutta — just a Barrackpore
The Newcomes 2006
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“We have a park at Barrackpore too, my dear,” says papa.
The Newcomes 2006
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And he mentioned how Windus, of their regiment, who loved music exceedingly, had a very fine instrument of this kind out to Barrackpore in the year 1810, and relays of barrels by each ship with all the new tunes from Europe.
The Newcomes 2006
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He enjoys the greatest esteem among the moneyed men here; keeps a splendid establishment and house here in Barrackpore; is princely in his benefactions.
The Newcomes 2006
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There were ugly rumours and portents: the 34th N.I. - the executed Sepoy Pandy's regiment - had been disbanded at Barrackpore, a mysterious fakir on an elephant had appeared in Meerut bazaar predicting that the wrath of Kali was about to fall on the British, chapattis were said to be passing in some barrack-rooms, the Plassey legend was circulated again.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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Cakes like these have circulated among native troops, quite apart from civilians, on only three occasions in the past fifty years - at Vellore in '06, at Buxar, and at Barrackpore.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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When the word came through that Sepoy Pandy had been hanged at Barrackpore for mutiny, I thought there might be some kind of stir among our men, but they never let cheep.
Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975
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