Many brave soldiers died on the battlefield.The whole generation of Marathas were killed.The after effects of the battle of Panipat. Due to the Maratha power, the threat of Abdali got subsided.As Abdali got this news, he returned to his native country (Afghanistan).The Maratha army marched towards Delhi.As per the treaty, the Marathas agreed to protect the Mughal Empire.The Emperor signed a treaty with Marathas in 1752.So they joined hands with the Marathas to protect Delhi.Due to that, the Mughals were facing threat from Abdali.In CE 1751, Ahmadshah Abdali conquered Punjab.They defeated Abdali’s officers and captured Punjab.Raghunathrao and Madhavrao Holkar marched to the North and captured Delhi.He returned to Afghanistan and collected huge wealth.Najib Khan requested Abdali to invade India again.Najib Khan, the Rohillas chief could not tolerate the Maratha supremacy.Or Hoisting the Maratha standard at Attack. They also imply the necessity of compiling a comprehensive dictionary of Indian English on historical principles.Question 1. The results obtained suggest that the Raj English dictionaries on historical principles represent the linguistic and socio-linguistic specificity and the sources of the English used in India at that time. The methods applied are those of socio-historical linguistics and dictionary criticism. This study draws attention to the Raj English lexis and the dictionaries in which it is defined: Hobson-Jobson: Being a glossary of Anglo-Indian colloquial words and phrases and of kindred terms etymological, historical, geographical and discursive, 1886 (further H-J) and Sahibs, Nabobs, and Boxwallahs, A dictionary of the words of Anglo-India, 1991 (further SNB). Krishnaswamy & Krishnaswamy 20 Sailaja 2009) but mostly focus on socio-political and educational issues. Several studies of English in India consider the Raj period (e.g.
As the English language used in India during the Raj, in fact, marks the genesis of Indian English its linguistic analysis might produce valuable data for the better understanding of the historical trajectories of this variety. This makes historical lexicography a reliable source for the in-depth analysis of linguistic phenomena in a broad cultural context. In historical dictionaries, a comprehensive documented data on a language/variety history and usage are accumulated.
The paper examines the scope and methodology of representation of the English language used in India during the Raj in historical lexicography.
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