Richard Jefferson Eaton (1806 – 27 July 1847) was a British Conservative politician.
Eaton was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire at the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.
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Richard Jefferson Eaton (1806 – 27 July 1847) was a British Conservative politician.
Eaton was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire at the 1835 general election and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.
“When Firuz Tughluq invaded Orissa in 1359 and learned that the region's most important temple was that of Jagannath located inside the raja's fortress in Puri, he carried off the stone image of the god and installed it in Delhi 'in an ignominious position'.”
“Before marching to confront Shivaji himself, however, the Bijapur general [Afzal Khan] first proceeded to Tuljapur and desecrated a temple dedicated to the goddess Bhavani, to which Shivaji and his family had been personally devoted.”
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