Lord
Cornwallis
governor-general.
Cambridge History of India - v5 - British India
Soares' attempt on Aden.
Expedition to Ceylon.
Diogo Lopes' expedition to the Red Sea.
De Brito besieged in Colombo.
Vasco da Gama dies at Cochin.
Nuno da Cunha governor of India.
Goa becomes the Portuguese headquarters.
Bassein ceded to the Portuguese.
The Portuguese permitted to build a fort at Diu.
Bahadur Shah's quarrel with the Portuguese and death.
See of Goa established.
1516
1518
1520
1521
1524
1529
1530
1534
1537
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1538 The Turkish squadron attacks Diu.
Garcia de Noronha viceroy.
1540 Portuguese treaty with the Zamorin.
1541 Portuguese expedition to Suakin.
Francis Xavier arrives in India.
1545 Joao de Castro viceroy.
1546 Second siege. of Diu.
1548 Death of Joao de Castro.
1550 Affonso de Noronha viceroy.
1552 Francis Xavier dies.
1554 Pedro de Mascarenhas viceroy.
1555 Portuguese war in Ceylon.
1557 Goa made a metropolitan see.
1559 Daman occupied by the Portuguese.
1560 Goa made an archbishopric.
1562 Siege of Daman.
1564 Portuguese war in Malabar.
1569 Luiz d'Atayde reduces Honawar.
Camoens returns from Goa to Lisbon.
1570 Defence of Chaul.
1571 Dom Antonio de Noronha viceroy.
1578 King Sebastian killed in Morocco.
1579 Linschoten reaches Goa.
1586 Portuguese war with Raja Sinha.
1590 Capture of the Madre de Dios.
1595 Houtman's voyage.
1600 Charter to the London East India. Company.
1602 Formation of the United Dutch East India Company.
Spilbergen in Ceylon.
1603 Mildenhall at Agra.
1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir.
1606 Dutch blockade of Goa.
1609 Hawkins at Agra.
Dutch factory at Pulicat.
1611 Middleton at Surat.
1612 Best at Surat.
Danish East India Company founded.
1615 Roe at the Moghul Court.
1616 The Danes at Tranquebar.
1619 Anglo-Dutch treaty.
1622 The Portuguese expelled from Ormuz.
1623 The massacre of Amboyna.
1625 Dutch factory at Chinsura.
1629 Death of Jahangir and accession of Shah Jahan.
1634 Farman permitting English trade in Bengal.
1635 Courteen's Association formed.
1638 Dutch attack Portuguese in Ceylon.
1639 Fort St George founded.
1644 Temporary peace between the Dutch and Portuguese in the East.
1651 English factory at Hugli founded.
1654 Treaty of Westminster.
1657-8 Moghul war of succession; Aurangzib emperor.
1660 Portuguese completely driven from Ceylon.
1661 Charles II's charter to the East India Company.
Cession of Bombay to the English.
1663 Publication of peace between the Dutch and Portuguese.
1664 Sivaji plunders Surat.
Colbert founds the Compagnie des Indes.
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
1665
1667
1670
1671
1673
1674
1680
1683
1686
1688
1690
1693
1698
1702
1707
1712
1713
1715
1719
1720
1722
1726
1731
1735
1737
1739
1740
1741
1742
Humphrey Cooke obtains possession of Bombay.
Treaty of Breda.
Sivaji again plunders Surat.
La Haye's expedition.
The French besieged in St Thomé.
François Martin founds Pondichery.
Dedication of St Mary's Church in Fort St. George.
Keigwin's mutiny at Bombay.
English war with the Moghuls.
Heath's expedition to Bengal.
Calcutta founded.
Death of Job Charnock.
The Dutch capture Pondichery.
Formation of the English East India Company.
Amalgamation of the English and London East India Companies.
Death of Aurangzib; accession of Bahadur Shah.
Accession of Jahandar Shah.
Accession of Farrukhsiyar.
Surman's embassy to Farrukhsiyar.
Murder of Farrukhsiyar.
Accession of Muhammad Shah.
Law's Company formed.
Baji Rao I Peshwa.
Ostend East India Company set up.
Lenoir governor of Pondichery.
Charter establishing courts of law at the English presidencies.
Dupleix directeur of Chandernagore.
The Swedish East India Company foundea.
Dumas governor of Pondichery.
The Marathas occupy Salsette.
Nadir Shah's invasion of India.
The Marathas raid the Carnatic; Nawab Dost 'Ali killed.
Chanda Sahib captured by the Marathas.
Dupleix governor of Pondichery.
Murder of Safdar 'Ali, Nawab of the Carnatic.
Nizam-ul-mulk's expedition to the Carnatic.
War of the Austrian Succession.
Anwar-ud-din Nawab of the Carnatic.
La Bourdonnais takes Madras.
Boscawen besieges Pondichery.
Death of Nizam-ul-mulk.
Ahmad Khan Durani invades the Panjal
Accession of Ahmad Shah.
Chanda Sahib with French aid defeats and kills Anwar-ud-din at
Ambur.
Madras restored to the English.
Defeat and death of Nasir Jang.
Bussy establishes Salabat Jang as subahdar of the Deccan.
Clive's seizure and defence of Arcot.
Chanda Sahib killed by the Tanjoreans and Law surrenders to the
English.
Cession of the Northern Sarkars to Bussy.
Conference of Sadras.
Recall of Dupleix.
Accession of 'Alamgir II.
Truce between the French and the English.
Clive returns to India.
Capture of Gheria.
1743
1744
1746
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
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657
1756 Bussy's defence of the Chahar Mahal.
Siraj-ud-daula captures Calcutta.
The Seven Years' War:
1757 Clive recovers Calcutta and takes Chandernagore.
The battle of Plassey.
Mir Ja'far Nawab of Bengal.
1758 Lally's expedition.
Capture of Fort St David.
Bussy recalled from the Deccan.
Lally besieges Madras.
1759 Forde captures Masulipatam.
'Ali Gauhar invades Bihar.
The Dutch expedition against the English in Bengal.
'Alamgir II murdered by Ghazi-ud-din.
1760 Battle of Wandiwash.
Clive returns to England.
'Ali Gauhar again in Bihar, and proclaims himself Shah 'Alam II.
The Marathas capture Delhi.
Mir Kasim made Nawab of Bengal.
1761 Battle of Panipat.
Capitulation of Pondichery.
Hyder 'Ali usurps Mysore.
Nizam 'Ali imprisons his brother Salabat Jang.
1763 War with Mir Kasim; re-establishment of Mir Ja'far.
Treaty of Paris.
1765 Clive returns to India and obtains a grant of the diwanni of Bengal.
1766 The Bengal officers' mutiny.
Nizam 'Ali grants the Northern Sarkars to the English.
1767-9 The first Mysore War.
1769 Appointment of Scrafton, Forde, and Vansittart as supervisors.
1770 Lindsay at Madras.
1771 Shah Alam leaves Allahabad for Delhi.
1772 Warren Hastings governor of Fort William.
Trial of Muhammad Reza Khan.
Madhava Rao Peshwa dies.
1773 The Regulating Act passed.
Taimur Shah succeeds to Ahmad Shah Durani.
Narayana Rao murdered.
1774 The Rohilla War.
Bogle's mission to Tibet.
The Regulating Act comes into force.
1775 The treaty of Surat.
The trial of Nandakumar.
1776 The treaty of Purandhar.
Lord Pigot arrested by a majority of the Madras Council.
1776 Death of Colonel Monson.
1777 General Clavering dies.
1778 Sir Thomas Rumbold governor of Madras.
Renewed war with the Marathas.
Capture of Pondichery. ·
1779 Convention of Wadgaon.
Capture of Mahé.
Goddard's expedition.
1780 Popham's capture of Gwalior.
Duel between Hastings and Francis.
Second Mysore War.
1781 Battle of Porto Novo.
Lord Macartney governor of Madras.
42
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1788
1789
1790
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
Chait Singh deposed.
Treaty of Chunar with Asaf-ud-daula.
The French fleet under Suffren arrives on the Coromandel Coast.
The Treaty of Salbai.
Death of Hyder 'Ali.
Arrival of Bussy's expedition at Cuddalore.
Death of Sir Eyre Coote.
News of peace with the French.
Fox's India Bills.
Treaty of Mangalore.
Pitt's India Act.
Warren Hastings resigns.
Lord Cornwallis governor-general.
Hastings's trial begins.
Ghulam Kadir seizes and blinds Shah Alam.
Tipu attacks Travancore.
Third Mysore War.
The Company's Charter renewed.
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal.
Capture of Pondichery.
Sir John Shore governor-general.
Mahadaji Sindhia dies
The battle of Kharda.
Expedition against the Dutch in Ceylon.
Death of Muhammad 'Ali Walajah.
Baji Rao II Peshwa.
Zaman Shah at Lahore.
Death of Asaf-ud-daula.
Wazir 'Ali deposed and succeeded by Sa'adat 'Ali.
Tipu's mission to Mauritius.
Lord Mornington governor-general.
Subsidiary treaty with Nizam 'Ali.
Fourth Mysore War.
Marshman at Serampore.
Malcolm's mission to Persia.
Death of Nana Phadnavis.
The College of Fort William established.
Baird's expedition to the Red Sea.
The assumption of the Carnatic.
Treaty with Sa'adat 'Ali.
Symes's mission to Ava.
Treaty of Bassein.
War with Sindhia.
Treaties of Deogaon and Surji Arjungaon.
War with Holkar.
Siege of Bharatpur.
Lord Cornwallis supersedes Lord Wellesley and dies.
Missions to Persia, Lahore, Peshawur and Sinu.
Bourbon and Mauritius captured by the English.
Java occupied by the English.
The Company's charter renewed, but its monopoly of the trade to
India abolished.
Lord Moira (Hastings) governor-general.
The Nepal War.
The last Maratha War,
Baji Rao II deposed.
Lord Amherst governor-general.
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1808
1810
1811
1813
1814
1817
1818
1823
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659
1824
1825
1827
1828
1829
1830
1832
1833
1834
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
The first Burmese War.
Dutch settlements in India transferred to the English.
The voyage of the Enterprise.
The second siege of Bhartpur.
Daulat Rao Sindhia dies.
Lord William Bentinck governor-general.
Measures against thagi.
Prohibition of sati.
Mysore rebellion.
Treaty for the free navigation of the Indus.
The Company's charter renewed but its trade abolished.
The annexation of Coorg.
Macaulay appointed Law member of council.
Province of Agra formed.
Lord Auckland governor-general.
Burnes's mission to Kabul.
Siege of Herat.
The Tripartite Treaty.
Shah Shuja enthroned at Kandahar.
Death of Ranjit Singh.
Dost Muhammad surrenders.
The revolt at Kabul; murders of Burnes and later of Macnaghten.
Massacre of the Kabul brigade.
Lord Ellenborough governor-general.
Withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Conquest of Sind.
Battle of Maharajpur.
Lord Ellenborough recalled; Sir Henry_Hardinge governor-gene. al.
Danish settlements transferred to the English.
First Sikh War.
Battle of Sobraon and peace with the Sikhs.
Lord Dalhousie governor-general.
Annexation of Satara.
Second Sikh War.
Battle of Gujrat and annexation of the Panjab.
Second Burmese War.
Railway opened from Bombay to Thana.
Cession of Berar.
Annexation of Nagpur.
The Company's charter renewed.
The Ganges Canal opened.
Treaty with Dost Muhammad.
Annexation of Oudh.
Lord Canning governor-general.
War with Persia.
The Sepoy Mutiny.
Assumption of government of India by the crown.
1843
1844
1845
1846
1848
1849
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
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>
3
Aba Selukar, 368
Abbas Mirza, 484, 489, 490
Abbasid Empire, 603, 608
Abbott, Captain, 503
Abdali, tribe, 483
Abdul Ghiyas Khan, 543
Abdul Karim Khan, see Sidis, the
Abdul Rahim, see Sidis, the
Abercromby, Sir John, 332
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 328, 336
Abreu,, 566
Abul Fazl, 23
Abwabs, 409
Accountant-general, the, 416
Aché, Comte d', 159, 160, 163
Achin, 41, 62, 92; threatens Ma-
lacca, 19, 85; trade, 32, 33, 39, 49:
English at, 77
Adam's Bridge, 48
Adams, Major Thomas, 173, 174
Adas, battle of, 258
Aden, 2, 9, 11, 12, 13, 40; English
at, 77
Adigar, 404, 405, 407
Adil Khan, see Bijapur
Adlercron, Colonel, 144, 145, 157
Admiralty Courts, 102
Adoni, 334
Adoption, 581-3; sanads, 586
Adrianople, 15; Treaty of, 489
Adyar river, action on, 122
Afghans, invade India, 146, 249,
350; relations with the English,
483 sqq. , 543-6; relations with
Sind, 522, 524, 528; in the second
Sikh War, 555, 556
Afrasiab Khan, 602
Africa, 17, 74
Afzal Khan, 505
Agnew, Patrick Alexander Vans,
554
Agra, 40, 66, 77, 84, 324, 364, 388,
579, 580; English factory at, 78,
79, 81, 91, 92, 100; taken by
Lake, 374
Ahalya Bai, 252, 368, 369, 376; her
opinion of Raghoba, 258
Ahmad II of Gujarat, 19
Ahmadabad, 22, 40, 84, 92, 267, 270;
English factory, 81; district, 388,
376, 379, 382
Ahmad Mirza, 515
Ahmadnagar Kingdom, 3, 20, 21;
city of, 135, 262, 370, 374
Ahmad Shah Abdali, 214, 249,
483, 484
Aislabie, W. , 102 n.
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of, 124,
591
Aiyaz Khan, 286
Ajit Singh Sindhianwala, 546, 547
Ajmir, 80, 381
Akalkot, raja of, 382
Akbar, 77, 383, 409, 412; reduces
Gujarat, 22, 23; relations with
the Portuguese, 23
Akbar II, 605, 606, 608
Akbar Khan Barakzai, see Mu-
hammad Akbar
Akram Khan, 487
Akshah, 484
Akunwun, 566
Akyab, 562-5
Alagada Islands, 18
'Alamgir II, 169
'Alampur, 252
Alaungpaya, 558
Albuquerque, Affonso d', 15; com-
mentaries, 3; voyages, 7, 9, 10;
government, 10 sqq. , 17, 18
Albuquerque, Francisco d', 7
Alcantara, 24 ·
Aldworth, Thomas. 79
Aleppo, 65, 70
Alexander the Great, route to
India, 327, 331
Alexander I, 331, 489
Alexander VI, Pope, 2, 76
Alexandria, 1, 2, 9, 327, 328
'Ali II, Sultan of Bijapur, 20
'Ali Bahadur, 365
Aligarh, 364, 365, 374
'Ali Gauhar, see Shah 'Alam II
'Ali Husain, 361, 362
'Ali Masjid, 512, 513,. 520
'Ali Muhammad, 217, 220
'Ali Murad,
3-5, 537
Aliwal, 551
'Ali Wardi Khan, 112, 141, 142, 147,
423
Allahabad, city of, 176, 180, 215,
216, 218, 251, 253, 309, 354, 528,
596, 597; district of, 380, 597;
Treaty of, 176, 273, 274, 592, 596
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INDEX
Allard, General, 542, 544
Almas 'Ali Khan, see Ilmas 'Ali
Khan
Almeida, Francisco d', 8-10, 24
Almeida, Lourenço d', 8-10, 25
Almora, 546
Altamgha, 409
Alveiras, Conde d', 44
Alves, Captain, 559
Alwar, state of, 374, 577
Amar Singh Thapa, 378
Ambala, 540, 541, 549
Amboina, Massacre of, 84, 86, 326
Ambur, 336; battle of, 126, 127
America, 324
American Baptist Mission, 566
Amherst, 565-9
Amherst, Lord, and the Indian
states, 577; and the emperor, 606
Amiens, Treaty of, 115, 329, 403,
596
Amins, 425
Amin-ul-lah Khan, 519
Amir Husain, alias Mir Hashim, 9,
10
Arakan (Continued)
administration, 563; local batta-
lion, 562, 564
Araxes, the, 489
Arcot, Nawab of, 117-9, 122. See
älso Carnatic; Prince of, 586;
town of, 127, 284, 591; siege of,
129, 130
Argaon, battle of, 374
Arghandab, 502
Armagon, 88
Armenia, 486
Armenians, the, 143
Arras, see Adas
Arthasastra, the, 384, 387, 393, 394
Arthur, Sir George, 530.
Aryankuppam, 130
Asaf Khan, 14
Asaf Khan (Itikad Khan), 40
Asaf-ud-daula, 222, 299 sqq. , 309,
347 sqq. ;
Treaty of Faizabad
with, 233
Ascension, the, 78
Ashta Pradhan, the, 384
Ashti, 381, 382
Asirgarh, 380, 381
Assada Association, the, 91
Assam, 558, 559, 578
Assaye, battle of, 374
Astruc, 131
Atar Singh Sindhianwala, 546, 547
Atayde, Dom Luiz d', 20, 21
Atta Muhammad, 488
Attock, 488, 541, 548; 555
Auckland, Lord, character, 490;
and Russia, 483, 489; and Afgha-
nistan, 490-508, 511, 512, 529;
and Sind, 523, 524, 526-8, 538,
544; and the Sikhs, 545, 549; and
the Indian states, 578, 583; re-
called, 513
Aumont,
Aungier, Gerald, 100, 101
Aurangabad, 134-7
Aurangzib, 36, 66, 71, 93, 100-101,
105, 107, 411; conquers Golconda,
37, 104, 590
Aurore, l', 325
Austen, Sir Francis William, 561
Austen, Jane, 561
Austrian Succession, War of, 59,
117-24, 590
Auteuil, Louis Combault d', 128,
127, 129, 130
Ava, 558-62, 567, 568
Avitabile, General, 512, 542, 546
Ayyab Khan, 488
'Azim-ud-daula, 361, 362
Azizpur, 532
>
Amir Khan, 376, 380, 381, 383, 573
Amir Mirjan, 13
Amir Singh, 360, 361
Amir-ul-umara, 361
Amrit Rao, 264, 372
Amritsar, 539
Amsterdam, 28, 58; chamber of, 31;
Fort, see Caradiva
Amyatt, Peter, 173
An, 562
An Pass, the, 564
Anand, 258
Ananda Razu, 162
Anandi Bai, 250, 251, 254, 255, 257
Anand Rao, 375, 376, 382, 575
Anderson, Lieutenant, 554
Anderson, David, 269-71, 425, 427,
430, 431
Anderson, Sir George W. , 508
Anderson's Horse, 510
Andrews, Robert, 403
Ange, Jean, 61
Angelbeck, van, 401, 402
Angria, 113, 114, 369. See also
Babu Rao, Manaji, Raghuji
Anjadiva, 6, 8, 9, 10
Anjengo, 103
Antwerp, 28
Anwar-ud-din Khan, 119, 121, 124,
126
Appa Khande Rao, 366
Appa Sahib, 379-81,574
Arabia, 9, 40, 62, 65
Arakan, 34, 558-60, 562, 565, 568;
325
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663
Azores, the, 24
1
Baber, Edward, 410, 412, 413
Babti, 395
Bab-ul-mandab, Straits of, 78
Babur, 14
Babu Rao Angria, 369
Badami, 334, 365
Baghdad, Khalif of, 608
Bagyidaw, 559, 560
Bahadur Shah II, 606, 607
Bahadur Sultan of Gujarat, 14, 15,
22
Bahawalpur, 483, 484, 499, 531-4,
536, 586
Bahur, 126
Baillie, Colonel William, 283, 284,
348
Baird, Sir David, 328, 341, 346
Baiza Bai, 578
Baj-baj, 145
Baji Rao I, 118, 253
Baji Rao II, 253, 257, 364, 370, 371,
386, 388, 390, 393, 396; and Tipu,
371; and the English, 377, 379
sqq. , 574, 583; his pension, 586,
606
Baksar (Buxar), 296, 299; battle
of, 174, 251, 254, 280
Bala Hissar, the, see Kabul
Balaji Baji Rao, 118, 135, 137, 138,
157, 249, 253, 384
Balaji Janardhan, see Nana Phad-
navis
Balaji Vishvanath, 250, 384
Balasore, 41, ,107, 115; English tac-
tory, 88, 106
Baldaeus, Philippus, 53
Baldeo Singh Raja, 577
Baldwin, George, 327
Balkh, 484
Balochis, the, 500, 513, 527, 536,
537
Balochistan, 484, 488, 530
Balu Mian, see Sidis, the
Bamyan, 504, 505, 507
Banda Islands, 83, 86, 326
Bandar Abbas, see Gombroon
Bandarmalanka, 139
Bandula, 559
Bangalore, 118, 275, 276, 336, 578
Bangkok, 568
Bankibazar, 115
Bankot, alias Fort Victoria, 114
Bannu, 495
Bantam, 29, 31-5, 39, 40, 49, 62, 87,
68, 71, 88; English factory, 77. 83,
84, 89, 93, 111
Bapu Gokhale, 381
Bara alute, the, 386
Bara balute, the, 386
Barakzai tribe and monarchy, 484-
8, 490, 501, 502, 515, 519, 541
Baramahal district, 337, 467-71,
473, 474, 476
Barbosa, Duarte, 5-
Bardas, 18
Barker, Sir Robert, 216-8, 223, 232
Barlow, Sir George H. , 320, 343,
375, 378, 455, 570, 577
Barnett, Commodore Curtis, 120,
121
Baroda, 257, 267, 368, 376. See also
Gaekwad, the
Baron, François, 70, 71
Barrackpore, 115
Barré, Colonel Isaac, 184, 186
Barreto, Antonio Moniz, 21, 23
Barreto, Francisco, 19
Barros, Joao de, 61
Barwell, Richard, 189, 225, 228,
231, 262, 420-4; character, 226-7;
retires, 229; prosecutes Nanda-
kumar, 235
Basalat Jang, 140, 281, 282, 600
Basian, 550
Basra, 66; English factory, 87, 90
Bassein, 14, 19, 23, 114, 249, 256,
257, 259, 260, 264, 268-70; Treaty
of, 372-5, 379, 574
Bassein (Burma), 562
Bat chhapai, 396
Batavia, 35, 37, 38, 40-2, 44-7,
56-60, 83, . 84, 91, 101, 154, 402;
founded, 32; taken by the Eng-
lish, 328
Batta, 178-9
Batticoloa, 32, 41-3, 407
Bayanor Raja, 74-5
Bayley, William Butterworth, 503
Bazi jama, 409
Beaulieu, Augustin de, 62
Béber,
Becher, Richard, 207
Becker, Hendrik, 54
Beckford, Alderman William, 184
Bednur, 286
Begar, 386
Belier, le, 329
Belle Poule, la, 329
Belli, John, 238
Benaru hills, 507
Benares, 270, 351, 360, 516, 553,
598, 602, 604; ceded to the Com-
pany, 233; refo. S in, 305-8;
Treaty of, 215-6, 218, 219. See
also Chait Singh
Benasterim, 11, 21
50,
- 66
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INDEX
1
166,
.
Benfield, Paul, 273, 280, 287, 290,
292, 293, 355-7
Bengal, province of, 32; Dutch fac-
tories in, 40, 41, 57; French fac-
tories in, 62, 72, Danish fac-
tory, 114, 115; Ostend factory,
115; Prussian trade in, 116; Eng-
lish factories in, 80, 88, 89, 91,
92, 103, 105-8, 112, 153; Clive in,
1756-60, 141 sqq. ; French designs
on, 135, 139, 147, 323; financial
help from, 165; diwanni of, see
Diwanni; English position, 1772,
206; governor's allowances, 234;
sovereignty in, 591 sqq.
Bengal, Government of-position
of nawab, 210; constitution under
Regulating Act, 189 sqq. ; and
under the India Act, 200, 316,
317; working under Regulating
Act, 225 sqq. ; relations with
other presidencies, 190, 200, 259,
277, 281, 282, 316, 317; relations
with Supreme Court, 241 sqq. ;
policy in first Maratha War, 257-
60, 263; policy in Second Mysore
War, 284, 285; relations with
Muhammad 'Ali, 291, 292; the
secretariat, 446
Benson, Colonel, 560
Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish,
321, 476, 490, 491; and the Rus-
sian danger, 489, 542; and the
Indian states, 577-9
Berar, kingdom of, 3; Maratha
state of, 136, 250, 252, 254, 270,
367, 368, 376, 380, 598; annexa-
tion of, 581, 582; Nizam's pro-
vince, 586
Berchem, Wemmer van, 34
Bernagore, 41
Bertie, Admiral Sir Albemarle, 332
Best, Thomas, 79
Bet, island of, 382
Beveridge, H. , quoted, 236, 423, 424
Bezwada, 137
Bhag Singh, 540
Bhai Bir Singh, 547
Phanpura, 376
Bharatpur. 374, 375, 542, 577
Bhatkal, 90
Bhawani, Charan Mitra, 422
Bhils, the, 391, 392
Bhonsle family, the, 249, 254, 260,
608. See also Appa Sahib, Chim-
naji, Janoji, Khanduji, Mudaji,
Parsaji, Raghuji, Sabaji
Bhopal, 266, 380, 573
Bhor Ghat, the, 269, 270
Bhung Bara, 532, 533, 536
Biana, 92
Bias, the, 552
Bidar, kingdom of, 3
Bihar, 92, 103, 106, 142, 15
169, 174, 183, 219, 377, 423, 449
Bijaigarh, 299
Bijapur, kingdom of, 3, 9-12, 70,
333; and the Portuguese, 18, 20
Bimlipatam, 37
Binot, -, 329
Birbhum, 416
Bisdom, Adriaan, 154
Bithur, 381
Black Hole of Calcutta, 113, 144,
156
Blackman, President, 94
Blundell, E. A. , 565, 568
Board of Control, the, set up, 209;
powers, 201, 313; paid, 314; Pre-
sident, 314; relations with the
Company, 314-6
Bodawpaya, 558, 559
Bogambara, 408
Bogle, Sir Archibald, 562, 563, 565
Bogle, C. , 425
Boigne, Comte Benoît de, 363, 366
Bokhara, 489, 503, 504
Bolan Pass, 499, 500, 515, 530
Bolts, William, 116, 590
Bombay, 56, 68, 84, 99, 105, 107,
108, 113, 157, 261, 491, 508, 630,
594; cession of, 86, 87; presid-
ency of, 96, 100, 101, 102; courts
at, 102, 114; besieged, 103; mint,
112; fortifications, 113;
the
Marine, 114; the Marine Yard,
275; docks at, 114; under the Re-
gulating Act, 256, 259, 260, 277;
form of government, 321; sove-
reignty at, 589; relations with
the Marathas, 113, 114, 249 sqq. ,
256 sqq. , 263 sqq. ; relations with
Mysore, 253, 275, 277, 279, 285,
286; Lindsay at, 279
Bonaparte, île, see Bourbon, Isle of
Boone, C. , 102, 113
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, 123,
124, 126
Boschhouwer,
Both, Pieter, 31, 32
Bourbon, Isle of, alias ile Bona-
parte, 74, 163, 332
Bourchier, Richard, 280
Bourquin, Louis, 374
Bouvet, Lozier de, 123, 158
Bowyear, 558
Boyd, Hugh, 401
Boyd, J. P. , 368
- 42
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666
Bussy, Charles Castalnau de (Con.
tinued)
132, 134 sqq. , 145, 147, 151, 152,
158, 162, 274; English plans
against, 157; his recall, 162, 165;
expedition of 1782, 287, 324, 325
Braganza, Dom Constantine de, 19,
26
Brazil, 5, 46, 47, 49, 85
Brenier, -,130, 131
Brereton, Major Cholmondley, 162
Brest, 329
Bristow, John, 301, 305, 306
Brito, Lopo de, 25
Brittany, 323
Broach, 22, 23, 40, 374; English
factory, 81, 103; cession of reve-
nues, 257, 260, 265, 270, 271
Broadfoot, Major George, 510, 512,
548-50, 565, 567, 568
Broadfoot, Lieutenant William, 506
Broughton, Lord, see Hobhouse,
Sir John Cam
Browne, Major James, 601, 602
Brownrigg, Sir R. , 408
Brydon, Dr, 510, 511
Buchanan, Francis, 345
Bukkur, 499, 500, 527, 529, 530, 532
Bundelkhand, 263, 265-7, 363, 374,
398, 583
Bundi, 380, 385
Burdwan, 422, 423, 444; ceded to
the English, 168, 206, 593
Burgoyne, General John, 184-7
Burgoyne, General Sir John, 293
Burhanpur, 39, 40, 256, 266; Treaty
of, 580
Burke, Edmund, 203; on the Com-
pany, 182, 186-8, 191, 192, 194;
on Fox's bills, 196, 197, 199; on
the Company's servants, 198; on
the India Act, 202; on the gov-
ernor-general's powers, 203; on
Nandakumar's trial, 235; on the
Arcot debt, 273, 355; on presents,
303; on Tanjore, 279; on Indian
correspondence, 319; on Shore,
350; attacks Hastings, 205, 216,
233, 247, 307 sqq.
Burke, William, 279
Burma, 76, 324, 558 sqq. ; first war,
542, 559, 560, 577; second war,
561, 562; administration of, 562
sqq.
Burnell, A. C. , quoted, 53
Burnes, Sir Alexander, 491-3, 496,
497, 499, 500, 502, 505, 506, 508,
509, 523, 526, 527
Burnes, Charles, 506
Burnes, James, 523
Burney, Fanny, 307, 560
Burney, Major Henry, 560, 568
Burr, Colonel, 380
Bussy, Charles Castelnau de, takes
Jinji, 127; in the Deccan, 128,
Cabral, Antonio, 23
Cabral, Jorge, 18, 19
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 5, 6
Cachar, 559, 578
Caillaud, Colonel John, 166-9, 274
Cairo, 1, 2; 11, 328
Calcutta and Fort William, 105,
107, 112, 149, 153, 157, 158, 171,
172, 174, 175, 177, 179, 210, 230,
415, 453, 511, 514, 559, 560, 562,
564, 566, 593; foundation of, 108;
early history, 113; courts at, 113;
taken by Siraj-ud-daula,
139,
141, 142, 144, 148, 153; defences,
142, 143; recovered, 145-7, 205,
590, 592; customs house, 208;
zamindary lands, 416
Calcutta Review, the, 538
Calicut, trade, 1; kingdom of, 3;
Portuguese at, 5-10, 18, 20, 21,
25; Dutch at, 33, 49, 51; hostile
to Cochin, 50; French at, 74;
town of, 3, 51, 68, 286
Call, Sir John, 160
Camac, Major Jacob, 270
Camara, Jose da, 264
Cambay, 10, 19, 22, 23, 40, 257,
376; Gulf of, 78
Cambaya, kingdom of, see Gujarat
Cambridge Modern History, quo-
ted, 538
Camoens, Luiz de, 18
Campbell, Sir Archibald, 320, 356
Campbell, Sir Archibald, 559, 560,
565
Campbell, Colonel John, 288
Canary Islands, 330
Canning, Captain, 559
Canning, Charles John, Lord, 583,
585; and the Moghul, 607
Canning, George, 320, 321
Canton, 494
Cantoo Babu, see Krishna Kantu
Nandi
Cape Comorin, 68, 72, 383
Cape of Good Hope, 2, 28, 31, 62,
63, 74, 76, 77, 163, 326, 329
Cape Verde, 2
Capuchins, the, 62
Caradiva, 48
Carnac, General John, in Bengal,
169, 170, 174, 176; in Bombay,
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INDEX
.
Carnac, General John (Continued)
264, 265
Carnarvon, Lord, 310
Carnatic, 34, 35, 41, 69, 117 sqq. ,
273 sqq. , 355 sqq. ; assignment
of revenues, 290-2; revenue
system, 462 sqq. ; dependence on
the empire, 591; title of nawab
of — extinguished, 586, 591, 606
Caroline, the, privateer, 330
Caron, François, 45, 66-71
Cartier, John, 180, 413
Casearius, Johannes, 53
Caspian Sea, 489
Castlereagh, Lord, 315, 320
Castries, Marquis de, 324, 325, 327
Castro, Dom Joao de, 16, 17
Cawnpore, 374, 575
Ceded Districts, the, 471, 475, 478
Cedeme, 20
Central Asia, 331
Central India, 570, 571, 574, 576,
577, 581
Central Provinces, 574
Ceylon, 17, 56, 57, 62, 120; Portu-
guese in, 8, 24 sqq. ; Dutch in,
32, 37, 38, 41 sqq. , 51, 57, 85, 87;
rebellions against the Dutch, 54;
Treaty of 1766, 55; French at-
tack, 61, 66-8; Portuguese and
Dutch influence, 402; English in,
285, 326, 329, 400 sqq.
Chahar Mahal, the, 138, 145, 152
Chait Singh, 230, 295 sqq. , 301, 302,
309; Impey's affidavits, 246, 301;
vote on, 307, 308, 310
Chale, 21
Chalias, the, 51, 54
Chambal river, 380, 579, 580
Chambers, Sir Robert, 236
Champion, Colonel Alexander, 17i,
219, 220, 222, 232, 304
Chanda district, 367
Chanda Sahib, 117, 118, 126, 130,
133, 159, 179
Chandernagore, 73, 137, 139, 142;
taken by Clive, 146, 147, 157,
158; refortified, 278
Chand Kaur, 546, 547
Chandragupta Maurya, 394
Chandrakant, 558
Chandu Lal, 585
Changama, battle of, 276
Chaonga, 532
Charak, 550
Charikar, 507
Charles II, 50, 102, 104; his char-
ters, 95
Charnock, Job, 107, 108
Charpentier, François, 63, 65
Charters, Samuel, 427, 430, 431
Chatham, Lord, 184, 187, 593
Chatter Singh, 554
Chattisgarh istrict, 367
Chaugula, the, 386
Chaul, 9, 261; siege of, 20, 21
Chauth, 118, 394, 395, 398
Cheduba island, 562
Chenab, the, 555, 556
Cherry, G. F. , 351
Chetpattu, 158
Chet Singh, 545
Chevalier, 323, 324
Chhapa, 397
Chicacole, 136, 137
Chiengmai, 568
Chikka Rayalu, 118
Chilaw, 54, 55
Child, Sir John, 102, 103
Child, Sir Josia, 96, 97, 101, 102
Chilianwala, battle of, 555, 556
Chimnaji Appa, 256, 371
Chimnaji Bhonsle, 268, 269
China, 17, 31, 36, 41, 76, 90; Portu-
guese in, 13; English in, 111;
Danes in, 115; Ostenders in, 115;
Prussians in, 116; Swedes in,
115; Sikhs attack, 546; attacks
Burma, 558
Chinapatam, see Madras
Chinese in Burma, 564, 568
Chingiz Khan, 20
Chingleput, 131, 161, 284; district.
see Jagir, the
Chinsura, 41, 154, 155
Chitaldrug, 344
Chitnis, the, 388
Chitpavan sect, 385
Chittagong, town, 107, 108, 562,
564, 566; district, 168, 206, 558,
593
Chittur, 475
Chitu, 377, 380
Chitur Singh, 372
Chunar, 296
Churchill, 205
Cide Bofata, see Sayf-ul-muluk
Miftah
Cis-Satlej Sikhs, see Sikhs
Clarendon, Lord, 494
Clarke, Sir Alured, 349
Clavering, General Sir John, 189,
191, 231, 236, 239, 298, 419, 420,
421, 425, 599; character, 226, 414;
claims the chair, 228; death, 228
Cleghorn, Hugh, 401, 402
Clerk. Sir George Russell, 508, 511,
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667
Clerk, Sir George Russel (Conti-
nued)
518, 545, 547
Clive, Edward, Lord, 321, 339, 341,
343, 358, 359
Clive, Robert, Lord, 112, 117, 140,
234, 323, 589, 601; in the Carna-
tic, 129-31, 154; takes Gheria,
114; returns to India, 157; at
Fort St David, 144; his first gov-
ernment, 141 sqq. , 158, 166, 168,
170, 171, 205, 215, 290; takes
Chandernagore, 139; his jagir,
153, 175, 206; cooperates against
Lally, 161; his second govern-
ment, 174 sqq. , 409, 593, 596, 597,
599; his views in 1765, 251; his
Military Fund, 180; attacked in
parliament, 181, 184, 185, 187;
on the Company, 183, 187, 190,
593
Close, Colonel Barry, 345, 346, 361
Coalition, the, 181
Cochin, 3, 68; Portuguese at, 5-8,
10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26;
taken by the Dutch, 49-51, 85;
raja of, 335; as protected state,
574
Cockburn, Colonel William, 264,
265
Coen, Jan Pietersoon, 32, 39, 40, 60
Coimbatore, 288, 336, 337, 343;
revenue system in, 471
Coinage, ceases to bear Moghul
superscription, 606
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 63-8, 71,
74, 75
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas, 431
Coleroon river, 125, 129
Collectors, see Revenue
Colombo, 53, 54, 406, 407, 408;
Portuguese in, 25-7, 43, 44, 46,
48; taken by the Dutch, 47, 52,
85; taken by the English, 401,
402
Columbus, Christopher, 1
Colvin, Sir Auckland, quoted, 490,
498
Colvin, John Russell, 490-4, 503,
504, 508, 511, 565
Combermere, Lord, 577
Conflans, Marquis de, 162
Conjeeveram, 130, 162, 283
Conolly, Captain Arthur, 504
Conolly, Edward, 505
Constantinople, 278, 340
Cooke, Humphrey, 156
Coorg, 337, 341, 578
Coote, Sir Eyre, 152, 163-5, 169,
Coote, Sir Eyre (Continued)
170, 232; commands in Bengal,
229, 230; in second Mysore War,
269, 284-7, 290, 292, 293
Cope, Captain John, 125, 127
Coral companies, 63
Corbin, 568
-
Corbin, the, 61
Cornwallis, Lord, 177, 178, 181,
203, 212, 244, 320, 596; Dundas
on, 195; appointment and early
career, 434; separate powers,
317; patronage, 318, 319; re-
forms, 430, 433 sqq. , 456, 461;
third Mysore War, 289, 326, 334
sqq. , 366; organises Baramahal,
467; and Benares, 299, 306; and
Oudh, 306, 347; and the Carnatic,
356, 357, 359, 360; and the Sidi,
369; later appointment and gove
ernment, 338, 375; policy to-
wards the Indian states, 570,
577, 580, 603; character, 437
Coromandel Coast, 31-41, 49, 55,
57, 69, 71, 83, 87, 92, 93, 103, 113.
120
Coster, 42-4
Cotton, Sir Willoughby,. 500, 502,
505, 506
Couper, Sir George, 584, 585, 587
Court, General, 542
Courteen, Sir William, 90, 91
Covelong, 131
Covenanted servants of the East
India Company, 177, 178, 318;
Burke on, 198; W. Hastings on,
198; provision for trial of, 202,
203; Hastings' reform of, 211,
212; salaries under Hastings,
213; ineligible as governor-
general, 320; reforms of Corn-
wallis, 433 sqq. ; at Madras, 467
Cox, Captain, 559
Craig, General Sir James, 349, 351
Cricklade, 230
Croftes, Charles, 416, 425, 427, 430,
431
Croissant, the, 61
Crommelin, Richard, 249
Cromwell, Oliver, treaty with
Portuguese, 85; and the Dutch
War, 86; his charter, 89, 91, 94,
95, 103, 106
Cuddalore and Fort St David, 123,
124, 127, 144; English factory,
104, 113, 130; Dupleix attacks,
122; English headquarters, 125;
taken by Lally, 140, 159; occu-
pied by Bussy, 287; battle of, 287
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INDEX
Declaratory Act, the, 315
Dehra Ghazi Khan, 491, 495
Dehra Ismail Khan, 495
Delarche, Henri, 132
Delft, the, 33
Delhi, sultanat of, 3; city of, 23,
111, 113, 135, 153, 169, 180, 216,
306, 324, 380, 549, 571, 573, 577,
607; occupied by Marathas, 215,
253, 363, 364, 597; plundered by
Rohillas, 365, 366; taken by the
English, 374, 539, 604, 605; the
palace, 607; the Diwan-i-khas,
606; the magazine, 607
della Valle, Pietro, 62
den Broecke, Pieter van, 39, 40
Dennie, Brigadier, 501, 505
Deogaon, Treaty of, 374
der Haghen, Admiral Steven van,
33, 49
der Meyden, Adriaan van, 47
Deslandes,
- 72, 73
Desmukh, the, 387, 388, 396
Despande, the, 387, 396
Devenampatnam, Dutch at, 33, 37,
42. See also Cuddalore
Devikottai, 125
Dewan, the, 388
Dewas, state of, 571
Dhaboi, 267
Dhar, fort, 257; state, 571
Dharapuram, 287, 343
Dharmapala, 26, 27
Dharna, 398
Dharwar, 336, 397
Dhian Singh, 545-7
Dhondu Pant, alias Nana Sahib,
.
)
Cuddapah, 118, 128, 337
Cunha, Nino da, 13-5
Cunha, Tristao da, 8, 9, 11
Cunningham, J. D. , quoted, 540,
543, 544, 549
Curia Muria Islands, 7
Currie, Sir Frederick, 554, 555, 583
Customs duties, Maratha, 397; in-
ternal, 208, 467, 481; board of,
213
Cutch, 523, 576
Cuttack, 268, 269, 367, 374
586
Dias, Bartholomeu, 5
Dickinson, Captain, 562
Diemen, Antonie van, 32, 42
Dig, battle of, 375
Dindigul, taken by the English,
287; ceded, 337, 467; revenue
settlement, 474, 475
Dinghi, 555
Diu, 10, 13, 14, 23, 25; first siege,
15; second siege, 16; French
visit, 61
Divy Island, 126
Diwanni of Bengal, 176, 177, 183,
185, 188, 206, 409 sqq. , 448, 529,
593, 596; abolition of naib
diwans, 209
Diwanni adalats, 415, 418, 421,
425, 440, 443, 453
Doddington, the, 157
Dominicans, the, at Goa, 21
Dorin, J. A. , 584
Daatzerom, Dutch at, 37
Dabo, battle of, 537
Dacca, 172, 226, 445, 453, 558;
English factory at, 106, 148; cus-
toms house at, 208; provincial
council of, 422
Dacoity, 456, 457, 563, 565, 568
Dacres, P. M. , 414, 422-4
Dada Sahib, see Raghunath Rao;
see Khasgi-wala
Dadula, 532
Dadur, 499, 515
Daftardar, the, 388
Daji, 535
Dakshina, 394
Dalhousie, Lord, 321; and the
Sikhs, 554 sqq. ; and Burma, 561,
562; and the Indian states, 574,
581-7, 591; and the Moghul em-
peror, 606, 607
Dalip Singh, 547, 553
Dallas, Robert, 309
Damaji Gaekwad, 257
Damalcheri Pass, 118
Daman, 19, 20, 23, 68, 79, 264
Dambudenia, 406
Danes, the, in India; the East India
Company, 114; expedition
Ceylon, 42; breach with Eng-
land, 330
Danubyu, 559
Darakhdars, the, 388
Darbar kharch, 388
Darien, 98
Darogas, the, 445, 452, 474, 480
Daulat Rao Sindhia, 367, 369, 371,
372, 578; and the English, 373
sqq. , 380 sqq. , 385, 539, 570, 580
Daulatabad, 140
Davie, Major, 405, 406
Davy, Dr, 407
Daylesford, 203, 312
Decaen,
- 329-32, 604
Deccan, the, 101; subahdar o. , 117;
Bussy in, 134 sqq. , 151. See also
Nizam, the
L
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9
Dost 'Ali Khan, 117, 118
Dost Muhammad Khan, 486, 488-
93, 495, 496, 498, 499, 501, 503-5,
507, 508, 520, 543-6, 555, 557
Dow, Colonel Alexander, 423
Downton, Nicholas, 79
Drake, Sir Francis, 24, 76
Drake, Roger, 142, 156, 291
Drakensteyn, Adriaan van Rheede
tot, 36-8, 53, 58
Draper, Daniel, 263
Draper, Lieutenant-colonel Sir
William, 160, 162
Du Bausset, - 132
Ducarel, G. G. , 423, 424
Du Chemin, —, 285
Dudpatli, 559
Dudrenec, Chevalier, 366, 368
Duff, Grant, quoted, 257, 333
Duif, the, 34
Du Mans, Père Raphael, 62
Dumas, Benoist, 75, 126
Dumbara, 406
Duncan, Jonathan, 299, 435, 436.
499
Dundas, Henry, 192, 193, 325, 338,
347, 348, 356, 361, 434-7; his
India bill, 194-6, 355; and W.
Hastings, 202, 262, 307, 308; as
President of the Board, 314; on
foreign policy, 350; and Ceylon,
403; on revenue, 450, 451
Dundas, Robert, 458
Dundia Wagh, 346
Dupleix, Joseph, 323, 343, 558; and
the Dutch, 59; his policy, 75, 117,
125, 154, 600; on Bengal, 142;
desires neutrality, 119, 120;
quarrels with La Bourdonnais,
121; relations with Anwar-ud-
din, 122, 591; attacks Fort St
David, 122, 123; defends Pondi-
chery, 123, 124; the struggle in
the Carnatic, 126 sqq. , 145, 150,
176
Durand, Sir Henry, 501, 565-7
Durani tribe, the, 483-5, 489, 501,
505, 515. See also Afghans
Durjan Sal, 577
Du Saussay, -, 131
Dutch in India, the; early voyages,
28 sqq. ; company founded, 30;
wars with the Portuguese, 31, 82,
83; organisation in India, 31; on
the Coromandel Coast, 33 sqq. ;
early relations with the English,
82-4, 86, 91; the Company's ser-
vants. 37: in Gujarat, 39, 40: in
Dutch in India (Continued)
Bengal, 40, 41; in Ceylon, 41
899. ; the Ten-year Truce, 44-6;
renewal of war, 47; peace with
the Portuguese, 50, 85; organi-
sation in Malabar, 51; in Ceylon,
52 sqq. ; religious policy, 53; re-
lations with Kandi, 54, 55; sea-
power, 56; third Anglo-Dutch
War, 56; finance, 57, 60; defects
of organisation, 57 sqq. ; oppose
the French, 59, 61, 67, 72, 104,
153; oppose Clive, 60, 153, 154,
162, 166; in the War of the Ame-
rican Revolution, 285, 289, 401;
projected French alliance, 325;
in the Revolutionary and Na-
poleonic Wars, 326, 329, 401 sqq. ;
convention of 1814, 596; in
Burma, 558
Du Tremblay, Père Joseph, 62
East India Company (English),
early voyages, 76-8; founded, 30,
77; relations with the Portu-
guese, 76-8, 80-6, 113; relations
with the Dutch, 56, 59, 60, 82-6,
91, 104; early relations with the
French, 72, 104; relations with
the Danes, 115; Malayan facto-
ries, 77; Hawkins's mission, 77;
Middleton's voyages, 78; Roe's
mission, 80; in Persia, 81, 82;
development of trade, 87 sqq. ,
91-4, 96, 108 sqq. ; on the Coast,
88, 89; early finance, 89; Cour-
teen's association, 90; Assada
association, 91; Cromwell's char-
ter, 94, 95; Charles II's charters,
95, 96; during the Revolution, 97,
98; the new company, 98, 99,
104, 105; union of the companies,
99, 100; Child's policy, 101, 102;
the Moghul War, 102, 103, 107,
108; organisation in India, 102;
troubles from pirates, 103; Sur-
man's embassy, 111, 112; influ-
ence of Clive's victories, 175;
relations with the state, 181 sqq. ,
278, 592; constitution under Re-
gulating Act, 189, 190; Maratha
policy, 261, 262; legislation re-
garding, 1786-1818, 313 sqq. ,
455; loses trade monopoly, 313;
relations with the Board, 314-6;
Afghan policy, 498, 499, 505. See
also Justice, Military forces,
Covenanted servants, Secret
Committees and the Indian
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