CONTENTS.
PART I.
EAST INDIA COMPANY.
CHAPTER I.
FIRST PERIOD: FACTORIES, FORTRESSES, TOWNS.
1600-1756.
[§1.] India in 1600. [§2.] British at Surat and Masulipatam: Commercial and Social Life, 1612-1638. [§3.] Rise and Growth of Madras, 1639-1680: Portuguese and Dutch Neighbours. [§4.] British Rule and Representative Government, 1686. [§5.] Mixed Corporation of Europeans and Natives, 1688. [§6.] Slavery and the Slave Trade in India. [§7.] Madras, Surat, Bombay, and Hughly. [§8.] Collision with the Great Mogul, 1686-1700. [§9.] Domestic Administration, 1700-1746. [§10.] Wars against France in Southern India, 1746-1756. [§11.] The Black Hole at Calcutta, June 1756Pages [1-39]
CHAPTER II.
SECOND PERIOD: BENGAL PROVINCES.
1756-1798.
[§1.] From Calcutta to Plassy, 1757-58. [§2.] Nawab Rule under British Protection. [§3.] British Arrogance: Massacre at Patna. [§4.] Lord Clive's Double Government, 1765-67. [§5.] Warren Hastings, 1772-85: Life and Career. [§6.] British Rule: Treatment of Bengal Zemindars. [§7.] British Collectors and Magistrates: Circuit Courts and Sudder. [§8.] Innovations of Parliament. [§9.] Collisions in Calcutta Council: Trial and Execution of Nundcomar. [§10.] Clashing of Supreme Court and Sudder. [§11.] Mahratta war: Goddard and Popham. [§12.] Triple Alliance against the British: the Mahrattas, the Nizam, and Hyder Ali. [§13.] Parliamentary Interference: the Two India Bills. [§14.] Charges against Warren Hastings. [§15.] Lord Cornwallis, 1786-93: Perpetual Settlement and Judicial Reforms. [§16.] Sir John Shore, 1793-98: Non-Intervention Pages [40-82]
CHAPTER III.
THIRD PERIOD: IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.
1798-1836.
[§1.] Lord Mornington (Marquis of Wellesley), 1798-1805: last war against Tippu, 1799. [§2.] Carnatic confiscated and annexed to Madras Presidency. [§3.] Wellesley's scheme of a paramount power. [§4.] Second Mahratta war: successes of Arthur Wellesley and Lake. [§5.] Disastrous war with Holkar. [§6.] Return to non-intervention. [§7.] Sepoy mutiny in Madras army. [§8.] Lord Minto, 1807-13: wars and alliances against France. [§9.] Evils of non-intervention in Rajputana: troubles in Nipal. [§10.] Lord Moira (Marquis of Hastings), 1813-23: war with Nipal, 1814-15. [§11.] Revival of the paramount power: Pindhari and Mahratta wars, 1817-18. [§12.] Lord Amherst, 1823-28: wars with Burma and Bhurtpore. [§13.] Lord William Bentinck, 1828-35; abolition of Suttee. [§14.] Suppression of Thugs. [§15.] Administrative reforms. [§16.] North-West Provinces: Joint Village Proprietors. [§17.] Madras and Bombay Presidencies: Ryotwari Settlements. [§18.] Changes under the Charter of 1833. [§19.] Sir Charles Metcalfe, 1835-36. Pages [83-140]
CHAPTER IV.
FOURTH PERIOD: RISE TO ASIATIC POWER.
1836-56.
[§1.] Russian advance checked by Nadir Shah, 1722-38. [§2.] First Cabul war under Lord Auckland, 1838-42. [§3.] Lord Ellenborough, 1842-44: return from Cabul and conquest of Sind. [§4.] War in Gwalior: reduction of Sindia's army. [§5.] Lord Hardinge, 1845-48: Sikh rule in the Punjab. [§6.] First Sikh war: Moodki, Ferozshahar, Aliwal, and Sobraon. [§7.] Lord Dalhousie, 1848-56: Second Sikh war: Chillianwalla and Goojerat: annexation of the Punjab. [§8.] British rule: patriarchal government. [§9.] Second Burmese war, 1852: annexation of Pegu. [§10.] Lord Dalhousie as an administrator: no roads in India. [§11.] Trunk road, trunk railway, telegraphs, Ganges canal. [§12.] Annexations of Nagpore, Satara, Jhansi, and Oudh. [§13.] India Bill of 1853: new competitive Civil Service. [§14.] New Legislative Council: Lord Macaulay and the Penal Code. [§15.] Departure of Lord Dalhousie, 1856. [§16.] Lord Canning, 1856-62: expedition to the Persian Gulf. [§17.] Mogul family at Delhi. [§18.] Condition of OudhPages [141-184]
CHAPTER V.
SEPOY REVOLT: BENGAL, DELHI, PUNJAB.
1857.
[§1.] European soldiers and Asiatic sepoys. [§2.] Three British armies in India: Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. [§3.] Sepoy army of Bengal: Brahmans and Rajputs. [§4.] Enfield cartridges: general horror of pork: Hindu worship of the cow. [§5.] Agitation of the sepoys at Barrackpore. [§6.] First mutiny against the cartridges: Berhampore. [§7.] Second mutiny: Barrackpore. [§8.] Oudh: mutiny at Lucknow: suppressed. [§9.] Mutiny and massacre at Meerut. [§10.] Mohammedan revolt and massacre at Delhi: general excitement. [§11.] British advance from the Punjab to Delhi. [§12.] Siege of Delhi by Europeans, Sikhs, and Ghorkas. [§13.] Punjab and John Lawrence: antagonism between Sikhs and Mohammedans. [§14.] Sepoy plots at Lahore and Mian Mir; quashed. [§15.] Peshawar and frontier mountain tribes. [§16.] Execution of sepoy mutineers at Peshawar. [§17.] Brigadier John Nicholson: worshipped by a Sikh brotherhood. [§18.] Proposed withdrawal from Peshawar. [§19.] Mutiny at Sealkote: wholesale executions. [§20.] Siege and storm of Delhi, September 1857: peace in the North-West. Pages [185-231]
CHAPTER VI.
SEPOY REVOLT: NORTH WEST, CAWNPORE, LUCKNOW.
1857-58.
[§1.] Bengal and Lord Canning: General Neill's advance from Calcutta. [§2.] Sacred city of Benares: Hindu population overawed. [§3.] Fortress at Allahabad: treachery and massacre. [§4.] Cawnpore: extreme peril. [§5.] Story of Nana Sahib. [§6.] European refuge in the barracks. [§7.] Nana Sahib at Cawnpore: aspirations after Hindu sovereignty: delusion of General Wheeler. [§8.] Mutiny and treachery: barracks beleaguered by Nana Sahib. [§9.] First massacre at Cawnpore: massacre at Jhansi. [§10.] Advance of General Havelock. [§11.] Second massacre of women and children: the well. [§12.] Lucknow and Sir Henry Lawrence: May and June. [§13.] Siege of British Residency at Lucknow: July to September: death of Sir Henry Lawrence. [§14.] Havelock's advance and retreat. [§15.] Advance of Havelock and Outram. [§16.] Relief of Lucknow. [§17.] Sir Colin Campbell's advance: deliverance of the garrison. [§18.] Mutiny of the Gwalior contingent: defeated. [§19.] End of the mutiny and rebellion: causes Pages [232-274]
PART II.
BRITISH CROWN.
CHAPTER THE LAST.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT.
1858-1886.
[§1.] Awakening of the British nation. [§2.] Government Education in India: Toleration. [§3.] British Rule after the Mutiny: Legislative Council of 1854 and Executive Council: Wrongs of Non-Official Europeans. [§4.] Mr. James Wilson and his Income-Tax. [§5.] New Legislative Council of 1861-62. [§6.] New High Court: proposed District Courts. [§7.] Lord Canning leaves India. [§8.] Lord Elgin, 1862-63. [§9.] Sir John Lawrence, 1864-69: Governments of Madras and Bombay: Migrations to Simla: Foreign Affairs. [§10.] Lord Lawrence leaves India. [§11.] Lord Mayo, 1869-72. [§12.] Lord Northbrook, 1872-76: Royal visits to India. [§13.] Lord Lytton, 1876-80: Empress Proclaimed. [§14.] Second Afghan War. [§15.] Political and Judicial Schools. [§16.] Constitution of British India: proposed Reforms Pages [275-302]
INDEX Pages [303-312]
INDIA UNDER BRITISH RULE.