Barwell, Mr., member of the Council of Warren Hastings, [65]
Bassein, efforts of the British at Bombay to acquire from the Mahrattas, [72;]
treaty of 1802 concluded with the Peishwa, [92,] [119] note
Bayley, Sir Edward Clive, Home Secretary to Sir John Lawrence, his knowledge of Indian history, [288]
Behar, a province of Bengal, [42]-[44,] [127,] [129;]
mutinies at Patna, Dinapore, and Arrah, [266]
Benares, ceded to the British, [73;]
turbulent population, [235;]
triumph of Mr. Gubbins, [236;]
mutiny of sepoys, [237]
Bengal, early English trade, [25;]
British supervisors, [55;]
terrible famine, ib.;
British administration, [58;]
zemindari system of land revenue, ib.;
no village communities, [128;]
people, [190]
Bengal army, see Sepoys
Bentinck, Lord William, recalled from Madras, [101;]
Governor-General, [123;]
wise and just administration, ib.;
civil and judicial reforms, [126;]
appoints Asiatic officials, [127;]
settles land revenue in the North-West Provinces, [131,] [167;]
popularity, [140;]
appoints Asiatic deputy collectors, [166]
Berhampore, sepoys at, [192;]
mutiny against greased cartridges, [198]
Berar, British relations with, [72;]
vacillations of the Raja, [95;] see Nagpore