Harris, General, commands British army against Mysore, [86]
Hastings, Warren, appointed Governor of Bengal, [56;]
virtually sovereign of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, ib.;
previous career, [57;]
introduces British administration, [58;]
dealings with the zemindars and land revenue, [59,] [61;]
judicial administration, 62 creates the Sudder Court, [64;]
surprised by the arrival of three new members of council, and the creation of the Supreme Court, [65;]
appointed Governor-General, ib.;
quarrel with Philip Francis, [66;]
trial and execution of Nundcomar, [67;]
inaction, ib.;
collision between the Supreme Court and the Sudder, [68;]
points in dispute, [69;]
settled by parliament, ib.;
alleged corruption of Elijah Impey, [70;]
war with the Mahrattas, [71;]
plottings of three Asiatic powers, [73;]
Hyder invades the Carnatic, [74;]
interference of parliament, [75;]
India bills of Fox and Pitt, ib.;
returns to England, [76;]
trial in Westminster Hall, ib.;
case of the Oudh Begums, ib.;
services of Hastings, [77,] [78;]
presents to George III., [296]
Hastings, Marquis of, Governor-General of India, [107;]
war against Nipal, [108;]
converted from non-intervention to imperialism, [110;]
suppresses Pindhari raids and Mahratta disaffection, [111;]
humiliation of Sindia, [113;]
submission of Amir Khan of Tonk, [114;]
treachery, defeat, and flight of the Peishwa, [115;]
dealings with Nagpore, [116;]
defeat of Holkar, [117;]
capture and conquest of the Peishwa, [118,] [119;]
renewal of protective treaties in Rajputana, [120]
Havelock, General, his career in India, [256;]
advance on Cawnpore during the sepoy mutinies, ib.;
hangs a deputy collector, [258;]
enters Cawnpore after the massacre, ib.;
advances towards Lucknow, [259;]
retreats, [266;]
second advance with Outram, [268;]
relief of the garrison, [269;]
death, [272]
Herat, besieged by Persia, [145;]
defended by Eldred Pottinger, [151;]
second siege by Persia, [181]
Hindus, protected against European soldiers at Madras, [14;]
rebel against the house tax, [15;]
municipality in the 17th century, [16;]
abolition of Suttee, [123;]
overawed by Thugs, [125;]
village communities in the
North-West Provinces, [128;]
in the Madras Presidency, [131;]
ancient colonisation, ib.;
ancient migrations from Central and Northern Asia, [142;]
accept Sikh religion in the Punjab, [155;]
absence of roads in Hindu kingdoms, [172;]
belief in adoption but reluctant to adopt, [175;]
caste system, [188,] [191;]
worship of the cow and horror of beef, [195;]
forced conversions to Islam, [196;]
hostility of the Brahmans at Benares, stamped out by Mr. Gubbins, [235;]
Hindu culture, [298;]
child marriages, ib.;
temper, ib.;
social despotism, [299;]
failure of hereditary officials, [300;]
successful training, ib.
Holkar, Jaswant Rao, the bandit, [92;]
drives the Peishwa from Poona, ib.;
occupies Indore territory, [93;]
relations with the British, [95;]
defiance, [96;]
campaign of Lord Lake, ib.;
Monson's disastrous retreat, [97;]
joined by Sindia, etc., ib.;
flies to the Punjab, [99;]
confined as a madman, ib.;
dies of cherry brandy, [111;]
see Indore
Holkar, see Indore
Holwell, Mr., elected Governor of Calcutta, during the siege, [38;]
sells Calcutta lands by auction, [60]
Hughly, old Portuguese fortress at, [19;]
demolished in punishment for slave dealing, [20;]
British factory at, [25;]
Mogul oppressions, ib.;
British retreat to Madras, [27]