Macaulay (Mr., afterwards Lord) appointed legal member of the Council of India, [139;]
drafts the Penal Code, [180]
Macnaghten, Sir William, British minister at Cabul, [146,] [147;]
his difficulties, [148;]
murdered by Akbar Khan, [149,] [150]
Macrae, Mr., Governor of Madras, in the olden time, [31]
Madras, foundation of fortress, [7;]
growth of Fort St. George and Black Town, [8;]
wars of the Right and Left Hands, [10;]
first Hindu town under British rule, [13;]
Asiatic revolt against European taxation, [14,] [15;]
corporation founded, [16;]
trade in slaves, [18;]
abolished and revived, [21,] [22;]
flourishing private trade, [23;]
Governors Pitt and Macrae, [31;]
Madras captured by the French, [32;]
restored, [33;]
village communities of Southern India, [131;]
creation of zemindars, [132;]
establishment of ryotwari, [134]
Maharajpore, battle of, [154]
Mahrattas, raids on the Mogul empire quieted by the payment of "chout," or black-mail, [28;]
origin of Mahratta power, [71;]
rise of the Peishwa and his feudatories—Sindia, Holkar, and the Gaekwar, [72;]
first British war against the Mahrattas, [73;]
refuse the British alliance, [89;]
rise of Sindia, [92;]
acceptance of British suzerainty by the Peishwa, ib.;
campaigns of Wellesley and Lake, [94,] [95;]
Holkar's defiance and successes, [97;]
non-intervention, [99;]
disaffection, [111;]
hostility, [115;]
final establishment of British supremacy, [116,] [119;]
see also Sindia and Holkar
Malcolm, Sir John, sent on missions to Persia, [91,] [103;]
negotiations with the Mahrattas, [112,] [113;]
defeats Holkar, [117;]
captures the Peishwa, [119]
Mayo, Lord, Viceroy and Governor-General, [294;]
his tragic death, ib.
Meerut, sepoy mutinies, [206]-[212]
Mehidpore, battle of, [117]