India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India Company

by James Talboys Wheeler

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.