Anderson, Lieut., murdered at Multan, 161 Anson, General, at Simla, 216; movements at the revolt of Delhi, 216-271; his death, _ib._ Appa Sahib, defeated by the British, 117; flight from Nagpore, _ib._; succeeded by his grandson, _ib._ Arakan, annexed by the British government, 122, 169 Arcot, captured by Clive, 34; suppresses mutiny at Vellore, 100 Arrah, besieged by rebels, 266; relieved by Major Eyre, 267 Asia, Central and Northern, the cradle of India, 142; rise of Nadir Shah, 143; rise of British power in, 145 Asiatics of India, better phrase than "native," 186; characteristic craft, 240; officials, 300 Asiatic rulers, acknowledge British supremacy, 301; British political officers in India, 302 Assam, overrun by Burmese, 121; acquired by the British, 122; tea cultivation, 123 Assaye, battle of, 94 Attock, fortress of, captured by Dost Mohammed Khan, 163 Auckland, Lord, Governor-General of India, 141; declares war against Dost Mohammed Khan, 145; sends expedition against Cabul, 146 Aurangzeb, the Great Mogul, 21; stops supply of saltpetre to the British at the bidding of Turkey, 25; his death, 31; persecutes the Sikhs, 155; detested by the Sikhs, 222 Ava, _see_ Burma B. Baird, Sir David, commands storming party at Seringapatam, 86 Bala Hissar, fortress of, 148 Barlow, Sir George, provisional Governor-General, 98; political half measures, 99; sacrifices revenue in Bundelkund, 101; annuls protective treaties, 104 Barnard, Sir Henry, commander-in-chief in 1857, advances against Delhi, 218; his death, 230 Baroda, Gaekwar of, 112 Barrackpore, cantonment and park, near Calcutta, 192; story of the Lascar and Brahman, 194; sepoy agitation, 196; incendiarism, 197; outbreak of Mungal Pandy, 201; disbandment of 19th Native Infantry, 202; of the 34th Native Infantry, 205 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