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 Bhotan, beyond Northern India, expedition to, 293 Bhurtpore, Jhat Raja of, pays a heavy fine to the British, 98; destruction of the fortress, 122 Bithoor, palace of Nana Sahib, 244; destroyed by Havelock, 259 Bombay, old fortress and town, 24; interference in Mahratta affairs, 73; bravery of sepoys, 118; acquires the territories of the Peishwa, 134; stagnation, 139; want of roads, 172; state education, 278; cotton speculations, 287; failure of Bank, _ib_. Brahmans, hereditary schoolmasters, astrologers, and priests, 129; survival of, 131; position in the Bengal army, 188, 191 Britain, Great, an Asiatic power, 140, 180, 276 Buller, Sir Arthur, his opposition in legislative council, 281 Bundelkund, lawless condition of, 101; chiefs of, defy the British, _ib._; peace restored, 102; condition, 255, 289 _note_ Burma, aggressive demands of the officials, 120; invade British territory, 121; end of first war, 122; second war, 168 Burnes, Sir Alexander, at Cabul, 148; environed by Afghan mob, 149; murdered, _ib_. Buxar, battle of, 52 C. Cabul, _see_ Afghanistan Cachar, under British rule, 122; tea cultivation, 123 Calcutta, founded, 28; captured by the Nawab of Bengal, 35; Black Hole tragedy, 38; recaptured, 42; auction sales of lands, 60; British garrison of, 186, 192 Campbell, Sir Archibald, at Rangoon, 121 Campbell, Sir Colin, commander-in-chief, Bengal army, 271; sets out for Lucknow, _ib._; reaches Residency, _ib._; brings away besieged, _ib_. Canara, landholders and land revenue of, 133 Canning, Lord, Governor-General, 181; war with Persia, _ib._; settlement with the Delhi family, 182; uneasy about Oudh, _ib._; alarm of the sepoys at Barrackpore, 192; mutiny at Berhampore, 200; outbreak at Barrackpore, 201; disaffection in Oudh, 202; disbandments at Barrackpore, 202, 205; mutiny at Meerut, 206, 208; orders General Anson to Delhi, 217; refuses to abandon Peshawar, 229; offends non-official Europeans at Calcutta, 279; turns the executive council of India into a cabinet, 281; departure and death, 285