Lucknow, capital of Oudh, description of, 203; the British Residency, _ib._; first mutiny suppressed by Sir Henry Lawrence, _ib._; further durbar for rewarding loyal sepoys, 259; general mutiny, 261; hostility of the city, 263; disaster at Chinhut, _ib._; British Residency besieged by mutineers and rebels, 264; death of Sir Henry Lawrence, 265; anarchy in the city, _ib._; retreat of Havelock, 266; desperate defence, 267; advance of Havelock and Outram, 268; triumphant entry, 269; final relief of Sir Colin Campbell, 271 Lumsden, Sir Peter, his mission to Candahar, 181 Lytton, Lord, Viceroy, 295; proclaims Her Majesty as Empress of India, 295; the second Afghan war, 296 M. 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 Metcalfe, Charles, his mission to Runjeet Singh at Lahore, 102; Governor-General, 140 Minto, Lord, Governor-General, 101