India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India CompanyWheeler, James Talboys
History
India Under British Rule from the Foundation of the East India Company
Wheeler, James Talboys
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
Mogul, empire in India, 2;
his vengeance on the Portuguese at Hughly, 20;
conquers the Deccan, 21;
breaking up, 31;
enthronement of a Great Mogul in the British factory at Patna, 48;
settlement of Lord Clive, 54;
flight to Delhi with the Mahrattas, 57;
a pensioner of the British government, 95;
makes common cause with the rebel sepoys, 209, 216;
banishment to Rangoon, 231 _note_
Mohammedans, proportion of, in the Bengal sepoy army, 191;
conversion of Hindus by force, 196, 210;
revolt of Delhi, fanatics preaching rebellion, 220;
capture of Delhi, 231
Moira, Lord, Governor-General, 110;
_see_ Hastings, Marquis of
Monro, Sir Hector, victory at Buxar, 52;
takes possession of Oudh, 52
Monson, Colonel, disastrous retreat from Holkar, 97, 98
Moodki, battle of, 158
Mornington, Lord, _see_ Wellesley, Marquis of
Mulraj, Sikh governor of Multan, his revolt, 161;
murder of two British officers, _ib._;
surrenders, 164
Munro, Thomas, his career, 133, 134;
his conservatism, 299
Munsifs, or civil judges, appointed, 80
Mutinies, _see_ Sepoy
Mysore, Raja, restored to the throne of Mysore, 87
Mysore, conquest of, by the British army, 86;
restoration of a Hindu Raja, 87;
Mohammedan mutiny at Vellore, 100, 188;
brought under British rule, 221;
restored to Hindu rule, 292
N.
Nadir, Shah, checkmates Russia, 143;
invades India, 144;
an Asiatic Napoleon, _ib._
Nagpore, 111;
plottings against the British government, 116;
annexed by Lord Dalhousie, 176
Nana Sahib, a _protégé_ of the ex-Peishwa of the Mahrattas, 245;
his preposterous claims against the British government, _ib._;
pertinacity and cunning, 246;
pretended loyalty at Cawnpore, 249;
deludes the British, 250;
unpopularity with the Bengal sepoys, _ib._;
joins the sepoy mutineers, 251;
parleying and perfidy, 253;
massacre of Europeans, 254;
his triumph, _ib._;
his terrors, 255;
his army defeated by Havelock, 257;
massacre of women and children, 258;
flight into Oudh, _ib._
Nanuk Guru, founder of the Sikh religion, 154;
his teaching, 155
Napier, Sir Charles, defeats Amirs of Sind, 152;
supersedes Lord Gough, 164
Natives, _see_ Asiatic
Neill, Colonel, his advance towards Allahabad and Cawnpore, 234;
delayed at Benares, 238;
at Allahabad, _ib._;
restores order, 242;
joined by Havelock, 256
Newars, Buddhist people of Nipal, 106
Nicholson, John, the sainted warrior, 227;
worshipped by the Sikhs, _ib._;
crushes the rebel sepoy brigade from Sealkote, 229;
mortally wounded at Delhi, 231
Nipal, Ghorka conquest of, 106;
aggressions on British territory, 107;
war, 108;
peace, 110
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