Punjab, Sikh rule under Runjeet Singh, 102; relations with the British government, 103; attitude in the first Afghan war, 146; opened to British troops after the death of Runjeet Singh, 147; a Sikh army under French officers a menace to Hindustan, 153; review of Sikh history, 154; army of the Khalsa, 156; anarchy, 157; despotism of the army, _ib._; Sikh invasion of British India, 158; Aliwal and Sobraon, 159; end of first Sikh war, 160; mixed government, _ib._; revolt at Multan, 161; second Sikh war, 162; Chillianwalla, 163; Goojerat, 164; annexation, 165; patriarchal rule, 166; non-regulation system, _ib._; land settlement, 167; frontier province of India on the north-west, facing Afghanistan and Cashmere, 186; musketry school at Sealkote, 193; John Lawrence, chief commissioner, sends the Punjab "Guides" to Delhi, 222; disaffection of Bengal sepoy regiments, 224; valley of Peshawar, 225; Sikh volunteers, 226; John Nicholson, the sainted warrior, 227; difficulties of John Lawrence, 228; fall of Delhi, 231 R. Railways in India, 173, 174 Rajputana, princes and chiefs taken under British protection by Lord Wellesley, 95; annulment of treaties by Sir George Barlow, 99; plundered by the Mahrattas, _ib._; ravaged by Sindia and Amir Khan, 105; renewal of protective treaties by Lord Hastings, 120; relations with the British government, 289 Rajputs, in Bengal sepoy army, 191 Rama, the ancient hero of Oudh, 104 Rana, of Oodeypore, his descent, 104; war for his daughter, 105; her death, 106 Rangoon, expedition to, 121; second Burmese war, 168 Rawlinson, Major, at Candahar, 146, 152 Revenue, Board of, 128 Rewah in Central India, 289 _note_ Roe, Sir Thomas, Ambassador to India, 135 Rohilcund, mutiny in, 228 Runjeet Singh, Sikh ruler of the Punjab, 102; relations with the British government, 103; attitude in the first Afghan war, 146; death, _ib._; genius and depravity, 156; family pensioned, 165 Russia menaces Persia, 141, 143; driven back by Nadir Shah, 144; cat's-paw policy, 145; hold on Turkistan, 296 Ryotwari settlement, in Madras presidency, 133; introduced into Bombay presidency, 134 S. Sale, Sir Robert, sent to Jellalabad, 149; besieged by Afghans, 151 Sealkote, mutiny at, 229 Secretary of State, Council of, 301 Sepoy army of India, 188; old mutinies, 189; separate armies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras, 190; high caste in old Bengal army, 191; mutinies against greased cartridges, 193-274 Seringapatam taken by storm, 86