Shere Ali Khan, Amir of Afghanistan, 291; estranged from British government, 296; flight, _ib._; death, 297 Shore, Mr. John, presses for an inquiry into rights of ryots, 79; Governor-General, 81 Sikh, kingdom founded by Runjeet Singh, 102; review of Sikh history, 154-157; first Sikh war, 158; second Sikh war, 161; annexed to British India, 165; help the British against Delhi, 222, 226, 237 Sind, Amirs of, defeat of, 152; their territories incorporated with the Bombay presidency, _ib._ Sindia, Mahadaji, feudatory of the Peishwa, 71; established a dominion in Hindustan, 72; French battalions, 83; rule of Daulat Rao, 90; his vacillation, 93; flight at Assaye, 94; joins Holkar, 97; returns to the British alliance, 98; ravages Rajputana, 105; secret negotiation, 111; submission, 114 Sitabuldi Hill, battle on, 116, 117 Sivaji, hero of the Mahrattas, 71; his tomb repaired, _ib._ _note_ Slavery, Hindu and Mohammedan, 18; Mogul restrictions, 19; Portuguese trade, _ib._; abolished at Madras, 22 Sobraon, battle of, 159 Sudder Courts, 127 _note_, 128, 284 Supreme and Sudder Courts amalgamated, 284 Surat, British traders at, 3; factory, 4; foreign guests, 5; decay, 24 Suttee, abolished, 123 T. Talukdars, or zemindars, 130; discontent in Oudh, 220; healed, 293 Tayler, Mr. William, quashes plot at Patna, 266 Thomason, Mr., Lieut.-Governor, land settlement finished, 167, 168; constructs macadamised roads, 172 Thugs, atrocities of, 124; hereditary gangs, _ib._; suppression, 125 Tippu of Mysore, first war against, 80; alliance with the French, 84; second war and death, 86; family, 100, 283 Trevelyan, Sir Charles, protests against income tax, 283 Tucker, Mr. Robert, at Futtehpore, murdered, 257 Turkey, menaced by Russia, 141 V. Vellore, sepoy revolt at, 100, 188 Village communities in the North-West Provinces, 128; in the Madras Presidency, 131; changes, 299 W. Wales, Prince of, his tour in India, 295 Water-ways in India, 171 Wellesley, Marquis of, Governor-General, 82; political system of subsidiary alliances, 89; fears of France, 90; mission to Persia, 91; acquisitions from Oudh, _ib._; wars, 94; reversal of his policy, 98 Wellington, Duke of, opposes recall of Lord Ellenborough, 154 Wheeler, General Sir Hugh, commands at Cawnpore, 244-249; surrenders to Nana Sahib, 253 Willoughby, Lieut., blows up the magazine at Delhi, 214; murdered, 215 Wilson, Mr. James, Finance Minister, 282; proposes income tax, _ib._; death, 283 Y.