Rulers of India: The Earl of MayoHunter, William Wilson
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Rulers of India: The Earl of Mayo
Hunter, William Wilson
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947; Mayo, Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of, 1822-1872
MAYO, Earl of,
attitude towards the people and princes of India, 10-11:
his foreign policy, 11-12:
internal administration, 12-14:
financial reforms, 14-15:
ancestors and youth, 17-24:
travels on the Continent, 25-6:
Trinity College, Dublin, 26:
entrance into society, 27:
tour in Russia, 28-35:
work during the potato disease and Irish famine, 35-6:
Parliamentary contests and views regarding the Union and the
Established Church, 36-7:
becomes Lord Naas, 37:
first speech in Parliament, 38:
appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, 39-40:
his Irish measures, again Chief Secretary, 42-47:
third time Chief Secretary for Ireland, 48:
Irish insurrection dealt with, 49-50:
declines the Governor-Generalship of Canada, 54-5:
offer of the Viceroyalty of India, 54-55:
letters to his sons, 57-59:
Master of Kildare Fox-hounds, 60-64:
preparation work at the India office, &c., 65:
his appointment attacked in the Press, 65-7:
his Will, 68:
his Indian voyage, 70-76:
inspects Suez Canal, 72:
arrival at Aden, 73:
at Bombay, 75:
at Madras, 75-6:
at Calcutta, 77-9:
his method of work as Viceroy, 80-97:
a day's work, 91-4:
his tact, 95-7:
his dealings with the Feudatory States, 98-118:
his policy towards the Rajput Princes, 100-102:
dealings with Kathiawar, 105-6:
with the State of Alwar, 107-110:
with Bhopal, 111-2:
his views regarding the frontier and Lushai tribes, 112-116:
his Foreign Policy, 119-35:
towards Afghanistan, 119-30:
towards Baluchistan, 130-32:
towards Eastern Turkestan, 132-35:
his Financial Reforms, 136-57:
results, table of, 140:
reduction of Public Works Expenditure, 144:
introduces his system of Local Finance, or 'Financial
Decentralisation,' 149-54:
the Income Tax, 154-55:
Table of Revenue and Expenditure under his rule, 156:
his Military Policy, 158-70:
his plan for retrenchment of military expenditure, 159-69:
his care for the well-being of the troops, 169-70:
his Internal Administration, 171-86:
his official tours and inspection of Public Works, 171-74:
Railways, 176-7:
Irrigation, 177-8:
Education, 179-81:
First Census of India taken, 181:
Organisation of the Statistical Survey, 182:
and of the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, 182-3:
his hospitality, 185-6:
the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh, 185-6:
his jail reforms, 186-93:
penal settlement of the Andamans, and death-rate in, 188:
state of discipline, 188-9:
his reforms, 189-91:
his visit to Burma, 191:
his visit to the Andamans, 192-95:
his assassination, 195-7:
death, 196-201.
MILITARY Policy, 158-70:
Reductions of the Native and European armies by Lord Lawrence, 158:
Lord Mayo's plan for retrenchment of military expenditure, 159-69:
and his care for the welfare of the troops, 169-70.
MOUNT HARRIET, 192-94.
MUTINY, INDIAN, results of, 7-9, 13.
NAAS, Lord, 37. See Earl of Mayo.
NANA SAHIB, 8.
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