been mad, nor suspected of madness, till he killed the Marwarrie; and was then, and at the time of trial, quite capable of distinguishing between right and wrong; so it ended in Beerbul's being sent to the kala-panee, or black water, as transportation is termed up the country. Now here, owing to a single inconsiderate though by no means ill-intentioned order, one man lost his life, another his liberty, and two families were plunged into ruin and misery.
Bayley, Mr. W. B., acts as Governor-
General, 234
Begums of Oude, are oppressed,
142-146
Benares, the Rajah of, oppressed by
Warren Hastings, 138
Bentinck, Lord William, as Gover-
nor-General, 234; prohibits self-
immolation of widows, and settles
the land-revenue, 234
Best, Captain, beats the Portuguese,
&c., 19
Bhurtpoor, besieged and taken by
storm, 234
Black Hole, 83
Bobilee, tragedy at, 97
Bombay, ceded to Portuguese, 8;
ceded to the Company by King
Charles, 28; manners at, 44
Boscawen, Admiral, 57, 60, 65
Boughton, Gabriel, 4, 9
Brereton, Colonel, 107
Broadford, George, 268, 269, 272,
275, 286, 287, 288
Buchanan, Claudius, 5, 8
Burke impeaches Hastings, 148-150
Burmese War, first, 255; second,
302
Burnes, Sir Alexander, at Cabool,
259; murder of, 260
ABRAL, PEDRA ALVARES
DE, founds first European
settlement in India, 7
Calcutta, description of, 79; taken
by Suraj-u-Dowlah, 81; Black
Hole, 83; retaken by Clive, 85
Calicut, 4; attacked by Vasco de
Gama, 7
Calliaud, Major, 105
Camoens, his Lusiad, 8
Ceded districts, 166
Chandernagore, 81, 86
Charnock, Job, 44
Cheyt Singh, Rajah of Benares,
persecuted by Warren Hastings,
138-141
Child, Sir John, 28
Chunda Sahib, 65-71
Clavering, Colonel, made councillor,
134
Clive, Robert, birth of, 59;
nacity, 59; sent to India as a civil
servant, 59; early duties in India,
60; escapes from Madras to Fort
St. David in disguise, 60; enters
the army, 60; courage at Pondi-
cherry, 61; leads a forlorn hope at
Devecotta, 62; returns to civil
employ, 63; further military expe-
rience of, 72; his defence of Arcot,
75; beats the French at Arnee,
76; marries, 78; goes home, 78;
is made Lieutenant-Colonel and
Governor of Fort St. David, 78;
is sent to relieve Calcutta, 85;
takes Chandernagore, 86; in-
trigues with Jaffier, 88; draws up
a fictitious treaty, 88; advances
towards Plassey, 89; deliberates,
89; fights the Soobadar and beats
him, 90, 91; embraces Jaffier as
Soobadar, 92; his share of the
plunder, 440,000l., 94; drives
back the Shahzadeh and gets a
jaghire, 113; beats the Dutch,
114; writes to William Pitt, 115;
embarks for England, 116; re-
turns as Lord Clive to India,
120; puts down a mutiny, 126;
returns home, 126; death of, 128
Cochin, 7
Collins, Colonel, agent at the court
of Scindia, 228
Combermere, Lord, takes Bhurtpoor,
Forde, Colonel, takes Masulipatam,
107; routs the Dutch, 114
Fort St. David, taken from the
English by Lally, 100
Fort St. George, its erection, 28
Fort William, its erection, 80
Francis, Mr. Philip, 134, 135
French, the, attack and take Madras,
53; are considered a superior race
to the English, 65; advance upon
Nasir Jung, who is murdered, 70;
capture Fort St. David, 100;
besiege Madras, 103; retire, 106;
are besieged in Pondicherry, 108
ENOA, trade with India, 4, 5
Gillespie, Colonel, his march
to Vellore, and success at, 219-
221
Glass and Revel, their courage, 76
Goa taken by Portuguese,8; churches,
8; letters from, 10, 13, 14
Golab Singh, King of Cashmere,
294-297
Goorkha soldiers, 287
Grant, Mr. Charles, 212
Gwalior, 274
Hafiz Ruhmut Khan, chief of
the Rohillas, 133
Hamilton, Surgeon, 48
Hamilton, Captain, 80
Hardinge, Lord, victories of, 285, 289,
290, 291-3; his moderation, 296
Harris, General, takes Seringapatam,
197
Hastings, Marquis of, Governor-
General, 232; returns to Eng-
land, 254
Hastings, Warren, noticed by Clive,
112; early career of, 130; goes
to Calcutta as Governor, 131;
overruns Rohilcund, 133; fights a
duel with Francis, 135; arrests
the Rajah of Benares, 138; op-
presses the Begums of Oude, 144;
returns to England, 148; im-
peachment of, 150; his death,
153
Havelock, birth of, 252; enters Middle
Temple, 253; enters army, 253;
embarks for India, 253; in the
Burmese war, 255; marriage, 256;
is made adjutant of 13th regi-
ment, 257; at Jellalabad, 267;
Persian interpreter, 274; at
Moodkee, 288; Feroz-shuhr, 290;
Sobraon, 295; goes home, 299;
returns to India and is promoted,
301; in Persia, 301; in Calcutta,
305; marches to relieve Cawn-
poor, and fights his way, 307;
relieves Lucknow, 311; dies, 313;
his character, 314
Hawkins, Captain, 32, 33
Holkar, beaten by Malcolm, 188
Holwell, takes command in Calcutta,
82; his sufferings, 84
Hyderabad, province of, 64; in
Scinde, battle of, 273; coup d'état,
103; retreats, 106; execution of,
109
Lancaster, Sir James, 18
Lawrence, Major, 57, 61, 68, 72, 77,
[ACARTNEY, Lord, Governor
of Madras, disputes with
Warren Hastings, 148
Macgregor (now Sir George), at
Jellalabad, 265
Macleane, Colonel, agent to Hastings,
135
Macnaghten, Sir Wm., envoy to
Cabool, 257; murder of, 263
Macpherson, succeeds Hastings as
Governor-General, 148
Madras, English settlement at, 28;
increases in importance, 52; taken
by the French, 53; restored, 61;
attacked by M. Lally, 103; threa-
tened by Hyder Ali, 129
Mahomed Ali, appointed Nabob of
Arcot, 68
Mahrattas, the, ravage Hindostan,
50; beaten by Malcolm at Mehid-
pore, 188
Malcolm, Sir John, birth of, 177;
cadetship, 178; Persian inter-
preter, 179; at Hyderabad, 180;
commissioner at Mysore, 181;
envoy to Persia, 182; marriage,
185; created K.C.B., 187; victory
at Mehidpore, 188; work in Cen-
tral India, 189; Governor of
Bombay, 190
Mandelso, John, 42
Martyn, Henry, life and death of,
Meer Jaffier, warns the English, 87;
treaty with, 88; is declared Soo-
badar of Bengal, 92; deposed,
118; restored, 120
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, (afterwards
Lord), birth of, 222; at Eton, 223;
at College of Fort William, 224;
at Lucknow, 226; at Deeg, 230;
is sent to the Punjab, 231; to
Delhi, 231; at Hyderabad, 233;
acts as Governor-General, 234;
liberates the press, 234; is made
Governor of North-West Provinces,
235; Governor of Jamaica, 235;
Governor-General of Canada, 235;
his death, 235
Michelborne, Sir E., 18
Mildenhall, early traveller, 32
Minto, Lord, Governor-General,222;
sends agents to Lahore and
Cabool, 222; returns to England,
232
Moira, Earl of. See Hastings, Mar-
quis of
Moodkee, Battle of, 288
Mornington. See Wellesley, Marquis
Mozuffer Jung, revolution in his
favour by the French, 70
Munro, Sir Thomas, birth of, 155;
reaches Madras, 156; dates of
offices from 1780 to 1807, 158;
at Vellore, 160; Baramahal, 162;
at Canara, 165; Ceded Districts.
166; his marriage, 169; campaign
against the Peshwah, 170; is
made K.C.B. and Governor of
Madras, 173; death, 175
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