Format:
1 online resource (524 pages)
ISBN:
9781782892076
Series Statement:
History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 v.1
Content:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- Preface by Colonel G. B. Malleson -- Preface by Sir John Kaye -- History of the Indian Mutiny -- Book 1 - Introductory - 1846-1856 -- Chapter 1 -- Administration of Lord Dalhousie - First Occupation of the Punjab - Sir Henry Lawrence and the Council of Regency - Character of Sir Henry Lawrence - Work of Lawrence and his School - Sir Frederick Currie succeeds Lawrence - The Marquess of Dalhousie - Mu Conquest and Annexation of Pegu. -- Chapter 2 -- The Question of "Adoption" - Satarah and the Right of Lapse - Satarah is Annexed - Annexation of Nagpur - Jhansi - Annexation of Jhansi - Karauli - Lord Dalhousie is refused permission to annex Karauli - Sambhalpur is annexed - Treatment of the Peshwa - O Empty Titular Dignities dangerous Possessions. -- Chapter 3 -- Oudh - Early connection with Oudh - Misrule of the Kings of Oudh - Problem before the Government of India - Lord William Bentinck's Scheme rejected - Views of Sir John Low - A fresh Treaty is signed with a new King - The new Treaty foolishly disallowed by Details of the annexation of Oudh. -- Chapter 4 -- Destruction of the Territorial Nobility of India - Settlement Operations - The Talukdar - The Administrative Agency - The Thomason System - Treatment of the Native Gentry - Rent-free Tenures - Resumption Operations - The Bombay Inam Commission - Depressio Inflammability of the Native Mind -- Book 2 - The Sipahi Army - 1756-1856 -- Chapter 1 -- India was won by the Sword - The Fidelity of the Native Army an accepted Theory - Lord Dalhousie's Minute on the Sipahi Army - First Sipahi Levies - The first Mutiny in Bengal - Clive and the Bengal Officers - Degradation of the Native Officer - Effect of Views of the Home Government -- Chapter 2.
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Language:
English
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