EAS

dewany of Bengal ceded by the em-
peror, 463. Salt duties assigned instead
of civil salaries, 463. Review of Lord
Clive's policy, 465. Events in Madras
in 1761 to 1768, 465. Inefficiency of the
Madras Council, 470. Advice of the
Court of Directors to them, 470. How
the Company was regarded in England,
478. Ministerial transactions with it,
478. Condition of Indian finances,
478. Deficiency in England, 479. Pro-
ceedings of the Select Committee, 479.
Bill for the future constitution of the
Company, 479. Resistance to it, 479.
But receives the royal assent, 480.
Appointments under the new constitu-
tion, 480. State of Bengal in 1767 to
1775, 481. The plan of double govern-
ment breaks down, 481. Mr. Hol-
well's remonstrance and advice, 481.
Mr. Hastings' measures, 483. Pros-
perity of his finances, 484. Cessions
of territory by Rughoba, 488, 489.
War with the French, who lose all
their possessions in India, 497, 498.
Discussions on Indian affairs in Eng-
land, 515. Mr. Burke's report, 515.
Mr. Fox's India Bill, 515. Mr. Pitt's
Bill, 516. Establishment of the Board
of Control, 516. Consolidation of the
English power in India, 525. Lord
Cornwallis's reforms, 527, 528. Re-
newal of the Charter, 528. Christian
missions not permitted, 529. Extent
of the British territory after the defeat
of Tippoo Sooltan, 546. His policy
condemned, but subsequently approved,
552, 563. Effects of non-interferent
policy of the Court of Directors, 574,
581. Their hostility to Lord Hastings,
599. Effect of their struggle with the
Board of Control, respecting William
Palmer & Co., 625. Expiry of the
charter of 1813, 628. End of the Com-
pany's monopoly of trade with China,
628. Clamour against the privileges of
the Company, 628. Renewal of the
charter in 1833, with increased power
of the Board of Control, 628, 629. Dis-
approval of the Court of Directors of
the freedom of the press, 634. Opinion
of the Court of Directors on the case of
Sattara, 688. End of the charter of
1833, 699. Modification of the Court
of Directors, 699. Feeling in India
respecting the Company after the
Sepoy mutiny, 764. End of the rule of
the Company, 765

East India Company, Dutch. See Dutch
East India Company, French, formed,
394. See French in India
East India Company, Scotch, formation
of the, 395. Results of the, 395
Eden, Hon. Ashley, sent on an embassy
to Bhotan, 777. Ill-treated and in-
sulted, 777

Education, Hindoo and Mahomedan, 229.
Schools for the natives established

ELL

under Lord Hastings, 599. Opposition
of the Court of Directors, 599, 600.
The death blow to pure Orientalism
given, 628. Influence of education on
Hindoos, 711. Its cost in 1868-9, 799
Edur, principality of, 136 note
Edwardes, Lieutenant (afterwards Sir
Herbert), employed in settling Bunnoo,
680. Joined by Colonel Cortlandt, and
defeats Moolráj, 680, 681. Whom he
drives into Mooltan, 681. His book
'A Year in the Punjab,' 681. Invests
Mooltan, 681. The fort taken by storm
and the citadel surrendered, 682
Egerton, Colonel, takes command of the
army sent against the Mahrattas, 491.
Retreats from Tullegaon, 491. Dis-
missed, 492

Ein-ool-Moolk, Seif, general of King
Ibrahim Adil Shah I. of Beejapoor,
297. His rebellion, 297. Keeps the
besiegers of Beejapoor in check, 302.
Joins a rebellion, but is defeated and
slain, 304

Ekbál Khan, vizier of Dehly, 122. Sallies
out with the king against Teimoor,
122. Escapes from the city, 123. But
returns, and restores order, 123. Slain,
124, 125

Eldooz, governor of Ghuzny, rebels, 95.
Defeated by Shumsh-ood-deen Altmish,
96. Who makes him prisoner, 96
Electric telegraph communication esta-
blished throughout India, 699
Elgin, Lord, sent to China, 715. Becomes
Viceroy of India, 772. His progress in
the upper provinces, 773. His durbar
at Agra, 773. His death, 773
Elias, Hajy, becomes King of Bengal
under the title of Shumsh-ood-deen
Poorby, 150. His acts, 150. His death,
150

Elik Khan, King of Kashgar, 79. De-
feated by his son-in-law, Mahmood of
Ghuzny, 81

Ellenborough, Lord, reaches India as go-
vernor-general, 652. His strange in-
decision as to affairs in Afghanistan,
655. Indignation at his determination,
656. His dispatches to Generals Pol-
lock and Natt, 656. His pageant at
Ferozepoor, 659. His proclamation
respecting the gates of Somnáth, 659.
His minute on the condition of Gwalior,
664. Orders the British forces to ad-
vance on Gwalior, 664. Present at the
defeat of the Mahrattas, 665. Visited
by the Ranee and Máhárajah, 665. His
revisal of the treaty of 1804, 665. Re-
called, 666. Review of his administra-
tion, 666. Created an earl, 666
Ellichpoor, defeat of the Hindoos near,
104. Ceded to Alla-ood-deen of Dehly,
104. Taken by Mukbool Khan, 143
Ellis, Mr., seizes Patna, but made pri-
soner, 459

Ellora, temples of, 69

Ellore ceded to the English, 468

ELP

Elphinstone, Hon. Mountstuart, his em-
bassy to Kabool, 568. His record of the
people and their country, 568. Obtains
the surrender of Dainglia, who escapes
from Tannah, 583. His negotiations
with the Péshwah, 584. Reverence in
which his name is held to this day, 584.
His suspicions aroused as to the Pésh-
wah's intentions. 587. His name a
household word, 598. Becomes governor
of the Bombay presidency, 599. Settles
Mahratta affairs, 599. Completes the
code of civil and criminal procedure,
613. Principal events of the latter part

769

Emamgurh, fort of, taken by Sir Charles
Napier, 661

Emperors of India, or Maharaja Adhi-

raj, 62, 63. List of, 94

England, General, sent to reinforce Kan-
dahar, 655. Checked at Hykulzye, 655.
Retires to Quettah, but ordered to ad-
vance, 655. Dispatched to Sinde, 657
English, early voyages of the, to India,
284. Robert Thorne, 284. Sir Hugh
Willoughby's voyage, 284. Henry
Hudson, 284. Drake, 285. Cavendish,
285. The Levant Company, 285. Fen-
ton's expedition, 285. The expedition
of London merchants, 286. Establish-

ment of the eastern trade, 286. For-
mation and charter of the East India
Company, 287. Who dispatch three
ships, under Captain Lancaster, 287.
First trade at Acheen, 287. Establish-
ment of a factory at Bantam, 287.
Admiral Middleton, 287. David Mid-
dleton, 288. Captain Hawkins, 289,
Captain Saris, 289. Captain Hippon,
290. Establishment at Masulipatam,
290. Best's fleet, 290. Conclusion of a
treaty with the Emperor Jehangeer,
290, 291. Trading privileges granted
by him, 322. Who builds four factories,
322. Arrival of Sir Thomas Roe as
English ambassador to India, 322.
Plundered by Sivajee, 339. Threatened
by Sumbhajee, 348. An important
patent granted them by the Emperor
Feroksiar, 364. Their progress from
1613-1674, 387. Progress of the, from
1613-1756, 387-419. Review of the
English period of the history of India,
793. Character of the English rule,
795. See also East India Company
English, Major, defeats the rebel Sepoys
at Chuttra, 744

Era of Shaliváháná, 72. Of the Hegira,

count of Ceylon, 65

Fairs, periodical, 19

Fanine in India in 1291, 103. In Northern
India, 116. In Bengal in 1770, 481, 482.
Its effects, 482. At Madras in 1782, 503.
In the Deccan in 1804, 560. In Orissa
in 1866, 779

Farmer, Mr., a hostage of the Wurgoam

convention, released by Sindia, 493
Farming in India, 22, 23. See Land
Farokhzad, deposes Sooltan Abdool Rus-
heed of Ghuzny, 88. His death, 88
Farooky, dynasty of Khandesh, 146-149
Fenton, Edward, failure of his expedition
to India, 285. Causes of this, 285
Feroksiar, Prince, son of Prince Azim-
ush-Shán, his rebellion, 362. Defeats
the Emperor Jehándár Shah, who
is deposed, 363. Feroksiár succeeds
to the throne of the empire, 363. Con
fers dignities upon all who had joined
him, 363. Puts Zoolticar Khan and the
ex-emperor to death, 363. His position
due to the bravery of the Syed brothers
Hoosein Ally and Abdoolla, 363, 364.
Whom he rewards, 364. His illness
cured by an English surgeon, 364.
Grants the English a patent, 364. His
plot against Hoosein Ally, 365. His
treachery, 366. Chafes under the re-
straint of Syed Abdoolla, 367. His
intrigues, 367. But submits to the
Syed's demands, 367. Confined by the
vizier Syed Abdoolla, 367. Tumults in
the capital, 367. The emperor deposed,
368. Blinded, poisoned, and strangled,

368

Feroze Shah Bahmuny, succeeds to the
throne of the Deccan, 165. His charac

FER

ter and habits, 165.
of Ferozabad, 166.

Founds the town
His buildings at
Goolburgah, 166. Events of his reign,
166. His victory over Déo Rái of
Beejanugger, 166. Besieges Beeja- |
nugger, and makes terms, 167. Marries
the rajah's daughter, 167. Renews
the war, 167. Marries his son to a
goldsmith's daughter, 167. His death,
167

Feroze Sheher, intrenched camp of the
Sikhs at, 670. Battle of, 671. The

night of horrors' at, 671. Final
advance and victory, 672
Feroze Soor, succeeds Julal Khan Soor as

emperor, 246. Murdered by his uncle, 246
Feroze Toghluk, succeeds to the throne
of Dehly, 119. Acknowledges the in-
dependence of Bengal, 119. Great
public works completed by him, 119.
His peaceful government, 120. Abdi-
cates in favour of his son, 120. But
subsequently nominates his grandson,
120. His death. 120. His benevolent
reforms, 120, 797. His invasion of
Sinde, 157

Ferozepoor, Lord Ellenborough's pageant

at, 659. His proclamation respecting
the gates of Somnáth, 659. Held by
Sir John Littler, 670. Events of the
Sepoy mutiny at, 722

Festivals, public Indian, 18

Fish, order of the, of the Moghul empire,
355

Fitzgerald, Major, saves Colonel Wood's
force, 472

Fletcher, Sir Robert, his mutiny, 464.
Tried and cashiered, 464
Fletcher, Colonel, joins Colonel Baillie,
who surrenders, 500

Flint,

Lieutenant,

holds Wandiwash
against Hyder Ally, 501. Relieved by
Sir Eyre Coote, 501

Floyd, Colonel, forced by Tippoo to re-
treat, 522

Food of the people of India, 6, 11
Ford, Captain, commands a brigade of
Sepoys for the Péshwah, 581. Recom-
mended privately to withdraw from
Poona, 588

Forde, Colonel, sent into the Northern
Circars, 436. Defeats the Marquis de
Conflans, 436. Besieges and takes
Masulipatam, 436. Makes a treaty
with Salabut Jung, 436. Defeats the
Dutch troops near Chinsurah, 440. Lost
at sea, 478

Forrest, Lieutenant, assists in holding
the arsenal of Dehly, 721

Fortified posts, construction of, sanc-
tioned, 786

Fox, Mr., his India Bill, 515. Thrown
out in the Lords, 516

Francis, Mr. (afterwards Sir Philip), ap-
pointed member of the Council of
Calcutta, 480

Franks, Brigadier, drives the rebel
Sepoys before him, and joins Jung

FUT

Bahadoor's Ghoorkas, 750. Defents
Mahomed Hussein Nazim, 750. His
small losses, 750. Joins the camp be-
fore Lukhnow, 750

Fraser, Major-General J. S., invades
Coorg, 629. And occupies Merkára,
its capital, 629. His transactions with
the Nizam, 696

Frazer, Major-General, attacks Holkar
at Deeg, but killed, 561
French in India, form an East India
Company, 394. And establishments at
Chándernagore and Pondicherry, 394.
Fortify their factories, 396.
At war
with the English, 399. Peace concluded,
403. Interfere in Native affairs, 403.
Obtain a grant of villages, 405. Snc-
cesses of M. Dupleix, 407. Mozuffer
Jung's concessions to them, 407. Which
are confirmed by Salabut Jung, 408.
At war again with the English, 409.
Conclusion of peace, 411, 412. Clive's
operations against them, 426. Power
of the French in Bengal utterly crushed,
433. Their proceedings in the Carnatic,
433. Arrival and proceedings of the
Count de Lally, 434. Pondicherry the
only possession remaining to the French,
443. Which surrenders to the English,
444. Extinction of French power in
India, 444, 445. At war with the
English, 497. Lose all the possessions
except Mahé, 497, 498. Which is re-
duced, 498. Agree to join Tippoo
Sooltan against the English, 639. Dis-
banded at Hyderabad, 540
Fukhr-ood-deen, heir apparent to the
throne of Dehly, 690, 712. Agreement
made with him, 690, 712. His suc-
cession opposed by the king, 690, 712.
His death, 712

Fullerton, Colonel, makes a diversion
against Tippoo, 506. Reduces several
places, 506

Fulta, English storehouses at, burned by
the Dutch, 440

Fureed Soor. See Shere Khan
Furbád Khan, King of Ahmednugger's
general, defeated and taken prisoner
by the Portuguese, 283, 312. Becomes
a Christian, and goes to Lisbon, 283,
312

Furhut-ool-Moolk, viceroy of Guzerat, his
tolerance of Hindoo worship, 133, 134.
Recalled, 134. Slain, 134
Furniture, Indian, 19

Furrukabad, Nawab of, his resistance to
Lord Wellesley's arrangements, 551.
Pensioned, 551. Defeat of Holkar's
cavalry near, 561. The rebel Sepoys
driven from, 749

Futteh, elected King of Bengal, 151.
Murdered, 151

Futteh Jung, son of Shah Soojah,_re-
covers his father's body, 656. Pro-
claimed king, 656

Futteh Khan, defeats and deposes King
Mahomed of Kashmere, 131. Ascends

FUT

the throne, 131. Deposed by Mahomed,
131, 132. Retires into India, 132. His
death, 132

Futteh Khan, Jám, King, elected King of
Sinde, 157

Futteh Khan of Ahmednugger released
from confinement, 328. Evades his
engagements, and is besieged in Dow-
latabad, 329

Futteh Oolla Imád Shah, his origin, 192.
Becomes Viceroy of Berar, with the
title of Imád-ool-Moolk, 192. Declares
his independence, 192. His death, 192
Futteh Singh Gaikwar, Mr. Hornby's
proposal to make him independent,
492, 493. Indisposed to commit him-
self, 493. His independence secured by
treaty, 496. A subsidiary treaty with
him concluded by Lord Lake, 559. His
affairs, 559. Sends an agent to Poona,
582. His agent murdered in the streets,
582

Futtehgurh, events of the Sepoy mutiny
at, 725, 726. The rebel Nawab of,
defeated by Kinleside, 747

Fyzabad, Moulvee of, in Lukhnow with

his adherents, 752. Driven out, 752.
Orders the English prisoners to be
shot, 752. Joins the rebel leaders at
Bareilly, 753. Escapes, 753. Killed,

Gajupati dynasty, their dominions, 73
Gama, Stephen de, accompanies his
brother to India, 219

Gama, Vasco de, conducts an expedition
of discovery, 215, 216. Rounds the
Cape, 216. Discovers Tierra de Natál,
216. Reaches Mozambique and Melin-
da, 216. Thence sails for India, 216.
Reaches Calicut, 216. His reception
by the Zamorin, 216, 217. Returns
home, 217. Commands an expedition
to destroy the trade of the Mahome-
dans, 219. Sets fire to a pilgrim ship,
219. Well received at Cannanore, 220.
Sails for Calicut, 220. His cruelty
there, 220. The Zamorin's treachery
to him, 220. Forms an alliance with
the Rajahs of Cochin and Cannanore,
220. Returns home, 220

Gambroon, English trade at, established,
388. Capture of English ships by the
Dutch at, 389

Ganapati dynasty, dominions of the, 73
Ganges river, 2, 3. The canal of the,
suspended, but recommenced, 678

GHE

Ganjam plundered by the Pindharees, 586
Gardanne, General, sent on an embassy
from the Emperor Napoleon to Persia,

567

Gardner, Colonel, occupies Almórah, 579
Garnock, General, defeats the Umbeyla
conspirators, 775

Garrows, tribe of the, 36
Gawilgurh, in Berar, fortifications of,
completed, 168. The fort of, 185. Re-
duced by Prince Moorah, 271. Taken
by Rughojee Bhoslay, 413. Captured
by the British, 557

Geesoo Duráz, Syed, tomb of, at Gool-
burgah, 350

Geography of India, 1. Divisions of In-
dia according to Hindoo geographers,

4

George, Fort St., established at Madras,
389. Its strength and importance, 396
Ghás dána, 354

Ghatgay Shirzee Ráo, Mahratta C
mander, his part in the intrigues for
the Péshwahship, 536. Marries his
daughter to Sindia, 537. His brutal
treatment of the widows of Mahadajce
Sindia, 537. Released and renews his
barbarities, 546. Set aside by Holkar,

562

Ghauts, 3, 4

Ghazee-ood-deen, eldest son of Nizam-ool-
Moolk, his claims prosecuted by the
Peshwah, 412. Enters the Deccan, 413.
Poisoned, 414

Ghazee-ood-deen, vizier of the Emperor
Alumgeer II. See Shahab-ood-deen
Ghazipoor, confirmed by Clive to Rajah
Bulwunt Singh, 463

Ghazy Beg Toghluk defeats the Moghals
on the banks of the Indus, 108. De-
feats and puts to death Mullik Khoos
roo, 112. Elected King of Dehly, 112.
His previous career, 113. Chooses the
title of Gheias-ood-deen. His active
and beneficent measures, 113. Con-
quests of his son, 114. Accidentally
killed, 114
Gheias-ood-deen, becomes Sooltan of
Ghoor, 90. Sends his brother Mabo-
med to invade India, 90. Confices
Sooltan Khoosroo Mullik, 90, 91. His
death, 93

Gheins-ood-deen, King of Bengal, 151
Gheias-ood-deen, son of Nizam-001-
Moolk, left by his father in charge of
the Deccan, 378. And in charge at
Dehly, 381

Gheias-ood-deen Bahmuny, succeeds to
the throne of the Deccan, 163. Blinded
and deposed, 165
Gheias-ood-deen Bulbun, ascends the
throne of Dehly, 99. His origin, 100.
Magnificence of his court, 100. His
government, 100. Puts down rebel-
lions of the Mewatees and in Bengal,
100. His cruel executions, 100, 101.
Death of his son, Prince Mahomed, 101.
His death, 101

GHE

Gheias-ood-deen Khiljy, succeeds to the
throne of Malwah, 143. His peaceful
reign and habits, 143. Failure of his
mind, and death, 144
Gheias-ood-deen Toghluk, succeeds to the
throne of Dehly, 113. See Ghazy Beg
Toghluk

Gheriah, fort of, taken by the English,

417. Defeat of Meer Cassim at, 459
Ghilzyes, their turbulence and disaffec-
tion, 644. General Willshire's opera-
tions against them, 644. Attack the
English in the Khoord Kabool pass,
650

Ghizny Khan, succeeds to the throne of
Malwah under the title of Mahmood

Ghoory, 142. Poisoned by his vizier,

142

Ghizny Khan Farooky, succeeds to the
throne of Khandesh, 149. Poisoned,
149
Gholam Khadir, Rohilla chief, plunders
friends and foes, 509. Gains possession
of the emperor, whom he blinds, 509,
510. Executed by Sindia, 510
Ghoory family, the, take Ghuzny, 89.
Dynasty of Mulwah, 140-142
Ghufoor Khan, left in command of
Holkar's army at Indoor, 592. His
contest with the regent, Toolsee Bye,
592. Who is beheaded, 593
Ghuznevy dynasty, 86. End of the, 90
Ghuzny becomes independent under Alp-
turgeen, 77. His successors, 77. Splen-
did mosques erected at, 83. The king-
dom invaded by the Seljuk Tartars, 87.
Taken and pillaged by Alla-ood-deen,
of Ghoor, 89. Falls into the hands of
the Ghoory family, 89, 90. Taken by
King Kootub-ood-deen Eibuk, 95. In-
vaded by the Moghuls, 96, 99. Advance
of the British army on, 643. Condition
of the fortress, 643. Taken by storm,
643. Capitulates to the Afghans, 651.
The fortifications blown up by General
Nott, 658

Ghuzunfer Beg, at the battle of Allund,
197. His death, 197

Gilbert, General Sir Walter, at the battle
of Feroze Shéher, 671. And at the
battle of Soobráon, 675. At Chillian-
wallah, 685. And at Goojerát, 686.
Pursues the Sikhs, 686. Who surrender
unconditionally, 686. Hunts the Af-
ghans back to the passes, 686
Gingee, establishment of the Mahratta
court at, 352. Withstands a siege by
the Moghuls, 352. Which is raised,
353. But afterwards taken by escalade,
353. Reduced by the French, 404.
Failure of an English force before, 410.
Reduced by the English, 445
Gillespie, Colonel (afterwards General),
suppresses the Vellore mutiny, 566. His
attack on Cornelis, which he captures,
573.

His part in the Goorkha war,
577. Killed at Kalungah, 577

GOL

Girán, Jám, King of Sinde, 157
Girnar, edicts of Asóka, graven on rocks
at, 60. Kurun's temple at, 133. Fortress
of, taken from the Hindoos, 135.
of, finally reduced, 137

Fort

Goa taken by the Portuguese, 198. Re-
captured by them, 199, 223. Retaken
by King Ismail Adil Shah, 223. Recap-
tured by Albuquerque, and becomes
the Portuguese capital, 223. Unsuc-
cessfully attacked by the King of
Beejapoor, 224. Invaded by Ibrahim
Adil Shah, King of Beejapoor, who is
repulsed, 283. Attacked by Ally Adil
Shah, of Beejapoor, 283. Who aban-
dons the siege, 283. Character of
Portuguese acts at, 284. The Inquisi-
tion at, 284. Besieged by King Ally
Adil Shah, who is severely repulsed,
300

Goands, aboriginal tribe of, 37
Godavery river, 3

Goddard, Colonel (afterwards General),
his march across India, 492. Reaches
Surat, 492. Occupies the Péshwah's
districts in Guzerat, 493. Takes
Ahmedabad by storm, 493. Attacks
the Mahratta camp, 493. Advises a
diversion to the north, 493. Takes
Bassein, 494. Advances on Poona, 494.
Carries the Bhore Ghaut, 494.
Strength positions of the enemy's
army, 494, 495. Receives a convoy
under Colonel Browne, and retreats,
495. His overtures rejected by Nana
Furnawees, 499

Godeheu, M., French commissioner, con-
cludes peace with the English, 411
Godolphin, Earl, his award, 395
Godwin, General, captures Rangoon,
693

Gokarna, King of Kashmere, his excava-
tions at Nassuk, 59

Gólab Singh, becomes minister at Lahore,
674. Purchases Kashmere, 675
Golcondah, fort of, ceded to Mahomed
Sha., King of the Deccan, 161. Trea-
sure obtained by him, 161. Becomes
an independent kingdom, 182. The
Kootub Shahy dynasty of, 211-213.
Boundaries of their kingdom, 211.
Selected as the capital of Sooltan
Koolly Kootub Shah's dominions, 212.
The Kootub Shahy dynasty of, 316–319.
Works of Ibrahim Kootub Shah at,
318. Trade of, in his reign, 318. Capi-
tal of, changed to Hyderabad, 318. The
celebrated minister Meer Joomla, 333.
Interference of the Emperor Shah Je-
hán in the affairs of, 334. The King
Abdoolla Kootub Shah besieged in the
city, 334. Terms of peace, 334. Sivajee's
halt at, 345. Where he obtains money
and) artillery, 345. Invaded by the
Moghuls, who are defeated, 346. Makes
a treaty with Sumbhajee, 349. Khan
Jehán marches against it, 349.

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