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ADMINISTRATION, 14, 56, 60, 82, 83, 162, 163, 312-344

Agra, 172, 391

Agricultural tenants, see Ryots

Agriculture, 27, 142, 143, 203 et seq., 232 et seq., 276 et seq.

Ahmedabad, 353

Ahmednagar, 360

Allahabad, 172, 173, 391

Amherst, Lord, 13, 407

Arcot, 3, 159, 160, 199

Arcot Nawab’s debts, 98-115

Argaon, battle of, 11

Arracan, 13

Asof-ud-Daula, Nawab, 70, 73, 74

Assam, 13

Assye, battle of, 11

Auckland, Lord, 16, 309


BALAGHAT, 122

Balwant Sing, 70

Bangalore, 201, 205

Baramahal, 84, 112 et seq.

Barlow, Sir John, 12

Begams of Oudh, 76

Behar, 233 et seq.

Benares, 7, 9, 70 et seq., 172, 391

Benfield, Paul, 107, 113 et seq.

Bengal, 18-96

Bentinck, Lord William, 13, 15, 16, 138, 139, 338-344, 384-389, 407

Bhagalpur, 240 et seq.

Bhavani, Rani, 64 et seq.

Bhonsla, Mahratta Chief, 11, 12

Bird, Robert Merttins, 389-393

Black Hole of Calcutta, 4

Bolts, William, 25, 26

Bombay, 3, 6, 12, 330-337, 345-383

Briggs, 357, 372-374, 428

Bristow, 75

Broach, 353

Buchanan, Dr. Francis, 196-232

Bundelkhand, 177

Burdwan, 19, 43, 62, 63, 64

Burke, Edmund, 49, 50, 114, 115

Burma, 13, 407


CALCUTTA, 3, 4

Calicut, 83

Campbell, Sir George, 168

Canara, 122, 125, 126, 225 et seq.

Canning, Lord, 382, 396

Cartier, Governor of Bengal, 42

Ceded Districts in Madras, 112, 126

Ceded Districts in Northern India, 173 et seq.

Chait Sing, 70 et seq.

Chaplin, 357, 361, 362-364, 429

Character of the people of India, 78, 258, 259, 320, 321, 322, 325, 429

Charter of the East India Company, renewed, 9, 13, 16, 257, 268, 269, 270, 339, 398

Chittagong, 19

Cicacole, 116

Civil Administration, see Administration

Clavering, 63, 64

Clive, Lord, 1-5, 19, 33, 35 et seq.

Clive, Lord (son of above), 121

Coal, 286

Cochin, 222

Coffee, 283

Coimbatur, 122, 155 et seq., 215

Coinage, 254, 310

Colebrooke, 178, 185, 188, 189

Commerce, see Trade

Concan, 354

Conjeveram, 198

Conquered Provinces in Northern India, 177

Coorg, 13, 83

Coote, Sir Eyre, 1, 4, 7, 112

Copper, 287

Cornwallis, Lord, 8, 9, 12, 81-96, 405

Cotton and cotton goods, 256, 257, 271 et seq., 294 et seq.

Criminal Administration, see Administration

Cultivators, see Ryots

Curzon, Lord, 383

Custom Duties, see Tariff and Transit Duties

Cuttack, 177, 181, 192


DALHOUSIE, Lord, 395

Debi Sing, 61, 62

Debt, Public, of India, 292, 409

Deccan, 3, 10, 122, 356, 361-365, 415, 416

Delhi, 11, 391

Delhi, Emperor of, 5, 6

Dewani or Administration of Bengal, ceded to the Company, 5, 35 et seq.

Dharwar, 360

Dinajpur, 61, 62, 246 et seq.

Dowdeswell, 186

Drain of revenues, see Economic Drain

Dual Government in Bengal, 42

Duff, Grant, 428

Dumbleton, 176

Dupleix, 3

Duties, see Transit Duties and Tariffs


ECONOMIC Condition of Northern India, 232-255

Economic Condition of Southern India, 195-231

Economic Drain from India, 39, 40, 49, 50, 68, 85, 86, 268, 409-420

Education, 336, 337, 341, 342, 351

Ellenborough, Lord, 306-309

Ellis, 20, 21

Ellor, 116

Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 15, 330-338, 345-367, 428

Export Trade, see Trade


FAMINES in India, 51, 52, 53, 72, 76, 112, 177, 208, 430, 431

Farakkabad, 10

Finance, see Revenues, Debt, Economic Drain, and Home Charges

Fox’s India Bill, 77

Francis, Sir Philip, 6, 54, 59, 63, 64, 71, 73, 74, 82


GAEKWAR of Baroda, 12

Ganga Govind Sing, 64

Gold, 239, 254, 285

Goldfinch, 380, 381

Goldsmid, 375, 376

Gorakhpur, 243 et seq.

Gujrat, see Ahmedabad

Guntoor, 121


HAIDAR ALI, 5, 7, 112

Halifax, Lord, 169, 382, 396

Hamilton, Dr., see Buchanan

Hanny, Colonel, 74, 75, 76

Hastings, Marquis of, 12, 13, 184 et seq., 341, 406

Hastings, Warren, 6 et seq., 21, 22, 28, 29, 53, 54 et seq., 102, 103, 257, 265

Haveli lands of Madras, 117 et seq.

Heber, Bishop, 369, 370

Hindu College of Calcutta, 13, 341, 429

Hobart, Lord, 121

Holkar, 11, 12

Home Charges, 291, 409, 419


IDDESLEIGH, Lord, see Northcote

Import Trade, see Trade

Indian People, see Character of the people

Indigo, 249, 266, 267, 278 et seq., 295

Industries, 256-290, see Manufactures

Investment or merchandise bought from revenues, 48, 68, 112, 113, 263, 264, 268

Iron, 204, 209, 218, 221

Irrigation, 157, 197-200, 202, 204, 211, 213, 233, 247, 311, 312


JAIN temples and images, 227

Joint Report of 1847, 376-379

Judicial Administration, see Administration

Jum, or primitive cultivation, 241

Jute, 251


KARNATIC, 3, 4, 5, 10, 99 et seq., 122 et seq., 129 et seq., 199, 200

Khandesh, 357

Khirki, battle of, 12

Khote tenants, 355

Kishnagiri, 112

Kondapily, 116


LABOURERS’ wages, see Wages

Lac-dye, 282, 295

Lake, Lord, 11

Lally, 4

Land Revenue, see Land Tax

Land Settlements: Bengal, 54-96; Madras, 116-171; Northern India, 172-194, 384-397; Bombay, 345-383

Land Tax, 169, 170, 223, 224, 229, 230, 231, 358, 361, 362, 368-374, 382, 393, 396, 399-405

Laswari, battle of, 11

Law Commissioners, 422

Lawrence, Lord, 396, 431

List, Friedrich, on Indian Industries, 300-302

Lumsden, 181

Lytton, Lord, 426


MACARTNEY, Lord, 111

Macaulay, T. B., 341, 342, 421-425, 428

Mackenzie, Holt, 190, 287, 290, 303-305, 413, 414

Madras, 3, 5, 97-160, 197, 198, 326-330

Mahalwar Settlement, see Land Settlements

Mahomed Ali, Nawab, 98 et seq.

Mahomed Reza Khan, 85

Mahrattas, 6, 10, 12, 331, 346 et seq., 415

Malabar, 128, 221 et seq.

Malcolm, Sir John, 12, 258, 298, 414-417

Malwa, 415, 416

Mangalore, 227

Manufactures, 27, 45, 205 et seq., 235, 239, 241, 245, 248, 251, 256-290, 293 et seq.

Martin, Montgomery, 232, 289, 409, 410

Meerut, 391

Mehidpur, battle of, 12

Metcalfe, Sir Charles, 16, 386-388

Middleton, 75

Midnapur, 19, 43

Mill, James, 30, 75

Mill, John Stuart, Pref. xvi, xviii

Minto, Lord, 12, 181 et seq.

Mirasi tenant-right in Bombay, 355, 358, 360, 362, 363

Mirasi tenant-right in Madras, 147

Mir Jafar, Nawab, 4, 19, 32

Mir Kasim, Nawab, 19 et seq.

Misrule and oppression, 20 et seq., 36, 41, 62, 72, 76, 124, 148, 149, 154-160, 175, 194, 265-268, 314, 321, 322, 375

Mongyhr Treaty, 28

Monson, 63, 64

Moplas, 222

Mornington, Lord, see Wellesley, Lord

Munro, Sir Thomas, 14, 123 et seq., 135 et seq., 145, 150 et seq., 160 et seq., 259, 266, 326 et seq.

Mysore, 5, 7, 9, 13, 83, 201 et seq.


NAIRS, 225

Najim-ud-Daula, Nawab, 32, 34

Nand Kumar, Maharaja, 85

Nellore, 153, 154

Nepal, 12

Nizam of the Deccan, see Deccan

Northcote, Sir Stafford, 396

Northern Circars, 4, 116 et seq., 121

Northern India, 172-194, 222-255, 384-397


ONORE, 229

Opium, 278, 287

Oudh, 6, 7, 10, 70, 73 et seq., 173


PANCHYETS, 326, 328, 351, 352, 366

Patna, 233

Penal Code, 422

Permanent Settlement of Land Revenue: Bengal, 9, 59, 84-96; Madras, 121, 131, 134; proposed for Northern India, 176 et seq.; proposed for all India, 396

Peshwa, head of the Mahrattas, 11, 12

Pigot, Lord, 107, 108

Pindarees, 12

Pitt’s India Act, 8, 77, 116

Plassy, battle of, 1, 4, 19

Police Administration, see Administration

Polygars, 129 et seq., 146

Pondicherry, 4

Poona, 357 et seq.

Pringle, 374

Prinsep, H. T., 310

Purnea, Hindu Minister, 202

Purniya District, 251 et seq.


RAILWAYS, 311, 312

Rajamandri, 116

Ram Mohan Roy, Raja, 339, 429

Read, Captain, 123

Regulating Act, 6, 54

Rents, 207, 208, 234, 243, 248, 252

Revenue: Bengal, 37, 46, 69; Madras, 113; Northern India, 175, 188; all India, 291, 399-405

Richards, Robert, 371

Ripon, Marquis of, 170, 171, 383

Robertson, Captain, 357 et seq.

Rohilkhand, 391

Rohillas, 6

Rumbold, Sir Thomas, 109, 120

Rungpur, 62

Ryots, or cultivators, 88, 89, 147-149, 161, 348, 355, 358-363

Ryotwari Settlement, see Land Settlement


SAHRANPUR Rules, 395, 396

Salem, 112

Salsette, 7

Salt, 278, 287

Saltpetre, 283

Sati rite, 339

Self-government, 166, 167

Seringapatam, 202

Shahabad, 237

Shore, Sir John, 9, 77, 84 et seq., 172, 265

Shore, Honourable John, 410, 411

Silk and silk fabrics, 27, 45, 256, 273 et seq., 294 et seq.

Sindia, 11, 12

Sitabaldi, battle of, 12

Siyar Mutakharin, 22

Sleeman, Colonel, 339

Spinning, 235, 238, 241, 245, 248, 252

Steam navigation, 310

Subsidiary alliances, 10

Sugar, 280, 294

Suja-ud-Daula, Nawab, 70

Sullivan, John, 157, 412, 413, 429

Supreme Court, 54

Suraj-ud-Dawla, Nawab, 4

Surat, 10, 354

Sutherland, James, 429


TANJORE, 10, 104 et seq., 122, 128, 159

Tariffs, 261 et seq., 293, 294

Tea, 267, 283 et seq.

Teignmouth, Lord, see Shore, Sir John

Tenants, see Ryots

Tenasserim, 13

Thomason, James, 393, 394

Thugs, or wayside murderers, 339

Timber, 287

Tipu Sultan, 7, 9, 10, 83

Tobacco, 281, 282

Tod, James, Lt. Colonel, 428

Todar Mall, 84, 85

Toll, see Transit Duties

Trade, External, 291-302

Trade, Internal, 18 et seq., 205, 236, 239, 242, 245, 246, 254, 303-312

Trade by Company’s servants, 18 et seq., 40, 42

Transit Duties, 18-32, 303-308

Trevelyan, Sir Charles, 306, 309, 310, 343, 430

Trichinopoly, 154

Tucker, Henry St. George, 133, 178, 262


VANSITTART, Henry, 19, 28, 30, 31

Vellore, 200

Verelst, Harry, 20, 42-44, 47

Victoria, Queen, Accession of, 427

Village Community: Bombay, 346-348, 359, 366; Madras, 118, 141, 150-152, 206; Northern India, 191, 386-388

Village Settlements, 135 et seq.

Voelcker, Dr., 277, 278


WAGES of labour, 204, 207, 208, 234, 237, 241, 259, 260

Walker, Colonel, 322-324

Wallick, Dr., 277, 284

Wandewash, battle of, 4

Weavers, 26, 264, 265

Weaving, 235, 238, 241, 245, 248, 251

Wellesley, Arthur, see Wellington

Wellesley, Marquis of, 9-11, 122, 132, 173 et seq., 406

Wellesley, Henry, 174, 175

Wellington, Duke of, 11

Wilson, H. H., 30, 262, 314, 381, 382, 428

Wingate, Sir George, 375, 376, 418-420

Wood, Sir Charles, see Halifax, Lord


ZEMINDARS: Bengal, 55, 61, 88 et seq.; Northern India, 172; Madras, 110, 111, 117, 146