The Cambridge History of the British Empire: British India, 1497-1858, ed. by H.H. Dodwell

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Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians
Cambridge University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations

Contents

CHAPTER I
1
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz
12
Later governors
19
Early factories in Eastern India
55
Capture of the Malabar fortresses
56
Early voyages to the east
62
Preparatory measures
68
Union of the Spanish and Portuguese crowns
89
provincial councils
421
Impey chief judge of the sadr
427
CHAPTER XXVI
433
The General Department
439
Demands on
441
The revenue reforms of 1787
446
CHAPTER XXVII
462
Causes of the fourth Mysore
467

Courteens Association
90
Attacks on the Company
97
Sir Josia Childs policy
103
Relations of the Company and the Board of Control
106
10
109
Surmans embassy
111
Dupleixs agreement with Chanda Sahib
126
Conference of Sadras
132
Martins work
134
Intrigues against Bussy
138
Correspondence with England
139
Expedition of recovery
144
II
149
Clive and the Hindu officials
151
CHAPTER VIII
157
BENGAL 176072
166
12
177
CHAPTER X
181
The subordinate governments
194
Dundass India
200
Position in 1772
208
14
209
CHAPTER XII
215
Condemned by the Company
225
Later councillors
230
16
234
Misconduct of the majority and of Hastings
239
Impey and the Sadr Court
245
Position of the English
251
17
257
Renewal of war
263
19
264
Colonel Baillies detachment destroyed
267
Capture of Gwalior
269
20
271
Early relations with Hyder Ali
275
Macartneys relations with Hastings and Coote
292
Question of his tenure
299
24
304
CHAPTER XIX
323
Bairds expedition to the Red
331
Treaty of Seringapatam 1792
337
Wellesleys views
353
Wellesleys views
359
Ghulam Kadir seizes Delhi
368
War with Sindhia and Berar
376
CONTENTS xvii
384
Criminal cases
390
Miscellaneous taxes
396
CHAPTER XXV
409
Hastings as revenue administrator
413
Changes introduced by Shore and Wellesley
478
CHAPTER XXVIII
483
Lord Auckland
489
The Tripartite Treaty
495
Keanes advance
501
Tipus character
504
Other foreign Companies
509
Sales defence of Jallalabad
515
The navigation of the Indus
527
Ellenboroughs early views
533
Reestablishment of the Hindu reigning family
556
Lord Hastingss settlement
570
Lord Hastingss alterations
574
The Bharatpur succession
577
Annexation of Oudh
583
CHAPTER XXXII
589
Hastingss assertion of British sovereignty
597
Hastingss attempts to reform Oudh
601
The attitude of Cornwallis
603
The Portuguese in India Chapter 1
609
CHAPTER II
613
The French Factories in India Chapter m
615
Dutch capture of Pondichery
616
Early factories in the Archipelago
621
Warren Hastings and Bengal 177285 Chapters xxin and XVIXVII
623
Importance of Cornwalliss work
630
The Carnatic 17851801 Chapter XXI
635
The Bengal Administrative System 17861818 Chapter xxvi
641
The Conquest of Sind Chapter XXIX
647
Early English intercourse
651
The Development of Sovereignty in British India Chapter XXXII
653
Early voyages
654
Lallys expedition 158
656
The last Maratha
658
The evacuation of Afghanistan
659
Roes embassy
660
97
663
357
664
324
665
81
666
207
667
107
669
371
670
330
672
French military successes
675
433
676
541
677
336
679
215
680
439
682

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