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1 online resource (524 pages) |
| Series |
History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8 ; v. 1 |
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History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-8
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| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Book 2 -- The Sipahi Army -- 1756-1856Chapter 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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Mutiny of the Madras Officers, 1809 -- Contrast between the English Soldier and the Sipahi -- Civil Privileges of the Sipahi -- The Sipahi and his Officer -- The Policy of Centralisation, and its Consequences -- The Transfer of Officers to the Staff -- Grievanc The Abolition of Corporal Punishment and its ReintroductionChapter 3; The effect of the Afghan War on the Sipahis -- Sindh and the Reduction of Extra-Batta -- Mutinies of the 34th N.I., the 7th L.C., the 4th, the 64th, and the 69th N.I. -- Mutiny of the 6th Madras Cavalry -- And of the 47th Madras N.I. -- Penal Measures for Muti and Ineffective |
| Notes |
Chapter 4 |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
India -- History -- Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064921
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| Subject |
India.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Malleson, Colonel George Bruce
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| ISBN |
9781782892076 |
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1782892079 |
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