Rulers of India: Lord Clive, George Bruce Malleson [sci fi books to read txt] 📗

called Chennapatanam, to the English, 18, 19.

BLACK HOLE of Calcutta, 78, 79, 85, 132.

BLOCHMANN'S Ain-í-Akbarí, quoted, 118n.

BOSCAWEN, Admiral, in command of fleet, 39:
    laid siege to Pondicherry, 39:
    sailed for England, 40.

BOURDONNAIS, M. de la, sent in command of a squadron, 33:
    landed at Madras, 35, 194:
    captured Madras, 35:
    treaty, 35.

Britannia, ship on board which Clive returned to England, 191.

BROOME'S History of the Bengal Army, 90n., 95n., 96n., 109n.

BURGOYNE, General, 201 and n.:
    led attacks on Clive, 201, 203-9.

BURSLEM'S, Mr., school at Market Drayton, to which Clive went when he was eleven, 10.

BUSSY-CASTELNAU, captured Gingi for the French, 47:
    avenged the death of Muzaffar Jang, and caused Salábat Jang to be proclaimed successor, 48:
    retained at Dupleix's court, 60:
    overtures with Siráj-ud-daulá at Haidarábád, 87.

BUTE, Lord, Secretary of State, 143:
    Prime Minister, 143:
    Clive's suggestions to, 144:
    indignant at Clive's opposition, 145.


CALCUTTA, Black Hole of, 78-9:
    Manikchand, Governor of, 81:
    surrendered to Clive, 82:
    Watson took possession and handed keys to Drake, 82:
    Select Committee of, 87:
    Council of, 165, 179, 180.

CALLIAUD, Major, Commander of the Forces, 137:
    fought against the King of Delhi and defended Patná, 151:
    summoned to attend Council, 151.

CAMBRIDGE'S War in India, quoted, 43n.

CAMPBELL, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

CAREY, Mrs., among the prisoners in the Black Hole of Calcutta, 79.

CARNAC, General, 157:
    placed by Clive at head of army, 159, 166:
    met Clive at Benares, 173:
    fought against Mír Kásim, 180.

CARSTAIRS, Capt.-Lieut., at Council of War, 93.

CARTER, Mr., Member of Select Committee, 191.

CARTIER, Governor after Verelst, 201 and n.

CHAMPION, Colonel, 187.

CHANÁR, occupied by the English, 157:
    ceded to the English, 174.

CHÁNDA SÁHIB appointed Diwán by Saádat-ullá-Khán, 23:
    sent with Safdar Alí to capture Trichinopoli, 24:
    remained as Governor, 24:
    went to Arcot to do homage to Safdar Alí, 25:
    suspecting danger, left his family at Pondicherry, 26:
    kept up the siege of Trichinopoli for three months, 26:
    surrendered, 26:
    taken off in custody, 26:
    at Sátára, 31:
    released, 44:
    Nawáb of Arcot, 45:
    marched to Trichinopoli, 46:
    retreated to Pondicherry, 47:
    besieged Trichinopoli, 51:
    sent troops to join his son, Rájá Sáhib, at North Arcot, 54:
    defeated, 56-8:
    his army still in position before Trichinopoli, but much weakened, 59:
    murdered, 73.

CHANDRANAGAR, taken by Clive, 84:
    Clive's troops stationed at, 90:
    Dutch defeated at, 131.

CHAPRÁ, in Bihár, meeting at, 175.

CHARLES VI, died in 1740, 31.

CHENNAPATANAM, granted to the English by the Rájá of Bisnagar, 18-19:
    renamed Madras, 19:
    Fort St. George built, 19:
    Madras raised to a Presidency, 19:
    population at the end of 17th century, 19:
    constitution of the town in 1744, 19.

CHIN KÍLICH KHÁN, took steps to make the Súbahdárship hereditary in his family, 17, 23:
    obtained titles of Nizám-ul-Múlk and Asaf Jáh, 17:
    ruler of Deccan, 18.

CIVIL SERVICE, reformed by Clive, 160, 169-70.

CLAREMONT, bought by Clive, 202.

CLARKE, Captain, in command at Devikota, 50:
    at Trichinopoli, 51.

CLIVE, Robert, arrived at Madras as a writer in the service of the East India Company in 1744, 9, 10, 11, 30:
    his early years not promising, 9:
    born at Styche, 9:
    sent to his uncle, Mr. Bayley, at Manchester when three years old, 9:
    sent to school at Lostocke, 10:
    removed to Market Drayton, 10:
    brief experience of public school-life at Merchant Taylors', 10:
    private school in Hertfordshire till appointed writer, 10:
    his character at his several schools, 10:
    belonged to a 'fighting caste,' 10:
    learned to lead, 10:
    life of an attorney distasteful to him, 10:
    duties and life of a writer not congenial to Clive, 12-13:
    left England in 1743, 12:
    delayed at Rio for nine months, 12:
    insulted a superior functionary, 13:
    assaulted by the Rev. Mr. Fordyce, 14:
    regarded as a quiet member of society by his superiors, 15:
    Mr. Morse, Governor at Madras, befriended him, 15:
    state of India when Clive arrived described, 16-30:
    Clive's fortunes affected by the hostilities between the French and the English, 32-41:
    conspicuous in the first siege of Pondicherry, 39:
    retired to Fort St. David, 40:
    joined the expedition to Devikota as a volunteer, 42:
    under Major Lawrence stormed Devikota, which was ceded to the East India Company, 43:
    situation when Clive returned from Devikota described, 45-48:
    appointed Commissary of the Forces, 48:
    ill and ordered for a cruise, 48:
    on his return he equipped a force for Trichinopoli, 48:
    accompanied a larger force to Volkonda, 49:
    objecting to Captain Gingen's commands and mismanagement he returned to Fort St. David, 49:
    volunteered to go with Mr. Pigot to accompany a force with provisions to Trichinopoli, 49:
    went as far as Verdachelam, 49:
    returned to Fort St. David, 49:
    determined to become a soldier, 50:
    Governor of Madras gave him the commission of captain, 50:
    directed him to go to Devikota with troops and join Capt. Clarke, 50:
        and report from Trichinopoli to Mr. Saunders, 50:
    Clive impressed by the depressed condition of the native prince and English soldiers, 51:
    resolved to remedy conditions, 51, 52:
    returned to Fort St. David to consult Mr. Saunders, 52:
    despatched to Madras with 200 soldiers, 52: 300 sipáhís, 53:
    reached Kanchípuram, 53:
    went on to Arcot, 53:
    defeated the natives at Tímerí, 53:
    sent for guns from Madras, 53:
    guns intercepted at Kanchípuram, 53:
    marched to save the guns, and in his absence the enemy attacked Arcot, 54:
    brought the guns into the fort and the enemy dispersed, 54:
    siege of Arcot, 55:
    took Timerí, 56:
    marched to Arni to attack Rájá Sáhib, 56:
    dispersed the enemy, 58:
    marched to Kanchípuram and took possession, 58:
    returned to Madras and then to Fort St. David, 59:
    Dupleix attempting to reconquer Arcot, Clive was sent with troops to meet him, 63:
    reached Vendalúr and marched on to Kanchípuram, 64:
    after a short halt, proceeded to Káveripák, where the French were concealed, 64, 65: battle, 66: Clive won, 66:
    baffled Dupleix, 67:
    returned to Fort St. David, 67:
    prepared to go to Trichinopoli, 67:
    despatched by Lawrence to occupy Samiáveram, 68:
    his engagements with d'Auteuil, 68, 69:
    Clive surprised at Samiáveram, 70:
    defeated the enemy, 72, 73:
    captured Paichanda, 73:
    forced d'Auteuil to surrender at Volkonda, 73:
    Clive returned to Fort St. David, 73:
    proceeded to Madras for rest, 73:
    married Miss Maskeleyne, 74:
    left Madras on sick-leave, 74:
    Clive in England, 75:
    Court of Directors gave him a great banquet, 75:
    voted him a diamond-hilted sword, 75:
    stood for St, Michael, returned as supporter of Mr. Fox, 76:
    unseated, 76:
    returned to India, 76:
    appointed Lieut.-Colonel, and named Governor and Commander of Fort St. David, with succession to the Governorship of Madras, 76:
    took troops to India with instructions to convey them to Bengal, 76:
    Clive and his troops attacked and destroyed Gheriá, 78:
    went along the Coromandel Coast back to Fort St. David, 78:
    Clive sent to the Húglí, 80:
    landed near Maiápur, marched to Baj-baj, 81:
    surprised in the night by Manikchand, Governor of Calcutta, 82:
    Calcutta surrendered to Clive, 82:
    Admiral Watson took possession, 82:
    Clive stormed Húglí, 83:
    treaty with the Nawáb, 84:
    conquered Chandranagar, 84:
    Clive's dealings with Siráj-ud-daulá, 85-88:
    preparations for war, 90:
    the battle of Plassey, 91-106:
    English loss small, 105:
    Clive's great victory, 105, 106:
    Clive's dealings with Mír Jafar, 109-11, 115-23:
        with Aminchand, 113:
    spoils of Plassey disputed, 113-7:
    created Mansabdar, 118:
    his dealings with the Princes of Southern India, 123:
    the Dutch invasion, 124-30:
    defeat of the Dutch, 130-2:
    Clive's achievements in Bengal, 133-7:
    leaves Bengal 1760, 137:
    Clive's second visit to England, 138-48:
    Clive's letter to Mr. Pitt, 139-41:
    Clive's fame as a soldier, 141:
    did not receive a warm welcome, 142:
    ill health, 142:
    made an Irish peer, 143:
    not a supporter of the Bute Administration, 143:
    Mr. Lawrence Sulivan, enemy of Clive,

144:
    Sulivan's objection to the donation of the jágír to Clive, 145:
    Clive voted against the Peace of Paris, 145:
    Sulivan tried to exclude Clive from a seat in the India House, 145:
    Clive defeated, 146:
    disturbance in Calcutta caused a panic in the India House, 146:
    Clive urged to accept the office of Governor-General, 146:
    fresh election by the Court of Proprietors, and Clive returned, 147:
    Clive's proposal regarding the jágír, 147:
    Clive started for India, 148:
    Clive appointed Vansittart to succeed him as President of the Council in Bengal, 149:
    disturbances arose about the successor to Míran, who had died suddenly, 150-1:
    war broke out, 156:
    Clive returned to Calcutta, 157:
    remodelled the army and the Civil Service, 159-60:
    presents from the Natives to Civil Servants prohibited, 161:
    Clive's dealings with the corrupt faction, 162-3:
    his attempts to improve the Company's trade, 163-5:
    re-constitution of the Calcutta Council, 165-6:
    the Select Committee, 166:
    his attempts to reform civil administration, 166-7:
    Clive hated, 167:
    his good influence over the younger members of the service, 169:
    Clive's tour northward,