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ribute to the better understanding of the narrative of the events which plunged the English into war in 1745, if we take a bird's-eye view of the peninsula generally, particularly of the southern portion, as it appeared in the year preceding.
Of India generally it is sufficient to say that from the year 1707, when the Emperor Aurangzeb died, authority had been relaxing to an extent which was rapidly bringing about the disruption of the bonds that held society together. The invasion of NadĂr ShĂĄh followed by the sack of Delhi in 1739 had given the Mughal dynasty a blow from which it never rallied. Thenceforward until 1761, when the third battle of PĂĄnĂpat completed the catastrophe, the anarchy was almost universal. Authority was to the strongest. The Sallustian motto, 'Alieni appetens sui profusus,' was the rule of almost every noble; the agriculturists had everywhere abundant reason to realize 'that the buffalo was to the man who held the bludgeon.'[1]
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Clive's instructions to the young SĂșbahdĂĄr at MurshidĂĄbĂĄd, 171, 172:
he proceeded to Benares, 173:
after an interview with NawĂĄb-WazĂr, they proceeded to AllahĂĄbĂĄd to confer with ShĂĄh AlĂm, 174:
Clive's demands, 174:
NawĂĄb-WazĂr granted all except the one regarding factories, 174-5:
the meeting at ChaprĂĄ, 175:
league formed against MarĂĄthĂĄ aggression, 175:
question of the English frontier discussed, 175-6:
Clive's views regarding the SĂșbah, the English to keep in the background, the power to be in the hands of the SĂșbahdĂĄr, 176-7:
'Lord Clive's Fund,' 178:
Clive's army administration, 179-89:
'double batta,' 179, 181-2:
conspiracy in the army, 184-9:
Clive's mode of suppressing it, 189:
Clive resigned in 1766, and returned to England in 1767, 191:
his persecutions, 192-6, 201-9:
visit to Paris, 196:
on return to England found he was elected Member of Parliament, 197:
affairs in India unsatisfactory, 198-201:
attacks on Clive, 201-9:
his acquittal, 209:
went to Bath to try the waters, 209:
went abroad, 210:
returned to England, 210:
his death, 210:
comments on the life of Clive, 211, 212.
CLIVE'S Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, quoted, 96n., 135n.
CLIVE'S Report to the Court of Directors, quoted, 96n.
COCHIN, independent territory, 17.
COMMISSARY OF FORCES, Clive appointed, 48.
COOTE, Major Eyre, nominated Governor of Calcutta by Admiral Watson, 82:
Clive objected to the nomination, 82:
sent by Clive to occupy KatwĂĄ, 91:
at Council of War, 93:
sent with a detachment, after Plassey, 105.
COOTE'S Narrative, quoted, 96n., 103n.
COPE, Captain, mentioned in the account of the assault against Clive by Mr. Fordyce, 14:
commander of Force sent to help ex-RĂĄjĂĄ of Tanjore, 42:
sent to Trichinopoli, 48.
CORNEILLE, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
CORNISH, Admiral, on the Arakan coast, 127.
COROMANDEL COAST, English Settlement at Armagon on the, 18.
COUNCIL OF WAR, 92-3:
question submitted to, 93.
COURT OF DIRECTORS fĂȘted Clive on his return to England, 75-6:
appointed Clive Lieut.-Colonel, and named him Governor and Commander of Fort St. David, with succession to Governorship of Madras, 76:
Clive's letter to, 98, 105-6:
appointed ten men to manage affairs in Bengal, 119:
constitution of, 138:
disputed Clive's right to the jĂĄgĂr, 142:
granted to Civil Servants right to private trade, 163:
summary of the state of Bengal by, 166-7:
batta, 179-81:
curtailed their allowances, 180, 181:
received Clive well in England, 196:
sent out supervisors, 199, 200.
CUDDALORE, Mr. Fordyce assaulted Clive at, 14.
CUDMORE, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
DĂBHOL, Commodore Jones recalled from, 78.
DAMALCHERRI, pass in the KarnĂĄtik, 25, 45.
DĂUDPUR, 94:
meeting between MĂr Jafar and Clive at, 105:
entire force united at, 105.
D'AUTEUIL, sent by Dupleix to take Law's place, 68:
approached UtĂĄtur, 68:
surprised Clive, 70:
defeated by Clive, 73:
retreated to Volkonda, 73:
surrendered to Clive, 73.
DECCAN, territories belonging to, 17:
territories independent of, 17.
Decisive Battles of India, by Colonel Malleson, 66n., 131n., 156n.
DELHI, sack of, 16, 30:
SirĂĄj-ud-daulĂĄ's overtures to Court of, 88:
Muhammad ShĂĄh, Emperor of, 30:
King of, threatened rebellion against MĂr Jafar, 121:
invasion of, 151:
defeated by Calliaud and Knox, 151:
MĂr KĂĄsim died at, 158.
DEVIKOTA, English tried to possess the Fort of, 42:
Clive sent to join Major Lawrence at, 50.
DHĂKĂ in rebellion against MĂr Jafar, 115.
DIAMOND HARBOUR, Dutch vessels at, 126.
DISRAELI, Isaac son of, mentioned, 10:
life of an attorney as distasteful to him as to Robert Clive, 10.
DOST ALĂ, appointed to succeed SaĂĄdat-ullĂĄ KhĂĄn as NawĂĄb of the KarnĂĄtik, 23:
sent his son to capture Trichinopoli, where he was slain, 25:
his son proclaimed NawĂĄb, 25.
DRAKE, Mr., Governor at Calcutta, 78:
fled to the HĂșglĂ, 78.
DRAYTON, Market, see Market Drayton.
DULĂB RĂM, see RĂĄjĂĄ DulĂĄb RĂĄm.
DUMAS, M. Benoit, Governor-General of French possessions in India, 21:
at Pondicherry, 25.
DUPLEIX, M., succeeded Dumas as Governor-General of French possessions, 21, 32, 60, 194:
received instructions from the Directors on account of the impending war with England, 32:
ordered to join M. de la Bourdonnais, 33:
urged to arrange with the Government of Madras that the two settlements should preserve neutrality, but not granted, 33:
he appealed to Anwar-ud-dĂn, 33:
hostility stopped in the KarnĂĄtik, 34:
took Madras, 36:
sole director of French interests, 36:
sent a small force under Paradis to relieve Madras, 37:
slaughter at St. Thomé, 37:
tried to expel the English from all their settlements, 38:
siege of Pondicherry, 39:
directed the defence, 39:
attempted to take Trichinopoli, 60:
sent Law in command of troops, 60: unsuccessful, 61:
urged RĂĄjĂĄ SĂĄhib to proceed to reconquer Arcot, and, if possible, attack Madras, 62:
attacked Punamallu, 62:
marched to KanchĂpuram and VendalĂșr, 62:
RĂĄjĂĄ SĂĄhib's army met by Clive at KĂĄveripĂĄk, 64:
Clive surrounded by the French, 65:
defeated by Clive, 66:
sent d'Auteuil to replace Law, 68.
DUTCH, monopoly of trade with the Moluccas, 124:
various conquests in the East, 124:
Dutch-Indian Company, 124:
settlement at Chinsurah, 124:
negotiations with MĂr Jafar, 125:
Dutch fleet approaching HĂșglĂ, 126:
Clive demanded explanation from them, 126:
invasion of the, 126-30:
complete defeat of, 131.
Early Records of British India, by Talboys Wheeler, quoted, 177 and n.
EAST INDIA COMPANY, Clive, writer in the service of, 9, 10, 11:
BihĂĄr saltpetre manufacture farmed by, 118:
Directors of, 164:
DiwĂĄn of the three Provinces, 172.
EATON, Dr., private school at Lostocke, to which Clive was sent till he was eleven, 10.
ELLIOT'S History of India, quoted, 31n., 44n., 100n., 176n.
ELLIS, civil officer, prepared to seize PatnĂĄ, 155:
defeated, 156.
Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, by Clive, quoted, 96n., 135n.
EYRE COOTE, Major, see COOTE.
FACTORIES, not to be established by the East India Company in Oudh, 174:
NawĂĄb-WazĂr's opinion of, 174-5.
FAIZĂBĂD, occupied by the English, 157.
FALTA, Major Kilpatrick with troops at, 80:
Admiral Watson's squadron at, 80:
Dutch attack off, 129.
FAMINE in the three Provinces, 199-201.
FISCHER, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
FLETCHER, Sir Robert, Commandant at MungĂr, 185, 187:
tried by court-martial and cashiered, 189:
his pamphlet, 197.
FORDE, Colonel, sent by Clive to Vizagapatam, 122:
united with RĂĄjĂĄ's troops, 122:
expelled French from northern SirkĂĄrs, 122:
took their fortress, 122:
secured the influence for the English, 122:
fought against the Dutch, 128:
occupied BĂĄrnagar, 129:
marched to ShirirĂĄmpur, 129:
Knox joined him, 130:
defeated Dutch, 131:
appointed Supervisor, 199.
FORDYCE, Rev. Mr., his assault against Clive, as reported by the Board at Fort St. David, 14:
suspended, 14.
FORREST'S Records of the Madras Presidency (1890), 14, 40n., 41n., 50n., 52n.
FORT ST. DAVID, Board at, 14:
English officials from Madras escaped to, 38:
Clive helped to defend, 38:
French tried to take, 39:
Clive appointed Governor of, 76.
FORT ST. GEORGE, built at Madras, 19.
FORT WILLIAM, built by Job Charnock in the reign of King William III, 119.
FOX, Mr., Clive a supporter of, 76.
FRAIS, M. St., see ST. FRAIS.
FRENCH COLONY, at Pondicherry, 20:
on the Malabar coast and at Chandranagar, in Bengal, 21.
FULLER, Mr., seconded amendment to the attack against Clive, 208.
GAUPP, Captain, at Council of War, 92.
GEORGE II, King, his opinion of Clive, 141:
his death, 143.
GHERIĂ, fort at, 77:
headquarters of Angria, pirate chief, 77:
taken by Watson and Clive, 78:
AlĂ Vardi KhĂĄn's battle at, 85.
GHULĂM HUSĂN, see CHĂNDA SĂHIB.
GINGENS, Captain, sent to Volkonda, 48:
mismanaged affairs, 49:
in command at Trichinopoli, 51.
GINGI, fortress of, 47:
captured by the French, 47.
GOLKONDA, NizĂĄm-ul-MĂșlk retired to, after taking Trichinopoli, 28.
GRAFTON, Duke of, at head of Ministry, 197:
resigned, 197.
GRANT, Major, at Council of War, 92.
GRANT, Captain Alexander, at Council of War, 93.
GRENVILLE, George, 198:
Clive a supporter of, 198:
his death, 198.
GRIFFIN, Admiral, commanding squadron, 39.
GĂDALĂR, important town near Pondicherry, 38.
GUNDLAKAMMA, river in Madras, 17.
HAIDAR ALĂ, invaded Madras, 198, 201.
HAIDARĂBĂD, overtures between SirĂĄj-ud-daulĂĄ and Bussy at, 87.
HASTINGS, Warren, mentioned, 194:
first Governor-General of India, 201.
HEBER, Bishop, quoted, 37n.
HIGH-ROAD from HĂșglĂ to PatnĂĄ made by Mughal Government, 90.
History of England, by Lord Stanhope, 202n.
History of Indostan, by Orme, quoted, 20n.
History of India, by Orme, quoted, 95n., 109n.
History of India, by Elliot, quoted, 31n., 44n., 100n., 176n.
History of the Bengal Army, by Broome, quoted, 90n., 95n., 110n.
History of the French in India, by Colonel Malleson, 36n.
HOLLAND, 124.
HOLWELL, Mr., in charge during Clive's absence, 136-7.
HOPE HALL, the residence of Mr. Bayley, where Clive was brought up, 9.
HĂGLĂ, river, fugitives in ships on the, 78:
Major Kilpatrick sent with troops to, 79:
Watson and Clive sent to, 80.
HĂGLĂ, town, stormed by Clive, 83:
revenue of, granted money to Clive,
Clive's instructions to the young SĂșbahdĂĄr at MurshidĂĄbĂĄd, 171, 172:
he proceeded to Benares, 173:
after an interview with NawĂĄb-WazĂr, they proceeded to AllahĂĄbĂĄd to confer with ShĂĄh AlĂm, 174:
Clive's demands, 174:
NawĂĄb-WazĂr granted all except the one regarding factories, 174-5:
the meeting at ChaprĂĄ, 175:
league formed against MarĂĄthĂĄ aggression, 175:
question of the English frontier discussed, 175-6:
Clive's views regarding the SĂșbah, the English to keep in the background, the power to be in the hands of the SĂșbahdĂĄr, 176-7:
'Lord Clive's Fund,' 178:
Clive's army administration, 179-89:
'double batta,' 179, 181-2:
conspiracy in the army, 184-9:
Clive's mode of suppressing it, 189:
Clive resigned in 1766, and returned to England in 1767, 191:
his persecutions, 192-6, 201-9:
visit to Paris, 196:
on return to England found he was elected Member of Parliament, 197:
affairs in India unsatisfactory, 198-201:
attacks on Clive, 201-9:
his acquittal, 209:
went to Bath to try the waters, 209:
went abroad, 210:
returned to England, 210:
his death, 210:
comments on the life of Clive, 211, 212.
CLIVE'S Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, quoted, 96n., 135n.
CLIVE'S Report to the Court of Directors, quoted, 96n.
COCHIN, independent territory, 17.
COMMISSARY OF FORCES, Clive appointed, 48.
COOTE, Major Eyre, nominated Governor of Calcutta by Admiral Watson, 82:
Clive objected to the nomination, 82:
sent by Clive to occupy KatwĂĄ, 91:
at Council of War, 93:
sent with a detachment, after Plassey, 105.
COOTE'S Narrative, quoted, 96n., 103n.
COPE, Captain, mentioned in the account of the assault against Clive by Mr. Fordyce, 14:
commander of Force sent to help ex-RĂĄjĂĄ of Tanjore, 42:
sent to Trichinopoli, 48.
CORNEILLE, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
CORNISH, Admiral, on the Arakan coast, 127.
COROMANDEL COAST, English Settlement at Armagon on the, 18.
COUNCIL OF WAR, 92-3:
question submitted to, 93.
COURT OF DIRECTORS fĂȘted Clive on his return to England, 75-6:
appointed Clive Lieut.-Colonel, and named him Governor and Commander of Fort St. David, with succession to Governorship of Madras, 76:
Clive's letter to, 98, 105-6:
appointed ten men to manage affairs in Bengal, 119:
constitution of, 138:
disputed Clive's right to the jĂĄgĂr, 142:
granted to Civil Servants right to private trade, 163:
summary of the state of Bengal by, 166-7:
batta, 179-81:
curtailed their allowances, 180, 181:
received Clive well in England, 196:
sent out supervisors, 199, 200.
CUDDALORE, Mr. Fordyce assaulted Clive at, 14.
CUDMORE, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
DĂBHOL, Commodore Jones recalled from, 78.
DAMALCHERRI, pass in the KarnĂĄtik, 25, 45.
DĂUDPUR, 94:
meeting between MĂr Jafar and Clive at, 105:
entire force united at, 105.
D'AUTEUIL, sent by Dupleix to take Law's place, 68:
approached UtĂĄtur, 68:
surprised Clive, 70:
defeated by Clive, 73:
retreated to Volkonda, 73:
surrendered to Clive, 73.
DECCAN, territories belonging to, 17:
territories independent of, 17.
Decisive Battles of India, by Colonel Malleson, 66n., 131n., 156n.
DELHI, sack of, 16, 30:
SirĂĄj-ud-daulĂĄ's overtures to Court of, 88:
Muhammad ShĂĄh, Emperor of, 30:
King of, threatened rebellion against MĂr Jafar, 121:
invasion of, 151:
defeated by Calliaud and Knox, 151:
MĂr KĂĄsim died at, 158.
DEVIKOTA, English tried to possess the Fort of, 42:
Clive sent to join Major Lawrence at, 50.
DHĂKĂ in rebellion against MĂr Jafar, 115.
DIAMOND HARBOUR, Dutch vessels at, 126.
DISRAELI, Isaac son of, mentioned, 10:
life of an attorney as distasteful to him as to Robert Clive, 10.
DOST ALĂ, appointed to succeed SaĂĄdat-ullĂĄ KhĂĄn as NawĂĄb of the KarnĂĄtik, 23:
sent his son to capture Trichinopoli, where he was slain, 25:
his son proclaimed NawĂĄb, 25.
DRAKE, Mr., Governor at Calcutta, 78:
fled to the HĂșglĂ, 78.
DRAYTON, Market, see Market Drayton.
DULĂB RĂM, see RĂĄjĂĄ DulĂĄb RĂĄm.
DUMAS, M. Benoit, Governor-General of French possessions in India, 21:
at Pondicherry, 25.
DUPLEIX, M., succeeded Dumas as Governor-General of French possessions, 21, 32, 60, 194:
received instructions from the Directors on account of the impending war with England, 32:
ordered to join M. de la Bourdonnais, 33:
urged to arrange with the Government of Madras that the two settlements should preserve neutrality, but not granted, 33:
he appealed to Anwar-ud-dĂn, 33:
hostility stopped in the KarnĂĄtik, 34:
took Madras, 36:
sole director of French interests, 36:
sent a small force under Paradis to relieve Madras, 37:
slaughter at St. Thomé, 37:
tried to expel the English from all their settlements, 38:
siege of Pondicherry, 39:
directed the defence, 39:
attempted to take Trichinopoli, 60:
sent Law in command of troops, 60: unsuccessful, 61:
urged RĂĄjĂĄ SĂĄhib to proceed to reconquer Arcot, and, if possible, attack Madras, 62:
attacked Punamallu, 62:
marched to KanchĂpuram and VendalĂșr, 62:
RĂĄjĂĄ SĂĄhib's army met by Clive at KĂĄveripĂĄk, 64:
Clive surrounded by the French, 65:
defeated by Clive, 66:
sent d'Auteuil to replace Law, 68.
DUTCH, monopoly of trade with the Moluccas, 124:
various conquests in the East, 124:
Dutch-Indian Company, 124:
settlement at Chinsurah, 124:
negotiations with MĂr Jafar, 125:
Dutch fleet approaching HĂșglĂ, 126:
Clive demanded explanation from them, 126:
invasion of the, 126-30:
complete defeat of, 131.
Early Records of British India, by Talboys Wheeler, quoted, 177 and n.
EAST INDIA COMPANY, Clive, writer in the service of, 9, 10, 11:
BihĂĄr saltpetre manufacture farmed by, 118:
Directors of, 164:
DiwĂĄn of the three Provinces, 172.
EATON, Dr., private school at Lostocke, to which Clive was sent till he was eleven, 10.
ELLIOT'S History of India, quoted, 31n., 44n., 100n., 176n.
ELLIS, civil officer, prepared to seize PatnĂĄ, 155:
defeated, 156.
Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons, by Clive, quoted, 96n., 135n.
EYRE COOTE, Major, see COOTE.
FACTORIES, not to be established by the East India Company in Oudh, 174:
NawĂĄb-WazĂr's opinion of, 174-5.
FAIZĂBĂD, occupied by the English, 157.
FALTA, Major Kilpatrick with troops at, 80:
Admiral Watson's squadron at, 80:
Dutch attack off, 129.
FAMINE in the three Provinces, 199-201.
FISCHER, Captain, at Council of War, 93.
FLETCHER, Sir Robert, Commandant at MungĂr, 185, 187:
tried by court-martial and cashiered, 189:
his pamphlet, 197.
FORDE, Colonel, sent by Clive to Vizagapatam, 122:
united with RĂĄjĂĄ's troops, 122:
expelled French from northern SirkĂĄrs, 122:
took their fortress, 122:
secured the influence for the English, 122:
fought against the Dutch, 128:
occupied BĂĄrnagar, 129:
marched to ShirirĂĄmpur, 129:
Knox joined him, 130:
defeated Dutch, 131:
appointed Supervisor, 199.
FORDYCE, Rev. Mr., his assault against Clive, as reported by the Board at Fort St. David, 14:
suspended, 14.
FORREST'S Records of the Madras Presidency (1890), 14, 40n., 41n., 50n., 52n.
FORT ST. DAVID, Board at, 14:
English officials from Madras escaped to, 38:
Clive helped to defend, 38:
French tried to take, 39:
Clive appointed Governor of, 76.
FORT ST. GEORGE, built at Madras, 19.
FORT WILLIAM, built by Job Charnock in the reign of King William III, 119.
FOX, Mr., Clive a supporter of, 76.
FRAIS, M. St., see ST. FRAIS.
FRENCH COLONY, at Pondicherry, 20:
on the Malabar coast and at Chandranagar, in Bengal, 21.
FULLER, Mr., seconded amendment to the attack against Clive, 208.
GAUPP, Captain, at Council of War, 92.
GEORGE II, King, his opinion of Clive, 141:
his death, 143.
GHERIĂ, fort at, 77:
headquarters of Angria, pirate chief, 77:
taken by Watson and Clive, 78:
AlĂ Vardi KhĂĄn's battle at, 85.
GHULĂM HUSĂN, see CHĂNDA SĂHIB.
GINGENS, Captain, sent to Volkonda, 48:
mismanaged affairs, 49:
in command at Trichinopoli, 51.
GINGI, fortress of, 47:
captured by the French, 47.
GOLKONDA, NizĂĄm-ul-MĂșlk retired to, after taking Trichinopoli, 28.
GRAFTON, Duke of, at head of Ministry, 197:
resigned, 197.
GRANT, Major, at Council of War, 92.
GRANT, Captain Alexander, at Council of War, 93.
GRENVILLE, George, 198:
Clive a supporter of, 198:
his death, 198.
GRIFFIN, Admiral, commanding squadron, 39.
GĂDALĂR, important town near Pondicherry, 38.
GUNDLAKAMMA, river in Madras, 17.
HAIDAR ALĂ, invaded Madras, 198, 201.
HAIDARĂBĂD, overtures between SirĂĄj-ud-daulĂĄ and Bussy at, 87.
HASTINGS, Warren, mentioned, 194:
first Governor-General of India, 201.
HEBER, Bishop, quoted, 37n.
HIGH-ROAD from HĂșglĂ to PatnĂĄ made by Mughal Government, 90.
History of England, by Lord Stanhope, 202n.
History of Indostan, by Orme, quoted, 20n.
History of India, by Orme, quoted, 95n., 109n.
History of India, by Elliot, quoted, 31n., 44n., 100n., 176n.
History of the Bengal Army, by Broome, quoted, 90n., 95n., 110n.
History of the French in India, by Colonel Malleson, 36n.
HOLLAND, 124.
HOLWELL, Mr., in charge during Clive's absence, 136-7.
HOPE HALL, the residence of Mr. Bayley, where Clive was brought up, 9.
HĂGLĂ, river, fugitives in ships on the, 78:
Major Kilpatrick sent with troops to, 79:
Watson and Clive sent to, 80.
HĂGLĂ, town, stormed by Clive, 83:
revenue of, granted money to Clive,
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