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Rulers of India the Marques of Dalhousie and the Final Development of the Company’s Rule

1895

An ancetor of the family had saved King James the Sixth of Scotland in the Gowrie conspiracy and the strong character of the long line of Lords of Dalhousie impressed itself alike on the history and the poetry of Scotland--from the MaecenaDalhousie of The Gentle Shepherd to the old bachelor Laird o' Coolcpen. [...] In 1852 during the crisis of the Burmese war he sailed from Calcutta in defiance of the monsoon to visit and encourage the army 'amid the swamps of the Irawadi. [...] The first Sikh War in 1845-46 annexed the eastern districts of the Punjab to the British possessions and placed the upper plains of the Indus and Five Rivers under a British Protectorate Lord Hardinge on assuming the government of the Sikh territories during the minority of.the infant Sikh Sovereign Dhulip Singh had partially disbanded the Sikh troops and materially strengtened our own [...] The truth is that to whatever region of India we look whether in the South or in the centre or in the North the great Native States were fallen before the end of the first half of this century into a depth of misery and misrule that imperatively demanded the intervention of the Suzerain power. [...] The attempt to control the destinies of India without assuming the direct responsibility for the welfare of the people of India was not confined however to our relations with the Feudatory States Lord Hardinge also tried the system upon the unsubdued military races of the Punjab.
history
Pages
247
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142097
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-8 William Hunter view
Chapter I. The Argument
9-18 unknown view
Chapter II. The Man
19-59 unknown view
Chapter III. The Conquest of the Punjab
60-85 unknown view
Chapter IV. Consolidation of the Punjab
86-107 unknown view
Chapter V. Conquest of Lower Burma
108-123 unknown view
Chapter VI. Annexation of Hindu States
124-149 unknown view
Chapter VII. Nagpur the Karnatic Family Nana Sahib Berar
150-166 unknown view
Chapter VIII. The Annfxation of Oudh
167-176 unknown view
Chapter IX. Internal Re-Organisation
177-189 unknown view
Chapter X. Railways Commerce Teltgeaphs Public Works
190-201 unknown view
Chapter XI. The Half-Penny Post Education Finance
202-211 unknown view
Chapter XII. Lord Dalhousie’s Military Policy
212-225 unknown view
Index
226-228 unknown view
Backmatter
i-xviii unknown view

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