151
Ooscotta ceded to the Mahratta, 475
Oossoor, defeat of Colonel Wood by Hyder
Ally at, 472
by
Opium, regulation for the legislation of
the trade in, of Malwah, 621
Orissa, 4. Conquered by Rakta Bahu,
55. Invaded by Mahmood Shah of
Joonpoor, 153. Again invaded
Hoosein Shah, and forced to pay tri
bute, 154. Invaded by Mabomed Shah
II. of the Deccan, 175. Retained by
Dawood Khan, 265. But reverts subse-
quently to the Emperor Akbur, 265.
Ceded by Aliverdy Khan to the Mah-
rattas, 398. The great famine in. in
1866, 779. Scheme for the irrigation
of, 780, 783. Lord Napier's measures
for the relief of the people, 708
Ormuz taken by the Portuguese, 222.
Who erect a fort there, 223
Ornaments of Hindoos and Mahomedans,
14
Orr, Captain, rescue of his widow, 752
Osborne, Lieut., restores order in Rewah,
751
PAL
Repeated warnings given him, 705.
Official minutes on the question, 706.
Opinions of the governor-general, Sir
John Low, and Colonel Sleeman, 706.
Opinion in England, 707. Annexed
by proclamation to British India, 707.
Mistakes of the government in, 722.
Disaffection in, 722. Mutiny of native
regiments in, 722. Events of the
Sepoy mutiny in, 726. Lord Canning's
proclamation respecting, 762. The Ta-
lookdars of, 762. Sir James Outram's
remonstrance against the proclamation,
763. Irrigation works in, 783. Act
relating to the rights of cultivators in,
787, 788
Ouseley, Sir Gore, sent by England as
permanent envoy to Persia, 569
Outram, Lieutenant (afterwards Sir
James), his success in reclamation
of the Bheels, 615. Pursues Dost Ma-
homed into the mountains, 644. His
report respecting some of the chiefs of
Sinde, 660. Meets them at Hyderabad,
661. Refuses his share of Sinde prize
money, 661. His commentary on The
Conquest of Sinde,' 677. Assumes the
command of the army sent against
Persia, 713. Defeats the Persians at
Burrasjoon, 713. Attacks Mohamrah,
714. Peace concluded, 714. Joins
Havelock, and marches to Lukhnow,
738. Which is relieved, 738. As-
sumes the command in Lukhnow,
744. His operations against the rebels
outside the city, 747, 749. Attacked
by the enemy in force, but defeats them,
750. Clears the defences north of the
city, 751. Carries the iron bridge and
the Moosee Bagh, 752. His remon-
strance against Lord Canning's pro-
clamation respecting Oudh, 763. Which
is disarmed, 763. Number of arms col-
lected, 763. His death, 769
Owda-Nulla, Meer Cassim defeated at,
460
O'Shaughnessy, Dr. (now Sir William),
establishes electric telegraph communi-
cation in India, 699
Ostend India Company, formation and
withdrawal of the, 398
Othman Ghoory, Prince, of Malwah, set
aside by the vizier, 142
Oudb, Chalukya dynasty of, 68. Shujah-
ood-Dowlah becomes viceroy of, 421.
220. Defeats the Zamorin's
forces, 220, 221
Padshah Beebee, daughter of Ally Adil
Shah II. of Beejapoor, 344. Dispute
regarding her, 346. Her noble con-
duct, 346
Attempts of the vizier to assert the PACHE CO, Duarte, left to defend
imperial authority over it, 421. Its
independence, 451. Treaties with, ab-
rogated by the Council of Calcutta,
485. Officers of, settled by Lord Corn-
wallis, 520, State of, in 1797, 534. Affairs
of, adjusted by Marquess Wellesley, 549.
Visited by Lord Amherst, 611. Mr.
Maddock's account of the condition of,
in 1831, 622. Its continued misgovern-
ment, 622. Question of the succession
to the throne of, 635. Various claims,
635. Nasir-ood-Dowlah finally en-
throned, 636. Condition of the king-
dom, 705. Character of the king, 705.
Owsah, fort of, 185
Oxenden, Mr., present at Sivajee's en-
thronement, 345. Sent as ambassador
to Sivajce, with whom he makes a
treaty, 391
Paitan, capital city of, 72
Palá dynasty of Bengal, 52
Palar river, 3
Pálgautchery, reduced by Colonel Fuller-
ton, 506. Surrenders to General Me-
dows, 522
Páli language first cultivated, 50
Paliars, aboriginal race of, 37
PAL
Palibothra, ancient city of, 49
Palmer, Messrs. William, and Co., esta-
blished as bankers, 601. Lend sixty
lacs to the Nizam's minister, 601.
Their house suppressed, 602. Causes
of their insolvency, 603. Discussions
in Parliament and in the Court of
Proprietors respecting their affairs, 624
Palmer, Colonel, surrenders Ghuzny to
the Afghans, 651
Pám Naik of Wakingérah, rebels, 352.
Efforts to reduce him, 352, 355. The
defile of Wakingérah taken by storm,
356. But the Naïk retires to Soorpoor
or Shorapoor, 356. Assisted by Dun-
najee Jadow, 356
Pandára Déo Rái, becomes Rajah of
Beejanugger, 190. His war with the
Bahmuny kingdom, 190. Makes peace
with the Moslems, 191. His death, 191
Pandoo Nuddee, defeat of the rebel
Sepoys at, 736
Pandyan dynasty, 66. Account of the, 67
Paniput, battles of, 127, 231, 256, 449
Pantheon, the Hindoo, 31
Paradis, M., attacks Fort St. David, but
fails, 402
Patáns, their origin, 569. Their restless-
ness and fierceness, 569.
Their pre-
datory movements under Ameer Khan,
569
Patna, rebellion in, put down, 437. Be-
sieged by the Prince Royal and his
allies, 438. But abandoned by them,
439. The Emperor Shah Allum driven
from before, 456. He returns and
hesieges it, 456. But is completely
defeated, 456. Massacre of English
prisoners at, 459. Seized by Mr. Ellis,
459
Påtun, battle near, 529
Pawángurh captured by the British, 556
Peach, Colonel, subdues the Northern
Circars, and invades the Nizam's do-
minions, 469
Peacock, Mr. (now Sir Barnes), brings
forward Mr. Macaulay's penal code, 712
Peacock-throne of Dehly carried off by
the Persians, 380
Peat, Captain, at the storming of Ghuzny,
643
Peel, Captain Sir William, gains a victory
over the rebel Sepoys at Kajwah, but
killed, 744, 752
Peelajee Gaikwar, obtains he grant of
chouth of Guzerat, 375. Assassinated,
376
Peer Mahomed, grandson of Teimoor,
invades India, 122. Captures Mooltan,
122
Pegu, Major Hill's defence of, 693. An-
nexed to British India, 694
Penaar river, 3
Penal code, commenced by Mr. Macaulay,
712. Tried in some localities, 712
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company, success and importance
of the, 621
Persians invade and take Kandahar, $23.
Their intrigues in Afghanistan, 639.
Besiege Herat, but the siege raised.
639. Their intrigues with Kamran of
Herát, 644
Pertáb Rao Goozur, Sivajee's general,
defeats the imperial forces in the
Deccan, 341. Plunders the country of
Beejapoor, 344. Killed, 344
Pertáb Singh murdered, 668
Pertábgurh fortified by Sivajee, 333.
Who destroys a Beejapoor army near,
338
Peshawar taken by Subookingeen, 78.
Defeat of the united Hindoo forces at,
82. Invaded by Mahomed Ghoory, 91.
Occupied by Runjeet Singh, 637.
Who
is defeated by the Afghans, 637. Mutiny
of the Sikh contingent at, 651. Pro-
posal of Chutter Singh to deliver up
the city to the Afghans, 683. The
Sepoy mutineers at, disarmed, 723.
Mutiny of the Sepoys at, 730. Pursued,
and destroyed, 731
Peshóra Singh, adopted son of Runject
Singh, rebels, 669. Taken and put to
death, 669
Péshwah, or chief minister of state of the
Mahrattas, 366. His possessions, 452.
Intrigues of the office of, 535, 506.
Duration of the authority of the, 591.
See Amrut; Bajee; Ballajee; Mahdoo
Narrain; Rughonath Ráo
Petrus, an Armenian, in Meer Cassim's
service, 460
Phillour, Sepoy outbreak prevented at,
723
Picton, Colonel, commands H.M. 12th
regiment at Travancore, 571
Pigott. Lord (formerly Mr.), sent out as
president of the Council of Madras,
497. Arranges Tanjore affairs, 47.
Arrested and confined, 497. Ordered
home, but dies, 497
Pindhárees, or Patan irregular horsemen,
570. Lord Minto's measures against
them, 574.
Desolation and misery
caused by their depredations, 574. En-
gaged by the Peshwah against the
British, 579. Their proceedings in
1815, 583. Their cruelties and rapid
movements, 584, 585. Their third irrup-
tion, 585. End of their career, 593,
594
Piply, English factory founded at, 388
Piracy on the western coast of India,
operations to suppress, 416, 417. Sup-
pression of, in India and the Persian
Gulf, 570
Pitt, Mr., his India Bill, 516
Plassy, battle of, 429, 430
Pliny, his list of Indian kings, 41
Pococke, Admiral, defeats the French fleet
on the Coromandel coast, 441. And
again off Trincomalee, 442
Police administration, inefficiency and
oppression of the, in Lord Minto's time,
575
Poligars reduced by Nizam Ally, 468
Pollock, General, forces the Khyber
pass, 654. And relieves Jellalabad,
654. Opposes the policy of the gover-
nor-general, 656. Marches on Kabool,
656. His skilful operations, 657. De-
feats Akbur Khan at Tézeen, 657.
Occupies Kabool, 657
Polwhele, Brigadier, defeats the Sepoy
mutineers at Agra, 732
Pondicherry, French settlement formed
at. 394. Besieged by the English, but
fails, 403. Treaty of, 411. The only
possession remaining to the French,
443. Besieged by Colonel Monson,
443. The command resumed by Coote,
444. Surrenders, 444. Dispute as to
the possession of the fort, 444. The
fortifications razed to the ground, 445.
Besieged and taken by Sir Hector
Munro, and the fortifications destroyed,
497. Surrenders to Colonel Braith-
waite, 528
Poniany, the Portuguese received by the
Zamorin at, 216. Cannonaded by Ca-
bral, 218
Poona, defeat of the Mahratta army at,
413. Plundered and partly burnt, 466.
Events at, in 1798, 535, 536. Riot and
slaughter in the city, 537. Reported
threat of Amrut Ráo to burn the city,
554. Surrounded by British troops, 583.
Threatening position of the Péshwah's
troops at the Dusséra festival, 588.
Abandoned by the Peshwah, who flies
to Sattara, 589. Occupied by the Bri-
tish, 589. Placed under the government
of Captain H. D. Robertson, 598. Dis-
affection at, 759
Poonda pass and ghaut taken by Prince
Abdoolla of Beejapoor, 283
Poorby dynasty. 150-152
Poornea, Financial Minister of Mysore,
544
Poorundhur, treaty of, concluded, 490
Popham, Captain (afterwards Colonel),
his gallant diversion against the Mah-
rattas, 494. Takes Bidgeghur, and
distributes fifty lacs as prize money,
512
Population of India, 8. How divided, 8.
Estimated, 9
Population of India at the time of the
death of the Emperor Akbur, 280. Of
British India in 1869, 798
Port Canning Company of Calcutta,
abortive scheme of the, 779
Portuguese, first mention of, in Guzerat
history, 138. Their naval action with
the King of Guzerat, 138. Take and
retake Goa, 198, 199. Their enterprises,
215. Prince Henry's explorations, 215.
Efforts of King John II., 215. Diego
Cam, 215. Bartholomew Diaz, 215.
Vasco de Gama, 215, 216, 219. Intrigues
of the Moors against him, 217. Cabral's
visit to Calicut and Cochin, 218. Juan
de Nueva's expedition, 218. Determina-
tion of the king to send larger expedi-
tions to India, 218. And destroy the
Mahomedan trade altogether, 219. De
Gama's second expedition, 219. Quar-
rels with the Zamorin, who is defeated
and sues for peace, 220. Albuquerque,
220. A factory established at Quilon,
220. Duarte Pachéco's defeat of the
Zamorin's army, 220, 221. Lopé So-
arez's destruction of the Zamorin's
fleet, 221. Arrival of Don Francis
Almeida, 221. Combination of na-
tive powers against the Portuguese,
221. Whose fleet is defeated at Choule,
222. Return of Albuquerque, and esta-
blishment of Goa as the Portuguese
capital, 222, 223. First visit of the
Portuguese to China, 224. Conduct of
Albuquerque's successors, 224. Their
victory over the King of Guzerat at
Choule, 281. Hector di Silviera's ex-
ploits, 281. Defeat of Nuño da Cuerpa's
expedition against Diu, 281. Which
returns to Goa, 281. Joined by Prince
Chand of Guzerat, 281. Bassein and
Diu ceded to them, 282. Their suffer-
ings at Diu, 282. Garcia de Noronha,
282. Invasion of Goa by the King of
Beejapoor, who is repulsed, 283. Com-
bination formed against the Portu-
guese, 283. Attacks upon Goa and
Choule defeated, 283. But Chale taken
by the Zamorin, 283. Portuguese
maritime supremacy disputed by the
Dutch, 283. Character of their actions
in India, 284. Refuse to take part in
native quarrels, 297. Attacked by the
Kings of Becjapoor and Ahmednugger,
300. Who are repulsed with severe
loss, 300. Attacked by Sumbhajee,
348. Their war with the Mahrattas,
397. Shrink into insignificance, 455.
Portuguese possessions held by British
detachments, 571
Pottinger, Captain, appointed to the
government of part of the Péshwah's
POT
dominions, 598. Sent on an embassy
to Sinde, 632. Arranges a quarrel
between the Ameers of Sinde and the
Sikhs, 637. His services in Sinde, 642.
Created a baronet, 644
Pottinger, Edward, his defence of Herát,
639. Demanded as a hostage by Akbur
Khan, 650
Powár, family of, receives a grant of
chouth of Guzerat, 376
Powell, Colonel, attacks the rebel Sepoys
at Kajwah, 744
Prehistoric monuments and remains in
India, 39, 40. Discovery of, 40
Press, Mr. Adams's act respecting free-
dom of the, established by Sir Charles
Metcalfe, 634. His act disapproved by
the Court of Directors, 634
Priesthood of the Hindoos, 21
Prithy Rái, Rajah of Ajmere, defeats the
Mahomedans at Narrain, 91. Offered
Islamism or war by Mahomed Goory,
91. Defeated at Narrain, and put to
death, 92
RAJ
Purainda becomes for a time the capital
of Ahmeduugger, 316. Given to the
King of Beejapoor, 329
Puraindah, fort of, 185
Puréshram Bhow Putwurdhun, Mahratta
leader, acts against General Goddard's
rear, 494. Beaten by Captain Mackay,
494. Receives reinforcements, 44.
Joined by Captain Little, 523. Invests
and takes Dharwar, 523. Joins Lord
Cornwallis, 524. Sent to the west,
524. Defeats Tippoo's forces at Simóca,
524. Called up to assist Holkar against
Sindia, 530. Takes command of the
army against the Nizam, 551. Whom
he defeats, 531. His part in the in-
trigues for the Péshwahship, 535
Puriars, aboriginal race of, 37
Purneah, rebellion of, put down, 437.
Nawab of, joins the Emperor Shah
Allum in the siege of Patna, 456
Purviz, Prince, defeated by Khan Jehin
Lody, 321. Sent to reduce Shah Jehin,
323. Whom he defeats and drives into
the Deccan, 324
Purwándurrah, Dost Mahomed defeated
at, 646
Pritzler, General, chases the Péshwah
northwards to Sholapoor, 590. His
operations in the Western Ghauts, 598
Productions of the soil in India, 5
Prome, city of, occupied by the British,
607. Captured by General Godwin, 693
Pálakési, his inscription, 68. Founds
the Chalukya dynasty, 68
Pulindaka, King, his temples, 54
Punjab, the, invaded by Mahomed
Ghoory, 89. Overrun by the Gukkurs,
93. Who are punished, 93. Invaded
by the Moghuls, 98. Occupied by |
Their fort built at, 220
Teimoor, 122. And pillaged, 122. Made QUILON, Pertuguese trade with, 218.
over by the Emperor Hoomayoon to
his brother Kamrán, 234. Ceded by
Kamrán to Shere Khan, 237. Who
ford), appointed to the administrs-
tion of Java, 573
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appoints Khowas Khan as viceroy, 242. RAFFLES, Mr. (afterwards Sir Stan
Hoomayoon's march through the, 251.
Rebellion in, put down by the Emperor
Akbur, 261. Invaded by Mahomed
Hakeem Mirza, 266. Insurrection of
the Sikhs in the north of the, 360, 361.
Invaded by the Afghan king, Ahmed
Shah, 385. Ceded to Ahmed Shah
Abdally, 420, 451. Attacked by the
vizier, 421. Invaded by Holkar, 563.
Consolidated under Runjeet Singh, 567.
State of the, in 1845, 667. Pre-
cautionary measures of Lord Ellen-
borough, 667. Intrigues of the Máhá-
ranee, 682. Consequent disaffection,
682. Annexed to British India, 687.
Consolidation of the government of,
690. Mr. Macaulay's penal code tried
in, 712. Condition of the, in the
tepoy mutiny, 729. Saved by Sir John
Lawrence, 729. Mutinies in several
places, 730. The exhibition of local
produce and manufactures of the, 776.
Projected works of irrigation in the,
783. Act relating to the rights of
cultivators in the, 788
Punniar, battle of, 665
Pushpamitra, King, 54, 58
Puttiala, Rajah of, decorated with the
star of India, 771. Becomes a coun-
cillor, 772
Putwurdhun, Mahratta leader, marches
against Hyder Ally, 472. Confirmed in
his estates, 599
Rahim Khan, rebels in Bengal, 396. De-
feated and killed in action, 326
Rái Kurrun, driven out of Anhulwara by
the Mahomedans, 106. His family and
treasure taken by the conquerors, 106
Raichore Dooáb, given to Prince Ma-
homed Bahmuny, 169. Taken by the
Rajah of Beejanngger, 202. Recovered
by Ismail Adil Shah, 205. Fort of, re-
covered by him, 205
Railways, infancy of, in India, 678. Pro-
jected by Lord Dalhousie, 698. Libes
completed or in progress in 1856, 78,
Lines constructed or projected in 1867,
782
Ráirce, Rajah of, defeated by Ala-ood-
deen Shah II. of the Deccan, and com
pelled to pay tribute, 169
Raiseen taken by Shere Khan, 242.
And the Hindoos of, massacred, 243
Tragedy in the women's apartments at,
292
Raj Bullub, Rajah, put to death by Meer
Cassim, 459
RAJ
Raja Dáhu, his dominions invaded by the
Mahomedans, 76. His death, 76. De-
feat and death of his widow at Brah-
minabad, 76. Legend of his daughter
and Kassim, 76
Raja Turangiri,' or history of Kash-
mere, 59
Rajah Sahib, proclaimed by the French
Nawab of the Carnatic, 441
Rajahmundry taken by Sooltan Ma-
homed Shah II. of the Deccan, 175.
Annexed to Golcondah, 317. Ceded to
the English, 468
Rajgurh, fortified by Sivajee, 332. Specie
sent by him to, 337. Besieged and
taken by the Moghuls, 350
Rajpootana, 4. Invaded by the Moghuls,
who are defeated, 107. Reduced to
order by the Emperor Babur, 233.
Desolated by the struggles of native
chiefs, 565. Ravaged by Ameer Khan,
579
Rajpoots, their food, 11. Claim to re-
present the ancient Kshéttryas, 21.
.The Mahomedans expelled from India
by the Suméra Rajpoots, 76. Defeated
by Mahmood of Ghuzny, 83. All the
ruling families of Northern India Raj-
poots, 91. Rebel, but subdued by King
Nasir-ood-deen, 99. Mahomedan tole-
rance of their worship, 134. Their
defeat at Champanair, 137. Take
Mandoo, but the whole of their garrison
put to death, 138, 139, 145. Defeated
by Sooltan Mahmood Khiljy, and com-
pelled to pay tribute, 143. Rule of
the Sooméras in Sinde, 156. And of
the Soomanas, 157. Increase of their
power, 232.
Defeated by the Emperor
Babur, 232, 233. And in Marwar by
Shere Khan, 243. Their brave defence
of Chittore, 263. Where the defenders
perish, 263. Join the Emperor Akbur,
and fight by his side, 264. The Emperor
Akbur's policy towards them, and its re-
sult, 277. Their war with the Emperor
Aurungzebe, 343. Their confederacy
dissolved, 344. Their political condi-
tion, 452. Rebel and defeat Sindia,
509. Defeated by Sindia, 529. Their
states transferred to the British, 593.
Prevalence of infanticide among them,
633
Ram Chundur. Rajah, joins the Moghuls
at the battle of Soopa, 271. Killed,
271
RAN
feated by the Emperor Shah Allum,
456. Abandoned by the English, and
despoiled by the Nawab, 458. Cast
into the Ganges, 459
Rám, Rajah, placed on the Mahratta
throne, but deposed, 348. Becomes
Regent of Rajgurh, 350. Taken pri-
soner by the Moghuls, but escapes,
352. Establishes his court at Ginjee,
which withstands a siege of the Mo-
ghuls, 352. His measures, 352, 353.
Escapes from Ginjee, which is taken
by the Moghuls, 353. Pursued by them
to Singurh, 354. His death, 354
Rám Rajah, or Ráma, adopted by Shao,
412. Revolution at Sattara in his
favour, 413. Confined by Tara Bye,
Rám Chunder Ráo, Maharajah of Jhansy,
his loyalty, 702
Ram Deo, Rajah of Déogurh, defeated by
the Mahomedans, 104. And compelled
to pay immense ransom, 104. His wife
married to King Alla-ood-deen, 106.
His daughter captured, 109, His treat-
ment by the King of Dehly, 109. His
death, 110
Rám Narráin, governor of Patna, rebels,
437. Submits, 437. Besieged by the
Prince Royal and his allies, 438. De-
Ramraj, Rajah of Beejanugger, son of the
former, joins Boorhan Nizam Shah
against the King of Beejapoor, 296.
Who is compelled to pay him a large
sum, 297. Joins Ally Adil Shah in an
invasion of Ahmednugger, 298. His
interview with Ally Adil Shah, 307.
Combination of Mahomedan kings
against him, 298, 308, 316. His letter
to the King of Golcondah, 317. Resists
the invaders, 299. But defeated at the
battle of Talikote, 299, 308. And taken
prisoner and beheaded, 300
Ráná Persad, Rajah of Amerkote, his
hospitality to the Emperor Hoomayoon,
238
Ráná Sanka, chief of Chittore, campaign
of the King of Guzerat against, 139, 145.
His treatment of the King of Malwah,
145
Ráneegunjee, fires at, 720
Rangoon, capture of, by Sir Archibald
Campbell, 605. Port of, blockaded,
692. Fortifications of, captured, 693
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