The rise of the British Dominion in India

Lyall Alfred Comyn Sir 1835-1911

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I#^^^^in^S^..i)RiseThe
of the
British Dominion in India
By sir ALFRED LYALL
D.C.L.K.C.B.,
' L' ceticferre,Angle puissance diffuse^
Henri Martin
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
& BROADWAY743 745
1893OFTABLECHRONOLOGICAL
CONTENTS
I.CHAPTER
COMMERCE.COMPETITION FOR INDIANEARLY
DATE
From \
Trade Red Sea andB.C. to I Course of sea-borne by300
of Cbeginning Alexandria
i6thcent.A.D.;
Tradechief of EasternConstantinople emporium
^j^°[J*^^^*^^^^^ }
iithtoi6th PredominanceIVenice and CommercialGenoa,
cents.
of America ....1492 Discovery
to IndiaFrom Route of Good Hope1497 by Cape
8of .i6th cent. Commercial ascendancy Portugal
10First of East India*^i6oi Chaiter CompanyEnglish
12Dutch East India founded1603 Company
Holland .1 cent. Commercial of ^7.ascendancy7th
to GreatSir Thomas Roe's Moghul 17Embassy1614-18
Massacre.....1622 17Amboyna
. 20First War between and Holland1651-54 England
21Cession of1661 Bombay by Portugal\
Table Contents.vi ofChronological
'AC-DATE
.Establishment of French East India 23Company1664
1668 Pondicherry.
commercialof disputesBreda, adjusting1667 Treaty
in Asia 23
of . . .21Accession1658 Emperor Aurangzeb
CHAPTER II.
AND CONNEXION OF POLITICS IN EUROPEINFLUENCE
AND ASIA,
Rise of the Maratha under . .1660-80 power Sivaji 29
Second War with Holland .... 251665Third War with 251672
on the Indian Coast . . 26French Squadron
established at1685 English Company headquarters
28.......Bombay
at1686 establishedEnglish Company headquarters
Calcutta 28
of1687 Assumption by Company independent juris-
28diction
War .English Company's against Aurangzeb 311687-89
withWars in France ....Europe 361690-97
CHAPTER III.
INDIACONSOLIDATION OF ENGLISH EAST COMPANY.
of new and old East India1698 Rivalry Company
in London . . . . . • \^
Union of both . . . -451702 Companies
War with France1702-13 45vuTable Contents.Chronological of
CHAPTER IV.
EAST INDIA COMPANIES.THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH
PAGE
of .1 Death 50707 Emperor Aurangzeb
decline of 50Rapid Moghul Empire1707-50
Nadir Shah's Invasion of India 511739-40
Ahmed Shah Abdallee seizes Punjab 521748
andInterval of Peace between France England 541713-44
Danish extinguished 53r728 Company
.Ostend1725 suppressed 54\^^3tbout
of French East IndiaGrowth 541715-45 Company
Governor of Pondicherry 551741-51 Dupleix
1 War declared with France 60744
V.CHAPTER
THE FRENCH IN INDIA UNDER DUPLEIX.
1 War betweenFrench and on Coromandel746-49 English
Coast . . . . . . .61
Madras surrendered to Labourdonnais . . 621746
1 the ...748 Pondicherry besieged by English 63
Peace of and restoration of1748-49 Aix-la-Chapelle,
Madras ....... 63
ofGrowth financial embarrassments of French1746-49
East India .
. . .Company .67
War of Succession in the Carnatic ...1749-54 7c
War between French and .1750-54 English Companies 71viii Table Contents.Chronological of
DATE PAGR
1 1 Clive's defence of Arcot 7375
. .French retire from ofsiege Trichinopoly 731753
Recall of and Peace between the Com-1754 Dupleix,
. . • . .
. '75panies
CHAPTER VI.
FRENCH WAR IN INDIA.SECOND
between France and 851756 Rupture England
reached India 881758 Lally's Expedition
takes Fort St. David 88Lally
Madras ....1758-59 Lally besieges 89
defeat at Vandewash1760 Lally's
surrendered to the1761 Pondicherry English 92
restored to France1763 9.^
of French iParis, terminating rivalry"^Peace
India ...... 97
CHAPTER VII.
THE OF BENGAL.CONQUEST
1 of Calcutta Nawab of . .June 756 Taking by Bengal 104
Clive recovers Calcutta ..... 105Jan. 1757'
.Battle of . . . . .106PlasseyJune 1757
CHAPTER VIII.
THE SITUATION IN BENGAL.
of . . . .1131757 English occupation Bengal
.Clive returns to . . . .1181760 England
. . .Period of misrule in .1181760-65 Bengal
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