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 INDEX 505 Fortunes of the, in India, waning in 1780, 251 Mysore, war of the, with, 287 League of the, with the Nizam and Peshwa against Mysore, 309-310 Treaty of peace of the, with Sindhia and the Nagpur Raja, 329 Expedition of the, to Afghanistan, 399 European competition for trade in the East, 17-18 F Fleury, ministry of, 91 Fort St. David, futile expedition of the French against, 106 Fort St. George in the possession of the English, 35 Fox, East India Bill of, 274, 275, 277-279 Firozshah, battle of, 410, 413 France, wars of, hi Europe, from 1690 to 1713, 53 Policy of, under Richelieu, 80 Reasons for the failure of, in India, 126, 150-151 Strength of navy of, in 1755, 135 French, under De la Haye sail to Ceylon and occupy the harbour of Trin- comali, 37 Take possession of St. Thome', near Madras, 37 Alliance of, with the Dutch, against England in 1666, 37, 38 Colonization, history of, 79-80, 83-102 Active in North America, 94 Allied with Muzaff ar Jang and Chanda Sahib, 118 Army, strength of, in India, in 1754, 131 Expelled from Northern Sirkars, 142 Company hi India dissolved hi 1770, 147 Position at the peace of 1763, 147-148 Final expedition of the, against the English on the Indian coast hi 1781, 153-155 Embassy to Persia, 352 French-Spanish treaty of 1598, 16-17 Friedland, battle of, 350 G Gaikwar of Baroda, deposition of the, 430 Gandamak, treaty of, between England and Afghanistan, 440 Gawilgarh, fort of, captured by General Arthur Wellesley, 327 Genoa, rise of, as a trade centre, 4 George II makes a treaty of alliance with Frederick of Prussia, 136 Germanic States, alliance of, in 1691, 53 Ghazipur acquired by the English, 266 Goa, Portuguese garrison removed to, 21 Godeheu succeeds Dupleix at Pondi- cherri, 123 Golkonda destroyed by Aurangzib, 44, 54 Gujarat, Sikh army overthrown at, 417 Gurkhas (Gurkhalis), war of, with the English, 374-377 Gwalior, fortress of, taken by Captain Popham, 254 Haidarabad, Muzaffar Jang established as Nizam of, by the French, 119 Hyder AH invades, 212 Decline of the State of, 295 Nizam of, transfers large districts to the English, 317-318 Hamont, M. Tibulle, the French biog- rapher of Lally, 137 Hardinge, Sir Henry, Governor-General of India, 410 Hastings, Marquis of, Governor-General of India, 366 War of, with the Gurkhas, 374-377 Plans of, for the suppression of the freebooting hordes, 379 Hastings, Warren, first Governor-Gen- eral in India, 237 Disputes of, with his Council, 234 Transactions of, against the Rohillas, 240-243 Treaty of, with the Marathas, in 1782, 254 Financial embarrassments of, 252, 253, 254, 255, 263 Resignation of, 258 Political intrepidity of, 261 Impeachment and trial of, 263-264 Burke's charges against, 278 High Courts of Judicature, establish- ment of, 455 Hindu Kush tribes come under British control, 445 Holkar, Jaswant Rao, attacked by Colo- nel Monson, 329-330 Signs a treaty with the English, 330 Dispersion of the troops of, 330 Policy of, 330 Army of, defeated at Mehidpur, 380 Holland, commercial ascendency of, La the East, 14 Increasing strength and pre-eminence of the Republic of, in the seven- teenth century, 28, 29, 30 Decline of the naval power of, 71 War declared against, hi 1674, by Louis XIV, 89 Hughes, naval engagements of, 256-257