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 CONTENTS

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I. Family History: War of American Independence, 1754-81 7

II. Further Military Services: Political Life: Appointed Governor General of India: 1781-1813 25

III. Condition of India in 1813 43

IV. The Story of a Treaty: The Gúrkha War, 1814-16 63

V. The Gathering of the Storm: Events in Central India, 1814-16 85

VI. The Struggle, 1817: The Pindárí War: The Maráthá Powers rise in revolt 103

VII. The final overthrow of the Maráthá Powers, 1818-19 132

VIII. Reconstruction in Central India and in the South-West, 1818-23 158

IX. Foreign Relations: Internal Affairs: The great case of Palmer and Co. 183

X. Administrative Reforms: Conclusion: Lord Hastings' Work in India 200

Index 219

NOTE

The orthography of proper names follows the system adopted by the Indian Government for the Imperial Gazetteer of India. That system, while adhering to the popular spelling of very well-known places, such as Punjab, Poona, Deccan, &c, employs in all other cases the vowels with the following uniform sounds: —

a, as in woman: á, as in father: i, as in kin: í, as in intrigue: o, as in cold: u, as in bull: ú, as in rural.