The History of British India

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Transactions in Ceylon.?Embassy to the King of Kandy.?Aggressions by his people.?Declaration of War.?March of troops and capture of the Capital. ? Mutu-sami made King.?Force withdrawn.? Major Davie left at Kandy.?Attacked by the Cingalese.?Kandy evacuated.?Europeans murdered. ?Hostilities continued.?Suspended.?Tyranny and ‘Cruelty of the King.?Fear and Hatred of his people.?British Subjects seized.? War resumed.? The Capital again taken.?The King captured, deposed, and sent prisoner to Madras.?Ceylon subject to British Authority.?Universal Discontent and Rebellion.?A Pretender to the Throne.?Great loss on both sides.?Rebels disheartened.?Leaders arrested, and the Pretender captured.?The Insurrection suppressed.?Change of system.?Affairs of Cutch.?Disputed Succession.?General anarchy. ?Depredations on the Gaekwar’s Territories.? Disturbances in Kattiwar.?Suppressed.?Troops ordered into Cutch.?Anjar surrendered.?Agreement with the Rao.?Operations against the Pirate States.?Intrigues at Baroda.?Occurrences at Hyderabad.?Disorderly conduct of the Nizam’s sons.? Put under Restraint.?Disturbances in the city.? Critical position.?The Princes sent to Golconda.? Dicussions with the Nawab of Oude.? Views of the chapter{Section 4HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA. 85 Governor-General.?Death of Sadat Alt.?Succeeded by Ghazi-ud-din.? Visit to the Governor-General at Cawnpore.?Loan to the Company.? Complains of the Resident. ? Retracts. ? Submits final requisi- tions.?Principles of future Intercourse.?The Na- wab an Independent Prince in his own Dominions. ?Second Loan.?Resident’s Vindication of himself.?His Removal.?Observations.?Internal Disturbances.?House-tax at Bareilly opposed by the people.?Tumults.?Troops catted in.?The Rioters defeated.?Contumacy of great Landholders in th…