Chapter III: Third Period: Imperial Government

1798-1836.

§1. Lord Mornington (Marquis of Wellesley), 1798-1805: last war against
Tippu, 1799. §2. Carnatic confiscated and annexed to Madras Presidency.
§3. Wellesley's scheme of a paramount power. §4. Second
Mahratta war: successes of Arthur Wellesley and Lake. §5. Disastrous
war with Holkar. §6. Return to non-intervention. §7. Sepoy mutiny
in Madras army. §8. Lord Minto, 1807-13: wars and alliances against
France. §9. Evils of non-intervention in Rajputana: troubles in Nipal.
§10. Lord Moira (Marquis of Hastings), 1813-23: war with Nipal,
1814-15. §11. Revival of the paramount power: Pindhari and Mahratta
wars, 1817-18. §12. Lord Amherst, 1823-28: wars with Burma
and Bhurtpore. §13. Lord William Bentinck, 1828-35; abolition of
Suttee. §14. Suppression of Thugs. §15. Administrative reforms.
§16. North-West Provinces: Joint Village Proprietors. §17. Madras
and Bombay Presidencies: Ryotwari Settlements. §18. Changes under
the Charter of 1833. §19. Sir Charles Metcalfe, 1835-36.
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