Chapter XV (2)

HOLLAND, 124.

HOLWELL, Mr., in charge during Clive's absence, 136-7.

HOPE HALL, the residence of Mr. Bayley, where Clive was brought up,
9.

HUGLI, river, fugitives in ships on the, 78:
Major Kilpatrick sent with troops to, 79:
Watson and Clive sent to, 80.

HUGLI, town, stormed by Clive, 83:
revenue of, granted money to Clive, 117.

_Indostan, History of_, _see_ _History of Indostan_.

INDIA passed to the Crown, 178.

INDIA HOUSE, Sulivan excluded Clive from seat in, 145:
proprietors forced the Governor-Generalship of Bengal on Clive,
146:
sent a new covenant to Calcutta, 161:
refused to increase salaries, 165.

IVES'S _Voyage and Historical Narrative_, quoted, 94_n_., 96_n_.

JAGIR, conferred on Clive, 123 and _n_.:
disputed by Court of Directors, 142, 145-7.

JALANGI, river, 91.

JENNINGS, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

JOHNSTONE, Mr. Gideon, received money for secret services, 161.

JONES, Commodore, sent to attack Angria, 77:
recalled from Dabhol, 78.

KALNA, Mr. Watts at, 92.

KALPI, English victory at, 157.

KANCHIPURAM, Clive on his way to Arcot halted at, 53:
guns intercepted at, 53:
siege of, 58:
taken by Clive, 58.

KARNATIK, territory of the Deccan, 17:
not immediately under the Subahdar, 17:
territory entrusted to a Nawab, 17:
its boundaries, 17, 18:
invasions and war in the, 21-31:
Khoja Abdullah, Nawab of the, 28.

KARRA, English victory at, 157:
held by the English, 174.

KASIMBAZAR, Mr. Watts, English agent at, 86:
Siraj-ud-daula sent an army to Plassey, in the island of, 88 and
_n_.:
troops at, 116, 119.

KASIPUR, seat of gun-factory, 83:
Clive at, 83.

KATWA, Major Eyre Coote sent to occupy, 91:
battle of, 156.

KAVERIPAK, battle of, 64-6, 183, 211:
Clive defeats the French and allies, 66:
occupied by Clive, 66.

KHOJA ABDULLAH, proclaimed Nawab of the Karnatik, 28:
poisoned, 28.

KILPATRICK, Major, sent from Madras to the Hugli, 79:
reached Falta, 80:
at Council of War, 92:
in command of troops at Plassey, 102:
marched against St. Frais, 102:
joined by Clive, 102.

KISHANGARH, revenue of, granted money to Clive, 117.

KNOX, Captain, fought against the Dutch, 128:
defeated the Dutch, 131:
fought against the King of Delhi and defended Patna, 151.

KOILADI, French attempted to intercept Lawrence at, 67.

KOLRUN, River, 68, 69.

LALGUDI, mud fort of, taken by Clive, 68.

LALLY, Count, sent to Pondicherry, 120:
marched to Tanjore, 120:
recalled Bussy, 120:
successes achieved by, 120, 194:
left northern Sirkars unprotected, 121.

LASCARS, with Clive at Plassey, 90, 95.

LAW, of Lauriston, sent by Dupleix to Trichinopoli, 60:
unsuccessful, 61:
fought gallantly at Pondicherry, 61:
replaced by d'Auteuil, 68:
defeated by Clive at Paichanda, 69-73:
surrendered, 73:
sent by Clive near Chandranagar with troops, 84.

LAWRENCE, Major Stringer, in command at Fort St. David, 40_n_.:
took a force to Devikota, with Clive as lieutenant, 43:
stormed Devikota, 43:
treaty, 43:
returned to Fort St. David, 44:
joined Clive, 67:
started with Clive for Trichinopoli, 67:
entered Trichinopoli, 68:
assisted by Morari Rao and the Dalwai of Mysore, 68:
sent Clive to occupy Samiaveram, 68.

LAWRENCE, Lord, quoted, 16_n_.

LE BEAUME, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

_Letters_, by Scrafton, quoted, 160_n_.

_Life of Clive_, by Malcolm, 103_n_.

'LORD CLIVE'S FUND,' 178.

LOSTOCKE, private school where Clive was educated till he was eleven,
10.

LUCAS, Captain, mentioned in the account of the assault against Clive
by Mr. Fordyce, 14.

LUCKNOW, occupied by the English, 157.

LUSHINGTON, affixed Admiral Watson's name to false document regarding
Aminchand, 194.

MA'AFUZ KHAN, son of Anwar-ud-din, sent to demand Madras, 37:
encountered Dupleix at Maliapur, St. Thome, 37:
defeated, 37:
taken prisoner, 45.

MADHUPUR, Clive despatched Watts and Walsh to, 111:
Clive marched to, 111.

MADRAS, Robert Clive arrives as a writer in the service of the East
India Service in 1744 at, 9, 30:
Mr. Morse Governor at, 15, 33:
originally Chennapatanam, 19:
granted to the English and re-named Madras, 19:
Fort St. George built, 19:
raised to Presidency in 1653, 19:
population at end of 17th century, 19:
constitution of the town, 19:
English trading colony, 20:
French colony, 20:
taken by the French, 35:
restored, 41.

_Madras Presidency, Records of_, by Mr. Forrest, mentioned, 14,
40_n_., 41_n_., 50_n_., 52_n_.

MAIAPUR, Watson and Clive at, 81.

MALCOLM, Sir John, mentioned, 143:
quoted, 169:
_Life of Clive_, 103_n_., 143_n_., 198_n_.

MALDA, Aminchand's pilgrimage to, 113.

MALIAPUR, battle between French and English at, 37.

MALLESON'S, Colonel, _History of the French in India_, 36_n_.:
_Decisive Battles of India_, 66_n_., 130_n_., 156_n_.

MANCHESTER, Clive sent to his uncle to be brought up and educated at,
9.

MANIKCHAND, Governor of Calcutta, 81:
marched to Baj-baj, 81:
retired, 82.

MANSURPET, pagoda of, taken by Clive, 68.

MARATHAS, took Trichinopoli, 25:
invasion of, 25, 26:
yielded Trichinopoli to Nizam-ul-Mulk, 28:
overtures with Siraj-ud-daula, 87:
Maratha ditch, 108:
defeated at battle of Panipat, 173:
advance of, 183.

MARKAR, the Armenian, commanded a special brigade, 154:
sent to Patna, 155:
drove the English out, 155:
took English prisoners, 156.

MARKET DRAYTON, Clive sent to Mr. Burslem's school at, 10.

MARTIN, Francis, leader of the French traders on the Coromandel
coast, 20, 21:
died 1706, 20.

MASKELEYNE, Miss, married Clive, 74.

_Memoir of Captain Dalton_, quoted, 49_n_., 52_n_.

MERCHANT TAYLORS', Clive spent a short time at, 10.

MIRAN, son of Mir Jafar, 119:
arrived with an army at Murshidabad, 132:
struck dead by lightning, 150.

MIR ASAD, appointed Diwan in place of Chanda Sahib, 24:
taken prisoner by the Marathas, 25.

MIR JAFAR, in command of Siraj-ud-daula's forces, 79:
joined Clive, 86:
quarrelled with Siraj-ud-daula, 88:
reconciliation, 88:
swore fealty and to fight against Clive, 88, 91:
his interview with Mr. Watts, 92:
renounced Watts as a spy, 92:
threatened to destroy the English, 92:
favourable despatch from, 94:
position of his troops at Plassey, 97:
his interview with Siraj-ud-daula, 100:
lingering of his troops, 103:
requested an interview with Clive, 105:
escorted to the camp to be proclaimed Subahdar, 107:
his conditions and agreements with Clive, 107-8:
noble family in Bihar, 109:
officer of Ali Vardi Khan, 109:
married Ali Vardi Khan's sister, 109:
Bakshi of the army, 109:
took Calcutta, 109:
his meeting with Clive, 110:
went to Murshidabad, 111:
received Clive, 111:
proclaimed Subahdar, 112:
applied to Clive for assistance, 115, 121:
his army at Rajmahal, 116:
attempt to coerce Bihar, 116-8:
met Clive, 116:
at Patna, 117:
marched with Clive to Barh, 118:
returned to Murshidabad, 118:
treasury exhausted, 121:
conferred the jagir of the Zamindari on Clive, 123:
forced to resign, 153:
to reside under English protection, 153:
displaced by Mir Kasim, 153:
restored by the English, 158, 159:
his death, 159, 160:
bequeathed money to Clive, 178:
formation of Lord Clive's Fund, 178.

MIR KASIM, son-in-law of Mir Jafar, 119, 152:
envoy of Mir Jafar, 152:
wished to succeed Miran, 152:
his bribery successful, 152:
Mir Jafar to be displaced by, 152:
proceeded to Patna, 153:
installed as Subahdar, 153:
good ruler, 153:
removed his fortress to Mungir, 153:
reformed his army, 154:
abolished transit duties, 155:
prepared for war, 155:
his army under Markar set out for Patna, 155:
drove the English away, 155:
sent Samru to Baksar, 156:
intercepted the English and beat them completely, 156:
defeated at Katwa, 156:
defeated at Gheria, 156:
on the fall of Patna, took refuge at Oudh, 157:
defeated at Baksar, 157:
died at Delhi, 158.

MIR MADAN, Siraj-ud-daula's general, 97:
killed at Plassey, 100.

MIR MEHDI KHAN, commanding Mir Jafar's troops, 155:
went to Mungir to report to Mir Jafar, 155.

MOLITORE, Capt.-Lieut., at Council of War, 93.

MORARI RAO, famous Maratha soldier, left to guard Trichinopoli, 26:
sent to help Clive at Arcot, 55:
marched with Clive to Arni, 56:
defeated the French, 57, 58:
assisted Lawrence, 68.

MORSE, Mr., Governor of Madras, 15, 33:
befriended Clive, 15:
declined proposal from the French Governor that the two settlements
should preserve neutrality, 33:
demanded in vain for protection from Anwar-ud-din, 35.

MOSES, Mr. Levy, mentioned in the account of the complaint of the
assault of Mr. Fordyce against Clive, 14.

MUGHAL DYNASTY receives a blow from which it never rallied, 16, 85,
173:
high-road from Hugli to Patna, 90.

MUGHAL, Great, called on Clive to help repress the rebellion of his
son, 123.

MUHAMMAD ALI, forced to flee to Trichinopoli, 45:
rival of Chanda Sahib in the Deccan, 45:
at Trichinopoli, 51:
his treasury exhausted, 51.

MUHAMMAD RIZA KHAN, nominated Deputy-Nawab, 161, 168.

MUHAMMAD SHAH, Emperor of Delhi, 30:
died, 44.

MUIR, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

MUNGIR, Mir Kasim removed his capital to, 153:
Sir Robert Fletcher at, 187:
mutiny at, 187-8.

MUNRO, Sir Hector, his victory at Baksar, 157:
occupied Benares, Chanar and Allahabad, 157:
overran Oudh, 157:
occupied Lucknow and Faizabad, 157:
defeated enemy at Karra and Kalpi, 157:
Nawab-Wazir of Oudh surrendered himself to, 157.

MURADBAGH, palace of, Clive at, 111.

MURSHIDABAD, capital of Siraj-ud-daula, 78, 85:
bankers and merchants of, join Clive, 86:
Mir Jafar's interview with Mr. Watts at, 92:
Clive entered, 111:
treasury of, granted money to Clive, 117:
Clive at, 171.

MURTIZA ALI, Governor of Vellore, 27:
poisoned his brother-in-law, 27:
proclaimed himself Nawab, 27:
his flight, 27:
present at the royal wedding, 29:
sudden disappearance, 30:
suspected murderer of the young Prince, 30.

MUZAFFAR JANG, claimed succession to the Deccan, 44:
Governor of Bijapur, 44:
enlisted service of Marathas, 44:
proclaimed himself Subahdar of the Deccan, 45:
marched to Trichinopoli, 46:
at Tanjore, 46, 47:
retreated on Pondicherry, 47:
taken prisoner, 47:
released, 47:
acknowledged Subahdar, 47:
slain on his way to Aurangabad, 47.

MYSORE, an independent territory, 17:
sent an army to assist Muhammad Ali, 54:
assisted Lawrence at Trichinopoli, 68.

NADIR SHAH, invasion of, 16, 17, 25, 30, 85.

NEGAPATAM, squadron cruised off, 34.

NAPIER'S, Sir W., _Peninsular War_, quoted, 60_n_.

_Narrative_, Sir Eyre Coote's, quoted, 96_n_., 103_n_.

NASIR JANG, son of Nizam-ul-Mulk, succeeded in Southern India, 30,
44:
slain by his own levies, 47.

NEWCASTLE, Duke of, 143.

NEWCASTLE, Dowager Duchess of, sold Claremont to Clive, 202.

NIZAM-UL-MULK, title granted to the family of Chin Kilich Khan, 17:
Nawab of the Karnatik, 18:
Subahdar of the Deccan, 23:
objected to the appointments in the Karnatik made by
Saadat-ulla-Khan, 23:
gave the Marathas permission to attack Trichinopoli, 25:
entered Arcot with a large army, 28:
marched on to Trichinopoli, 28:
compelled the Marathas to yield, 28:
proclaimed his own commander Khoja Abdullah to be Nawab of the
Karnatik, 28:
Nawab poisoned, 28:
he appointed Anwar-ud-din, provisionally, and to act as guardian to
Saiyud Muhammad, 28:
died, 44.

NORTH, Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 197:
First Lord of the Treasury, 198:
his Bill, 200-1.

'NORTHERN CIRCARS,' territory of the Deccan, 17.

NUJM-UD-DAULA, Nawab-Nazim, 172.

OMAR BEG, sent to escort Mir Jafar to Clive's camp, 107.

ORME, Mr., quoted, 20_n_., 30, 81_n_., 95_n_., 96_n_., 103_n_.,
109_n_., 111_n_.

OUDH, overtures of Siraj-ud-daula to the Nawab-Wazir of, 88:
Nawab-Wazir of, threatened rebellion against Mir Jafar, 121:
Nawab-Wazir of, protects and aids Mir Kasim, 157:
throws himself on the mercy of the English, 157, 159:
Clive's dealings with Nawab-Wazir of, 171, 173-8.

PAICHANDA, taken by Clive, 73.

PALMER, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

PALMYRAS, Cape, 80.

PALTI, town on the Kasimbazar river, 91.

PANIPAT, battle of, mentioned, 16, 173.

PARADIS, sent by Dupleix to relieve Madras, 37:
entered Madras, 38.

PARKER, John Neville, tried by court-martial, 189:
reinstated, 189.

PARSHAW, Capt.-Lieut., at Council of War, 93.

PATNA, capital of Bihar, Clive accompanied Mir Jafar to, 117:
Clive entered and subdued, 123:
Mir Jafar conferred jagir on Clive at, 123:
Patna stormed, 151:
English plunders at, 155:
Mir Kasim died at, 158.

PEACE OF PARIS, Clive voted against, 145.

PEERAGE, Clive raised to an Irish, 143.

_Peninsular War_, by Sir W. Napier, quoted, 60_n_.

PEYTON, Commodore, commanded squadron on Commodore Barnett's death,
34:
cruised off Negapatam, 34:
sailed for Trincomalee, 34.

PIGOT, Mr., sent with provisions, 49.

PITT, Mr. (afterwards Lord Chatham), Secretary of State, 139:
Clive's letter to, 139:
Clive describes Miran as unfit to succeed, 139, 150:
points urged in the letter, 140:
Pitt unable to answer the letter, 141:
Pitt's opinion of Clive, 141:
resigned, 143:
Lord Privy Seal, 197:
resigned on account of ill health, 197.

PLASSEY, army recalled by Clive from, 84:
Siraj-ud-daula sent an army to, 88:
Clive's army reached, 94:
battle of, 94-106, 183:
spoils of Plassey, 107-17:
effects of the spoils, 136.

PONDICHERRY, French settlement, 18:
French squadron anchored off, 34:
Dumas, Governor of, 25:
siege of, 39-41:
English officials from Madras sent as prisoners to, 38:
siege of, 39:
armies of Chanda Sahib and Muzaffar Jang retreated on, 47:
Law distinguished at siege of, 61.

PRAGMATIC SANCTION, England upholder of, 31.

PROPRIETORS, Court of, 145-7.

PURNIAH, Raja of, rebelled against Mir Jafar, 114-5:
went with Clive to Murshidabad to make peace with Mir Jafar, 116.

RAGHUJI BHONSLA, leader of the Marathas, 25.

RAJA DULAB RAM, joined Clive, 86:
position of his troops at Plassey, 97:
treacherously advised Siraj-ud-daula to flee from Plassey to
Murshidabad, 101:
Finance Minister, 107, 114:
retired to his palace, 114:
refused all intercourse with Mir Jafar, 114:
reconciliation with Mir Jafar, 117, 168.

RAJA SAHIB, son of Chanda Sahib, in command at North Arcot, 54:
joined by the French, 54:
siege of Arcot, 55:
retreated to Vellore, 55:
defeated at Arni, 57-8:
took Punamallu, 62:
repaired damage at Kanchipuram, 62:
encamped at Vendalur, 62-3:
quitted Vendalur, 63:
in ambush at Kaveripak, 64:
remarkable battle of Kaveripak, 64-6:
defeated by Clive, 66:
retreated to Seringham, 68.

RAJMAHAL, Siraj-ud-daula discovered hiding at, 112:
Mir Jafar and Clive at, 116.

RIO, Clive delayed for nine months at, 12:
Clive picked up a little Portuguese at, 12.

RUMBOLD, Captain, at Council of War, 92.

SAADAT-ULLA KHAN, Nawab of the Karnatik, 23:
died in 1732, 23:
appointed Dost Ali, his nephew, to succeed, 23:
Bakar Ali to be Governor of Vellore, 23:
and Ghulam Husen or Chanda Sahib to be Diwan afterwards, 23.

SAFDAR ALI, son of Dost Ali, sent to capture Trichinopoli, 24:
proclaimed Nawab, 25:
persuaded Marathas to advance on the Karnatik, 26:
siege of Trichinopoli, 26:
surrendered, 26:
sent his family to Madras, 27:
took refuge at Vellore, 27:
poisoned by his brother-in-law, 27:
his son proclaimed Nawab by the army, 27.

SAIYUD MUHAMMAD KHAN, son of Safdar Ali, proclaimed Nawab, 27:
Anwar-ud-din appointed his guardian, 28:
murdered, 30.

SALABAT JANG, proclaimed Subahdar on the death of Muzaffar Jang, 48.

SALLUSTIAN MOTTO, quoted, 16.

SALT MONOPOLY, 164, 165.

SAMIAVERAM, occupied by Clive, 68:
battle at, 69-72:
Clive's victory, 73, 183, 211.

SAMRU, Armenian, in command of a special brigade, 153-4:
sent to Baksar, 156.

SARFARAZ, son of, at Dhaka, in rebellion against Mir Jafar, 115.

SATARA, Chanda Sahib, prisoner at, 26, 31:
Muzaffar Jang proceeded to, 44.

SAUNDERS, Mr., Governor of Fort St. David, 49:
sent Clive under Mr. Pigot to take provisions to Trichinopoli, 49:
gave Clive his captaincy, 50:
sent him to Devikota, 50.

SCOTT, Colonel, nominated Commander, with Clive as second, 77:
his death, 77.

SCRAFTON, Mr., sent to escort Mir Jafar to Clive's camp, 107:
informed Aminchand of false document, 113:
appointed Supervisor, 199:
_Letters_, quoted, 160_n_.

SELECT COMMITTEE appointed, 147, 161, 191:
opposition of, 166.

SERINGHAM, island to which French retreated from Trichinopoli, 68,
69.

SET, banking-house of the Set family, 168.

SHAH ALIM, troops of, repulsed the invasion of Bihar, 153:
installed Mir Kasim as Subahdar, 153:
Clive's dealing with, 171:
his capital occupied by the Afghans, 171:
meeting with Clive at Allahabad, 174.

SIRAJ-UD-DAULA, Subahdar, 78:
seized factory at Kasimbazar, 78:
marched to Calcutta, 78:
took possession, 78:
Black Hole of Calcutta, 78-9:
Murshidabad capital of, 78, 85:
grandson of Ali Vardi Khan, 85:
overtures to Bussy at Haidarabad, 87:
to the Marathas, 87:
to Delhi, 88:
to Nawab-Wazir of Oudh, 88:
quarrelled with Mir Jafar, 88:
reconciliation with Mir Jafar to fight against Clive, 88:
sent his army to Kasimbazar, 88:
Clive sent declaration of war to, 91:
at Plassey, 95:
fled to Murshidabad, 101, 112:
discovered hiding at Rajmahal, 112:
made over to Mir Jafar, 112:
interview with Mir Jafar, 112:
stabbed, 112.

SIVAJI, built a fort at Gheria, 77.

SMITH, Captain F., 187:
at Mungir, 187.

SMITH, Colonel, 186:
commanding at Surajpur, 186:
nominated Commander-in-chief by Clive, 191.

SMITH, Major, 186:
commanding at Allahabad, 186:
arrested officers, 186.

STANHOPE, Earl, quoted, 192, 209, 210 and _n_., 211:
_History of England_, 202_n_.

STANLEY, Mr., proposed an amendment in the attack against Clive, 208.

ST. FRAIS, Mons., commanding French at Plassey, 96:
formerly member of Council of Chandranagar, 96:
commenced action at Plassey, 98:
remained when Siraj-ud-daula fled, 101:
met by Kilpatrick, 102:
retreated, 103:
his final resistance and death, 104.

STERLING, Mr., private school in Hertfordshire, where Clive went on
leaving Merchant Taylors', until he was nominated writer in the
service of the East India Company, 10.

STYCHE, Robert Clive born at, 9.

SUBAH, province, 17, 166, 177.

SUBAHDAR, chief of a subah or province, 17:
Nizam-ul-Mulk, Subahdar of the Deccan, 23:
on his death struggles for succession, 44-7:
Ali Vardi Khan, Subahdar of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, 85:
Siraj-ud-daula succeeded him, 85:
attempts to dethrone the Subahdar, 86.

SULIVAN, Mr. Lawrence, Chairman of Court of Directors, 144:
enemy of Clive, 144, 203:
excluded Clive from seat in the India House, 145:
elected at Court of Proprietors, 145:
his candidates for second election defeated, 147.

SUMNER, Mr., accompanied Clive to Calcutta, 148, 159.

SURAJPUR, Colonel Smith stationed at, 186.

SYKES, accompanied Clive back to Calcutta, 148, 159:
agent at Murshidabad, 166:
member of Select Committee, 191.

TACITUS, quoted, 139.

TANJORE, troops sent from Fort St. David to help the ex-Raja, 42.

THOME, St., battle at, 37.

THURLOW, Attorney-General, supported Burgoyne in his attack against
Clive, 205.

TIMERI, Clive's victory at, 53:
Clive takes the fort of, 56.

_Transactions in India_, quoted, 156 and _n_.

TRAVANCORE, independent territory, 17.

TRICHINOPOLI, kingdom claimed by the Nawabs of the Karnatik, 18:
death of the ruler of, 24:
captured by Dost Ali, 24:
Chanda Sahib, Governor of, 24:
taken by the Marathas, 25:
siege of, 26:
surrender of, 26:
yielded by the Marathas to Nizam-ul-Mulk, 28:
Clive escorted troops on their way to, 49:
sent with Major Lawrence to report from, 50:
besieged by Chanda Sahib, 51:
Law in command of French troops and sipahis before Trichinopoli,
61.

TRINCOMALEE, the English squadron sailed away from the French to, 34.

UNDWA NALA, taken by Major Adams, 157.

UTATUR, d'Auteuil at, 68.

VANSITTART, successor to Clive, 136, 149:
his character, 149-50:
bribed by Mir Kasim, 152:
forced Mir Jafar to resign, 153:
appointed Supervisor, 199.

VELLORE, Safdar Ali took refuge at, 27:
Murtiza Ali, Governor at, 27.

VENDALUR, French encampment at, 62-3:
French quit, 63:
Clive at, 64.

VERDACHELAM, the point to which Clive accompanied the troops with
provisions for Trichinopoli, 49.

VERELST, appointed Governor by Clive, 190, 196, 198.

VIZAGAPATAM, Colonel Forde at, 122.

VIZIADRUG, harbour of, 77.

VIZIANAGRAM, letter to Clive demanding troops from Raja of, 121.

VOLKONDA, Clive sent under Captain Gingens to, 48:
surrender of d'Auteuil at, 73.

_Voyage and Historical Narrative_, by Ives, quoted, 94_n_., 96_n_.

WAGGONNER, Captain, at Council of War, 93.

WALSH, sent with Watts to Madhupur, 111:
Clive's secretary, 140:
charged with the letter to Mr. Pitt, 140.

WANDIWASH, Saiyud Muhammad Khan and his mother sent to, 27.

_War in India_, by Cambridge, quoted, 43_n_.

WATSON, Admiral, in command of squadron, 78:
destroyed Gheria, 78:
sent to the Hugli, 80:
arrived at Falta, 80-1:
anchored at Maiapur, 81:
nominated Major Eyre Coote, Governor of Calcutta, 82:
took possession himself, 82:
handed keys to Drake, 82:
objected to sign false document regarding Aminchand's demand, 87.

WATTS, Mr., English agent at Kasimbazar, 86, 87:
at Kalna, 92:
his letter to Clive with news of Mir Jafar's faithlessness, 92:
denounced as spy, 92:
sent to Madhupur, 111.

WEDDERBURN, Mr., able lawyer and ally of Clive, 198:
Solicitor-General, 203.

WELLESLEY, Marquess, mentioned, 122.

WHEELER, Talboys, quoted, 177 and _n_., 178_n_.

WHITE TOWN, a division of Madras, 19.

WILSON, Prof. H. H., quoted, 37_n_.

WILSON, Commodore, sent by Clive to demand apology from the Dutch,
failing which, to attack their squadron, 130:
Dutch refusal and consequent attack, 130:
completely defeated Dutch, 131.

WRITER in the service of the East India Company, duties of, 12:
Clive appointed, 10, 11, 12:
not congenial to Clive, 12.

YAR LUTF KHAN, a commander in Siraj-ud-daula's army, 86:
offered to join Clive to displace Siraj-ud-daula, and to become
himself Subahdar, 86, 107:
position of his troops at Plassey, 97.

ZAMINDARI, conferred on Clive by Mir Jafar, 123.