INDEX 507 Headquarters of the English Company, strongly fortified, 99 Besieged by Labourdonnais, 104 Surrendered to the French, 104 Restored to England by the French in return for Louisburg, 107 Siege of, raised by Lally, 144 War of, against Hyder Ali, 212 Treaty of, with the Nizam of Haida- rabad, 212, 214 Mahadaji Sindhia, increasing power and territories of, 289 Death of, 289 Mahe acquired for France, 100 Taken by the English, 250 Maine, Sir Henry, takes charge of the Indian legislative department, 458 Manipur, captured by the Burmese, 389 Temporarily occupied by the Eng- lish, 430 Maratha power, rise of, under the chief Sivaji, in 1660-1680, 42-43 Invasion of 1740, 100 Marathas, strength of, on the western side of India, 99 Rising power of the, 173-175, 237-239 Invade Upper India in 1758, 191-193 In the Karnatlc, 213 Overthrown in Panipat, 237 Tactics of the, 238 Menace Rohilkhand, 238, 241 Strength and position of the, 246 French overtures to the, 247 New system of war tactics of the, 290- 292 Invade Haidarabad, 302 Internal contests of, and flight of the Peshwa, 320-321 Marion, M., on French finance, 134-135 Martin, Francois, founder of Pondicherri, 92 Masulipatam, English Company settles at, 23 Taken by the English, 142 Mauritius, island of, occupied by the French, 91, 103 Reduction of, 258 Mazarin, policy of the French under, 83 Mekong River, British influence ad- vances to, 487 Mill, James, on the success of England, 124 Scheme of, for conquering Bengal submitted to the Austrian emperor, 162 Minto, Lord, Governor-General of India, 349 Embassies from, 353-354 Mir Jafir proclaimed Nawab in place of Siraj-ad-daulah, 168 Deposed, 186 Restored in 1763, 187 Death of, 187 Mir Kasim ascends the throne, 186 Moghul Empire, rapid decline of the, 75, 76-78 Administrative system of the, 453 Mohammad Ali tacitly recognized as Nawab of the Karnatic, 123 Monson, Colonel, defeated by Holkar, 330 Montesquieu declares against emigra- tion, 151 Morellet, Abbe 1 , report of, concerning the finances of the French Com- pany, 147 Iki, ' Mudki, battle of, 410 Munster, treaty of, in 1648, 23 Murshid Kuli Khan, Governor of Bengal, 164 Mutiny, political and legal reorganiza- tion after the, 452 Muzaffar Jang, accession of, 118, 119 Death of, 120 Mysore, a Hindu principality, 211 Partition of, 310 Reconstitution of native government in, 431 N Nadir Shah, invasion of India by, 77 Death of, 77 Nagpur, outbreak at, 380 Annexation of, 421 Napier, Sir Charles, 404-406 Defeats Amirs of Sind at Miani, 405 Napoleon plans a Franco-Russian ex- pedition to India, 351 Overthrow of, 355 Nasir Jang murdered by his merce- naries, 118 Native States, area, population, and administration of, since 1860, 429- 430 Relation of, to the Indian Empire, 476-477 Navigation Law of Cromwell adopted by Charles II, 32 Nepal, war with, 374-377 A British protectorate, 486 Neutralization, why impossible in Asiatic statecraft, 482 Nimeguen, peace ratified at, in 1678, 40 Nizam of Haidarabad surrenders at Kurdla, 302, 307 Non-Regulation system, methods of, 454 North, Lord, 228, 229 Provisions of the Regulating Act of, 229-231
