The Sepoy Revolt: Its Causes and Its Consequences (Google eBook)

Henry Mead

John Murray, 1857 - India - 398 pages

Contents

• CHAPTER: 1
• Composition of the Indian Armies Caste Prejudices of the Brahmin Causes of the Revolt Condition of Oude: 21
• The Story of the greased Cartridges Government warned but uselessly: 45
• The Outbreak at Meerut The March to Delhi Mr Colvins: 68
• CONTEXTS: 88
• The Siege of Delhi Want of Guns Defective Intelligence Unwise: 104
• The first Troubles in Oude Weak Behaviour of Government Revolt: 114
• The Revolt of Benares Panic amongst the Sikhs Defenceless State: 126
• The Outbreak in Rohilcund Ingratitude and Hatred of the Sepoys: 141
• A convincing Orator Mr Colvins Proclamation and Death Mutinies: 151
• The Administration of the Punjaub Lord Canning and Sir John: 160
• The Gwalior Rising Contradictory Conduct of the Mussulman: 166
• The Revolt at Dinapore Refusal of Government to disarm the Sepoys: 176
• The Indian Press Its Isolation and natural Antagonism to the Indian: 187
• The End of the great Company The Financial Difficulty Importance: 198
• The Nobles and Jaghiredars of India Their Wrongs and miserable: 220
• The Responsibility for Conquest Republican Notions of the Rights: 229
• The Religious Question Noble Lords upon Christian Rulers The: 247
• Torture in the Northwest How States are protected Examples: 253
• State Education in India almost wholly confined to the Upper Classes Mistaken Notions as to its Results Purely secular Character of: 291
• Tendency of the Native Mind to Imitation Value to England: 297
• The Land Revenues of India Explanations of the various Modes: 309
• The Ryotwarry System in Madras Melancholy Results of a Century: 319
• Socialist Doctrines of Lord Harris and the East India Company Gradual Decay of every Form of national or class Prosperity: 327
• The levelling Character of the Companys Rule Their Influence purely: 337
• The Condition of the Madras Ryot described by Authority Folly: 348
• The Remedy Impossibility of raising more Revenue under the present: 354
• Political Changes required Necessity for throwing India open to: 369
• Appendix The Gagging Act The First Fruits of the Act: 377

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Sepoy Revolt: Its Causes and Its Consequences
• Author: Henry Mead
• Publisher: John Murray, 1857
• Original from: the Bavarian State Library
• Digitized: Feb 17, 2010
• Length: 398 pages