INDEX
‘a la lanterne’, 143
Abbott, A., 40
Abdul Razak, 114–15
Act XVI (1857), 168
Afghanistan, 23, 56, 58, 161, 170, 205, 214
aguilette, 15
Ahmadulah Shah, Maulvi, 193
Ajnala, Punjab, 157–8, 159, 168, 172, 180, 223
Allegheny, North Carolina, 30
Allowal, Punjab, 136
Ambala, Punjab, 20, 31, 37, 41, 42, 47, 48–50, 98
American Presbyterians, 6, 13, 30–34, 35, 66, 68, 70–74
church, 219
and climate, 30, 72
funds, loss of, 72
Hunters, relations with, 29
Lahore, evacuation to, 72, 85–7, 91, 94
mission, 51–2, 53, 69, 150, 219
preaching, 51–2, 53, 69
servants, suspicion of, 32
Silas, illness and death of, 31, 72, 85, 149
Amritsar, Punjab, 12, 39
66th BNI mutiny (1850), 24
Moveable Column, 91, 98, 134, 135, 137
massacre (1919), 249
uprising (1857), 91, 97, 98, 126, 134, 135, 137, 157
Andaman Islands, 179, 185
Anglo-Afghan War
First (1839–42), 23, 56, 58
Second (1878–80), 205
Anglo-Burmese War, First (1824–26), 21
Anglo-Sikh War
First (1845–46), 230
Second (1848–49), 12, 13, 53, 146, 230
Anson, George, 49, 50
arson attacks, 42–3, 121
Arthur, Thomas, comte de Lally, 176–7
artillery, 13, 14, 22, 33, 43, 44, 107, 175
Battle of Trimmu Ghat, 137, 139, 141, 142, 145
see also, cannons
ascetics, 76–7, 164–5, 166
see also, fakirs, sadhus
Ashanti Empire (1701–1957), 206
Assam, 16
Australia, 224
Awadh, 16, 17, 134, 166, 169, 187
annexation of (1856), 25
Baartman, Sarah, 207
Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mughal
Emperor, 81, 122, 133, 148, 159, 193
imprisonment of, 159, 219
proclamations and letters from, 78–83, 99, 102
trial of, 159
Bahari, Punjab, 165
Balmain, J.H., 102–4, 129
Bambhata, 212–13, 214
Bareilly, North-Western Provinces, 78, 101
Bari Doab Canal, 166
barkandazes, 69
Barrackpore, Bengal
greased cartridges dispute, 39, 41–2, 44, 46, 59, 75
mutiny (1824), 21–2, 51, 98, 175
Mangal Pandey’s attack (1857), 45
batta, 21, 24
Battle of Buxar (1764), 177
Battle of Gujrat (1849), 146
Battle of Omdurman (1898), 209, 211–12
Battle of Plassey (1757), 73–4
Battle of Trimmu Ghat (1857), 135–48, 162, 164, 173, 188, 224
Battle of Waterloo (1815), 15, 138
Beas river, 134
Bechuana War (1897), 207–8
Begum Hazrat Mahal, 193
beheadings, 191–3
Benares, North-Western Provinces, 46
Bengal Army
batta, 21, 24
caste, 17, 18, 20–23, 39–42, 44, 46, 47, 49–50
and Enfield cartridges, 37–50, 58–63, 75
family, attachment to, 16–17, 18, 20
furlough, 17–18, 42
living arrangements, 19–20
Moveable Column, 67, 77–8, 91, 93, 98, 134, 137–48
musketry, 37–50, 58–63
mutinies, 20–23, 24
ocean, crossing of, 20–23
promotion, 23–4
recruitment, 4, 17–18, 22–3
religion, 18–19, 20–23, 26
salaries, 16–17, 24, 163
social status, 17–18, 19
uniforms, 15, 19, 45, 136, 143
villages, attachment to, 16–17, 19, 25
Bengal Irregular Cavalry
2nd, 134, 135, 145
11th, 44
16th, 134
Bengal Light Cavalry, 3rd, 31, 61–2
Bengal Light Cavalry, 9th, 13, 65, 68, 78, 93, 95
Bishop, killing of, 123, 124, 127
Campbells, protection of, 108, 113, 120, 122–3, 130, 139
Delhi, march to, 134, 135
disarmament, fear of, 97–8
French nuns, protection of, 120–21
fugitives, 163
Graham, James, killing of, xix, 3, 110–11, 129
Graham, Sarah, protection of, 113, 120, 122–3, 124
Hunters, killing of, 119–20, 125, 128, 129
jail guards, collusion with, 151–2
kill-list, 63, 98, 112, 128
loyalty, declaration of, 83
in Movable Column, 67, 98, 137
‘Ornamentals’ nickname, 136
plundering, 143
prisoners, release of, 118–19, 152
Quarter Guard, 65, 108, 113, 120–21, 122, 130
Trimmu Ghat, battle of (1857), 135–48, 164
uniforms, 136
uprising (1857), 97–100, 102–6, 108–15, 117–24, 128–32, 133–4
Bengal Medical Service, 194
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 4th, 134, 166
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 7th, 44
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 10th, 48
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 14th, 27, 92–3, 164
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 19th, 43–4, 46, 89
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 26th, 157–8, 159, 164, 168, 172
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 34th, 45–7, 48, 51, 89
and Awadh annexation (1856), 25–6
disbandment (1857), 45–7, 48
Mangal Pandey’s mutiny (1857), 45–6, 141
letters, 46–7, 82
Wheler, sacking of (1857), 51, 53
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 35th, 13, 14, 34, 67, 168, 186
cannon executions, 89
disarmament, 77, 97
fugitives, 164
in Movable Column, 67, 77
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 36th, 49
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 37th, 46
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 43rd, 59
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment, 46th, xix, xx, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 67–70, 77
Andaman Islands, deportation to, 185
band, 14, 16, 88, 120, 125
battle honours, 16
buglers, 14, 16, 138
Caulfield, protection of, 106–8, 124, 128, 130–31
Cawnpore, raising at, 4
companies, 15
daily routine, 14–15
Delhi, march to, 133, 134
deserters, branding as, 185
and disarmament, 93, 97–8
drummers, 14, 16, 120, 125
executions (1858), xix, xx, 3, 5–6, 185–9
Farquharson, protection of, 106–7, 128, 130–31
as fugitives, 164–73
guard duty, 15, 26
and killing of Europeans, 128–9, 132
living arrangements, 19–20
‘Marrerroo Ke Becan Paltan’, 16
and Moveable Column, 67
musketry, 37
parades, 14–15, 26, 35, 99
plundering, 143
recruitment, 4, 17–18
religion, 18, 19, 129
salary, 16–17, 163
social status, 18
treasury guard, 69
Trimmu Ghat, battle of (1857), 135–48, 188
trumpeters, 16
uniforms, 15, 19, 55, 143
uprising (1857), 99–102, 105–15, 121, 124, 127–32, 133–4
weapons, 15
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment 51st, 75
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment 54th, 31
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment
55th, 90, 161, 172, 178, 180, 181
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment 64th, 75
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment 66th, 24
Bengal Native Infantry Regiment 70th, 41–2
Bennett, Ernest N., 209–10
Berhampore, Bengal, 43–4, 46, 59, 98
Bhadrali, Punjab, 165
bhang, 45, 140–41
Bheg, Alum
capture of, 168–9, 173
and Christianity, 53, 54
court martial, 175
daily routine, 14–15, 26
Delhi, letters from, 81, 82, 83, 84
Delhi, march to, 133, 135
and Enfield cartridges, 37–8, 39, 42, 47, 59, 79
execution, xix, xx, 3, 5–6, 185–9, 201
as leader in mutiny, xix, xx, 131
letter from 34th Infantry, 47
Madhopur, raid on, 166–8
religious beliefs, 4, 15, 19
salary, 16, 24, 163
skull, xix–xxii, 2–6, 131, 189, 191, 193, 195, 201–4, 215–16, 223
social status, 18
Trimmu Ghat, battle of, 135–48, 224
uniform, 15
uprising, 34–5, 63, 75, 97–100, 102, 106
Bhumihars, 18, 22, 58
Bibighar, Cawnpore, 102
Bible, 28, 72–3, 89, 143, 149, 151, 162
Bihar Province, 16, 17, 18
Bishop, W.L., 123, 124, 127, 149
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 210
Bombay, 29, 66, 183
bones, 48, 59–60
Bonney, Heather, 3
Bonny, William, 207
Boswell, Lieutenant, 142
Bourchier, George, 90, 141
Boyle, Reverend W., 33, 69, 90–94, 117, 123–4, 150, 185, 202, 243
Brabson, James, 139–40
Brahmins, 18, 22, 57, 58, 213
Brind, Frederick
death of, 149
khansamah, 103, 146
and Moveable Column, 67
sepoys, relations with, 68–70, 72, 84, 89, 93, 95
uprising, 102–4, 108, 110, 123, 127, 129, 149
Brind, James, 219–20
British Museum, London, 208
Brown Bess, 15, 37, 38
bungalows, 11, 12, 26
Burma, 21, 44, 83, 214, 215
Burton, Richard, 197, 206
Butler, J.H., 110–15, 122, 124, 132
Bux, Imam, 166
Buxar, battle of (1764), 177
Byron, George Gordon, xxi
Caffraria, 196
Calcutta, Bengal, 39, 42, 43, 47, 50, 66, 83
camp-followers, 13, 47, 121, 135, 152, 163, 186
Campbell, Colin, 223
Campbell, Lorne, 107, 122–3, 130, 139
Campbell, Mrs, 107, 113, 120, 122–3, 124–5
cannabis, 45, 140–41
cannibalism, 206–7
Canning, Charles, 40, 44, 159
cannon, execution by, xix, xx, 3, 5–6, 89–90, 175–89, 204, 253
Cape Town, South Africa, 196, 208
Caribbean, 192
caste, 17, 18, 58
and blood, touching of, 179, 189
and executions, 177, 189, 252
and greased cartridges, 39–42, 44, 46, 47, 49–50
and kala pani, 20–23
and torture, 179–80
and uniforms, 55
untouchables, 39–40, 177, 232, 252
Catholicism, 13
Caulfield, Captain G., 99, 106–8, 124, 128, 130
cavalry regiments, 13, 16, 43, 61–2
Cave-Browne, John, 139, 144, 154
Cawnpore, North-Western Provinces, 4, 46, 48, 102, 133, 157–8, 162, 179, 182, 198–9
chako caps, 15, 55
Chamars, 39–40, 232, 252
Chamba, Himalayas, 164
Chambers, Joint Magistrate, 102–4
Chambers, Mrs, 101
chapattis, 48–9, 59, 114
charas, 141
chaukidars, 114
chauprassis, 119, 132, 152
Chenab river, 97
Chillianwalla, battle of (1849), 16
China, 169–72
Chini, 169
Chittagong, East Bengal, 21
Christianity, 16, 50–55
Bible, 28, 72–3, 89, 143, 149, 151, 162
Catholicism, 13, 29
conversion, 29, 33, 50, 51, 78, 125, 187
missionaries, 27–8, 50–53, 69, 186–7, 217–22
Protestantism, 27
see also American Presbyterians; Church of Scotland
Chuga, 169
Chumars, see Chamars
Church of Scotland, 6–7, 34, 66, 68, 71, 72, 87, 126
mission, 27–30, 51, 52, 53, 69
Churchill, Winston, 209, 211, 212
circumcision, 53
civilising mission, 182
Combe, George, 194, 195
Confessions of a Thug, 7
Conrad, Joseph, 1, 214
conspiracies
by British, 49, 60
by Indians, 44, 47, 73–4, 77, 85, 126
cooks, 103, 146
Cooper, Frederic, 126
Ajnala massacre, 157–9, 168, 172, 180, 223
and conspiracy, 126–7
on executions, 187
and retributive violence, 155, 157–9, 192
Rissaldar, execution of, 154–5
Trimmu Ghat, battle of, 139
Corinthians, 151
corporal punishment, 56–7, 101, 152–3, 165
Costello, Arthur Robert George, xix, 4–5, 189, 191, 193–4, 200–204, 216, 223
County Mayo, Ireland, 4
Cox, Robert, 195
craniology, 193–4, 204
dacoits, 166
dak chaukis, 11, 31, 65
Dalhousie, Himalayas, 164
darogha, 100
Dawes, Colonel, 33–4
Dehlavi, Zahir, 219
dehumanisation, 162, 196, 197
Delhi, 16, 24, 62, 63
proclamations and letters from, 78–83, 99, 102
sacking of, 150, 219–20, 247
uprising, 31, 34, 35, 66, 67, 72, 73, 76, 122, 133
Delhi Bank, 27, 31, 72, 73
Dharamsala, Himalayas 164
dharma, 80
dhotis, 19, 45, 136
Dickens, Charles, 183
dietary rules, 18, 19, 21, 40, 47–9, 56, 57–60
disarmament, 22, 31, 62, 66–7, 71, 73, 75, 126
BLC, 9th, 78, 97–8
BNI, 14th, 92–3, 102, 141
BNI, 35th, 77, 97
disguises, 72, 121
District Court, 101
dobees, 107
Doondea-Kheyra, North-Western Provinces, 199
Dragoon Guards, 4, 5, 186, 189, 191, 201–2
drums, drummers, 14, 16, 120, 125
Dublin, Ireland, 191
Duff, Alexander, 66, 126
Dum Dum, Bengal, 37, 39, 40, 41, 75
Dunlop, Henry, 192–3, 200, 203
Dyak people, 205
East India Company, 3, 12, 17, 18, 106, 108, 148, 219
Army, 20
Buxar, battle of (1764), 177
and Christianity, 50, 53, 54
Crown colony, transfer to (1858), 171, 219
martial law, 158
and pollution by association, 54, 60
and ‘Thugs’, 158, 163
Easterners, see Purbiyas
Edinburgh, Scotland, 73, 194, 195
Edmondstown, County Mayo, 4
Edwardes, Herbert, 67, 220
Emin Pasha, Mehmed, 208–9
Relief Expedition (1886–9), 206–7
Enfield rifles, 15, 37–50, 58–63, 74, 75, 79, 139
Eurasians, 125, 126, 167
Evangelicalism, 90
executions, 152–60, 175–89
of 26th BNI (Ajnala), 157–8, 159
of 35th BNI (Lahore), 89–90
of 55th BNI (Peshawar), 90, 178, 180, 181, 183
by cannon, xix, x
x, 3, 5–6, 89–90, 175–89, 204, 253
and caste, 177, 252
and divine powers, 178
of Rissaldar and jail guards, 151–2, 154
of servants, 152–3
and Sikh levies, 152, 157
of Thugs, 177–8, 179, 194, 195
at Trimmu Ghat, 145, 147–8
Eyre, Edward John, 203–4, 215
fakirs, 76, 165, 166
Fan people, 205
Farquharson, Colonel G., 15, 105, 106–7, 124, 128
Fashoda Incident (1898), 210
Fatehgarh, Punjab, 48
Ferguson, Niall, 8
firman, 82
Fitzgerald, C. M., 85
floggings, 56–7, 101, 152–3, 165
foodstuff, pollution of, 48, 59–60, 74, 78
Fraser, Simon, 31
French nuns, 13, 29, 95, 98, 120–21, 125, 126
Friend of India, 168
From Sepoy to Subedar, 7
Frontier Wars (1779–1879), 196
fugitives, 161–73
funeral rites, 20, 57, 147, 176, 178–9
furlough, 17–18, 42
gallows, 151, 156
Ganges river, 16, 20–21, 22
Ganges, ship, 4
Gangetic Plain, 13, 16
ganja, 141
Garrard, Mr, 112, 113
General Enlistment Order (1856), 22–3, 26
Gholab Singh, Raja of Jammu, 148
‘going native’, 121
Golgotha, 206
Gordon, Andrew, 6–7, 29, 30–34, 35, 70–74, 218
on Abdul Razak, 114
on Bishop, death of, 123
church, building of, 219
and climate, 30, 72
on communications cut off, 65
on destruction of Sialkot, 150, 151
execution of Alum Bheg, 186–7, 188–9
funds, loss of, 72, 85
on Graham, death of, 110, 120, 243
on Hurmat Khan, 101
on Hunters, death of, 119–20
Hunters, relations with, 29, 86, 91
on killings, 128
Lahore, evacuation to, 72, 85–7, 91, 94
on Plassey conspiracy, 73–4
on plundering, 151
preaching, 51–2, 53, 69
on sepoys, 71
servants, suspicion of, 32
Silas, illness and death of, 31, 72, 85, 149
on stiff upper lip, 68
Gordon, Charles, 209, 211, 212
Gordon, Rebecca, 30, 85–6
Gordon, Silas, 31, 85–6, 149
Gott, Richard, 9
Graham, James, 6–7, 27, 34, 66, 68, 70, 71, 88–92, 109–11
death, xix, 3, 110–11, 127, 129, 131, 132, 149, 202
Delhi Bank investment, 27, 72, 73
grave, 221–2
Gujrat, letter from, 92
hill stations, trips to, 27
and Nicholson, 89, 90, 92
revenge fantasies, 89
on sepoys, 83
servants, execution of, 153
Graham, James (nephew), 27, 218, 221
Graham, John, 149
Graham, Sarah, 27, 34, 66, 68, 91, 92, 108–13, 120
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