• ISBN13: 9788126922932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: History
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 25, 2021
• Pages: 2759
• Original Price: INR 7485.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 3000 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General

This three-volume book traverses through the history of India from the ancient times to the suppression of the revolt of 1857 and extinction of the East India Company. Volume 1, which is subdivided into Book I to III, covers the period from ancient India to the exploits of Robert Clive. Volume 2, which is subdivided into Book IV to VI, deals with institutions, literatures, arts, and manners of the Hindus. It covers the period from the rule of Hyder Ali to time of Lord Minto. Volume 3, which has Book VII to IX, takes up the period between East India Company’s hostilities with Nepal to the extinction of the Company and the establishment of British rule in India. The book is different from other books of history which are far from exhausting the subject and have left important blanks, which deprive them of the character of complete histories. The present work is intended to be of a more popular character and was undertaken, to use authors own words, “in the belief that if written after due research, in a perspicuous style, and with strict impartiality, it might supply a want which had long been felt, and to which recent events had given much additional urgency.” The author has not trusted to previous compilations, but derived his materials as much as possible from original and official sources. It contains maps, plans, and numerous illustrations, which bring all the leading topics of the history—its campaigns, battlefields, cities, other localities, and its most celebrated personages—immediately before the eye, in a manner that facilitates an intelligent perusal of history and its events.

Henry Beveridge (1799-1863) was an English historian and translator. He translated the works of John Calvin, Jean Calvin, and Théodore de Bèze. His unique style and penchant for details has made him one of the most popular historians.

• VOLUME I

• BOOK I
• From The Earliest Time To The Year 1600 When The First Crown Charier Incorporating An East India Company Was Granted
• 1. Ancient India
• 2. Medieval India
• 3. Medieval India (Continued)
• 4. Invasion of Timur
• 5. Babar and Humayun
• 6. Akbar
• 7. Advent of the Europeans
• 8. The Portuguese in the East
• 9. A Passage to India
• 10. East India Charter
• BOOK II
• From The Date Of The First Charter To The Amalgamation Of The London And English East India Companies, Under The Name Of The United Company Of Merchants Of England, Trading To The East Indies
• 1. Roe’s Embassy
• 2. The Massacre of Amboyna
• 3. Rival Companies
• 4. Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb and the Marathas
• 5. Progress of the East India Company
• I
• 6. Progress of the East India Company
• II
• 7. Progress of the East India Company
• III
• 8. New Charters
• BOOK III
• From The Union of The Companies To The Acquisition Of Bengal, Bihar And Orissa
• 1. The Successors of Aurangzeb
• 2. The Capture of Madras
• 3. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle
• 4. The Carnatic
• 5. Intrigues of Muhammed Ali
• 6. The Siege of Trichinopoly
• 7. The French Ascendency
• 8. The State of Bengal
• 9. Siraj-ud-daulah
• 10. The Battle of Plassey
• 11. The French in the Deccan
• 12. Robert Clive
• Index

• VOLUME II

• BOOK V
• From The Grant of the Dewani of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, to the Establishment of the Board of Control, in 1784
• 1. Hyder Ali (I)
• 2. Hyder Ali (II)
• 3. The Dewani of Bengal
• 4. Warren Hastings
• 5. Negotiations with the Marathas
• 6. Members of the Calcutta Council
• 7. Peace with the Marathas
• 8. Tipu Sultan
• 9. Affairs of Chait Singh
• BOOK VI
• From the Establishment of the Board of Control to the Complete Extinction of the Company’s Trade
• 1. Lord Cornwallis
• 2. Treaty of Seringapatam
• 3. The Trial of Warren Hastings
• 4. War between the Nizam and the Marathas
• 5. Marquis Wellesley
• 6. Nabob of Arcot
• 7. Peace with the Marathas
• 8. The Siege of Bharatpur
• 9. Cornwallis and Bentinck
• 10. Lord Minto
• Index

• VOLUME III

• BOOK VII
• From The Opening Of The Trade To India To The Extinction Of The Company As A Commercial Body
• 1. Hostilities with Nepal
• 2. Relations with the Marathas (I)
• 3. Relations with the Marathas (II)
• 4. Central India and Rajputana
• 5. The Burmese War
• 6. The Capture of Bharatpur
• 7. Lord William Bentinck (I)
• 8. Lord William Bentinck (II)
• BOOK VIII
• From The Extinction Of The Trade Of The Company To The Commencement Of The Great Sepoy Mutiny
• 1. Successor to William Bentinck
• 2. Punjab and Sind
• 3. Persia and Afghanistan
• 4. Dost Muhammed
• 5. Lord Auckland and Ellenborough
• 6. Annexation of Sind
• 7. Anglo-Sikh Contest
• 8. Annexation of the Punjab
• 9. Burmese War and Annexation of Oudh
• BOOK IX
• From The Sepoy Mutiny To The Present Time
• 1. Sepoy Mutiny (i)
• 2. Sepoy Mutiny (ii)
• 3. Sepoy Mutiny (iii)
• 4. Sepoy Mutiny (iv)
• 5. Sepoy Mutiny (v)
• 6. Sepoy Mutiny (vi)
• 7. Extinction of the East India Company
• Index