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1785 Sir John Macpherson's administration of twenty months
1786 War between Tippoo and the Mahrattas, in conjunction with
the Nizamı

Lord Macarteny offered the Governor-Generalship; endeavours

to make terms, and is rejected

Changes in the system of appointing Governors-General

Lord Cornwallis appointed Governor-General

He applies to the correction of abuses

Numerous instances of abuse

1788 The salaries of the Civilians augmented

1786 Lord Cornwallis's arrangement with Oude

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1788 He demands the Guntoor Sirkar of the Nizam

The Nizam resigns it, and demands the full execution of the

treaty of 1768

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1789 Lord Cornwallis's perplexity; his celebrated letter

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Tippoo takes offence at this letter

He prepares for the attack of Travancore-Profligate conduct

of the Madras President

1789 Tippoo attacks the lines of Travancore

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1790 Lord Cornwallis forms a tripartite treaty with the Nizam and

the Mahrattas

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Medows

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1790 Campaign of 1790 conducted unsuccessfully by General

Bengal Division marches down the coast

Colonel Hartley's brilliant exploit

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Lord Cornwallis captures Bangalore

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The Nizam's contingent reaches the English camp; descrip-
tion of it

Battle of Arikera won by Lord Cornwallis

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He is obliged to close the campaign, and retire for want of

provisions

1790 Progress of the Mahratta contingent

1791 It reaches the English camp, as the retreat commences; its

grand bazaar

Mahrattas extort 14 lacs from Lord Cornwallis

Movements of the Mahrattas, of the Nizam, and of the English

after the retreat

1792 Lord Cornwallis takes the field with a magnificent convoy

Siege of Seringapatam

Tippoo sues for peace; conditions of the treaty

Remarks on the successive proposals of public men to relin-

quish territory in India

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The normal principle of encroachment in native princes

The position in which the English found themselves placed in

India

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Explanation of the augmentation of the British dominions

1793 Reduction of Tippoo's power

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LORD CORNWALLIS'S ADMINISTRATION.-REVENUE AND JUDICIAL REFORMS.

-POWER OF SINDIA, 1786-1793.

1793 Lord Cornwallis's revenue reforms

Line of the Zemindars

1793 Evils of the revenue systems, 1772-1790

1786 Remedy ordered by the Court of Directors

1793 Question of the proprietary right in the lands; it is granted

to the Zemindars

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Restrictions vainly imposed on the Zemindars regarding the
enhancement of rents

Mr. Pitt determines to make the settlement perpetual

Result of the perpetual settlement

Lord Cornwallis's institutions for the administration of civil

and criminal justice

The Cornwallis Code

Unwise exclusion of natives from power

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War between France and England; capture of Pondicherry..

1784 Lord Cornwallis embarks for England

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1787 Progress of Sindia's encroachments in Hindostan

1788 He attacks the Rajpoots and is defeated

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