RUPEE, changed from Sicca to Company's, December 1835. Sicca ceased to be legal tender in India, January 1838. RUSSELL, G. E., for two days Governor of Madras, March 1837. RUTNAGHERRY, abolition of transit duties, 1837; sayer taxes, 1844. S SACRIFICE of Children at Saugor prohibited, August 20, 1802. SALBYE, treaty of, signed May 17, 1782. served in first Burmese war, 1824-1826. killed at Moodkee, December 18, 1845. SALSETTE taken from Portuguese by the Mahrattas, 1739. conquered by the British, 1775. ceded to them by treaty of Salbye, May 17, 1782. SALT MONOPOLY discontinued by order of the Court of Directors, 1766. resumed on behalf of the Company, 1780. SALT RIOT, Surat, August 1844. SAMULCOTTAH ceded by the Nizam to the E.C.I., 1766. SATTARA PROVINCE annexed to the British dominions, 1848. SAUGOR and NERBUDDA territories partly ceded to the British Government in 1817, the rest in 1818. SAUNDERS, THOMAS, Esq., Governor of Madras from 1752 to 1755. SAVENDROOG FORT taken by British troops, October 1791. SAWUNTWARREE local corps raised, 1839. taken under immediate British control, 1844. SCINDIA, MAHADAJEE, rose to power as a general under the Peishwa Bajee Rao, about 1726; died, February 12, 1794. SCINDIA, DOWLUT RAO, treaty with, December 17, 1803; and November 23, 1805. SECUNDRA, battle of, January 5, 1858. SEETABULDEE, battle of, November 26, 1817. SEHUNPORE, battle of, December 26, 1857. SELIMPORE, battle of, September 23, 1858. SERA (Mysore), occupied by British troops, 1791. SERAMPORE taken possession of by the Danes, October 8, 1755. sequestered, with other Danish settlements, by the British, 1801. restored to the Danes, July 19, 1802. again occupied by the British, 1808. restored to the Danish Government, 1815. SERINGAPATAM, battles of, between the British army and attacked by British troops under Lord Cornwallis and General Abercrombie, February 5, 1792. treaty between English and Tippoo signed, March 18, 1792. fortress taken by the English under Sir David Baird, May 4, 1799. SEVAJEE, founder of the Mahratta power, died, 1680. SHAH ALLUM began to reign, 1707; died, 1712. massacre at, May 31, 1857. SHOLAPORE, E.I.C. obtained possession, 1818. Governor-General from October 28, 1793, to March 12, 1798. SHORE, Sir JOHN, died, 1834. SIAM. First treaty between the Siamese and the British Government was in the reign of Charles II., but superseded by treaty of 1715. provisional treaty, July 31, 1825. political and commercial treaty, June 20, 1826. SIKH WAR, first, 1845 and 1846; second, 1848. SIKHS become a strong power, 1823. attacked the English on the Sutlej, December 14, 1845. defeated by the British at Moodkee aud Ferozeshah, December 1845. defeated at Aliwal and Sobraon, 1846. Shere Singh strengthened them, 1848. and entirely routed at Chillianwallah and Goojerat, January and February 1849. first incorporated with Indian army, April 1851. SINDE. Treaty made excluding the French, August 22, 1809. engagement between Sir C. Napier and the Beloochees, February 17, 1843. annexed to the British dominions, April 1843. SINDWA ceded by Holkar to the English Government, 1818. SINGAPORE Occupied by the English, 1819. ceded by treaty with the Dutch, 1824. SINGURH surrendered by the Peishwa to the British, 1817. restored to the Peishwa, 1817. finally taken by the English force, March 1, 1818. SIRDHANA incorporated with British dominions, 1836. SIRMOUR, Goorkhas expelled from, 1815. SIRSEE, battle of, April 22, 1858. SLAVERY, illegal in Travancore, June 1855. abolished, August 1, 1858. SMITH, CHARLES, Governor of Madras, 1781. SOBRAON, battle of, February 10, 1846. SOHAJPOOR, the British Government obtained possession of, by treaty of Nagpore, January 6, 1818. SONTHAL Rebellion began, July 1855. SOONDA. One portion of this territory came under Portuguese rule, 1763; the remainder, east of the Ghats, under English domination, 1799. SOORGAUM, expulsion of hordes of plunderers by British force, 1819. SOOWURNDROOG FORT fell to E.I.C., 1818. SPENCER, President of Council, 1764. STARKE, RICHARD, Esq., Deputy-Governor of Madras from 1750 to 1752. STEAM Communication, monthly, established, 1837. STRATON, GEORGE, Esq., Governor of Madras from 1776 to 1777. SUHARANPORE ceded to E.I.C., 1803. botanical garden formed in, 1817. SUHEJNEE, action at, September 27, 1858. SULTANA taken and destroyed, May 4, 1858. SULTANPORE, battle of, February 23, 1858. SUMATRA discovered by Portuguese, 1510. SUMBULPORE reunited to British possessions, 1849. SURAJ-00-DOWLAH, Nabob of Bengal, took Calcutta, June 18, 1756. SURAT, English establish a factory, 1612. inundated, 1837. English obtain possession of the castle, 1759. SUTARA, Rajah of, abolished suttee, 1839. SUTLEJ campaigns, 1845, 1846, 1848, and 1849. SUTTEE, practice of, abolished by law, December 7, 1829. abolished in the Punjab, Rajpootana, &c., December 1847. SWEDISH INDIA COMPANY formed, 1731. T TAL-BEHUT FORT captured by Sir Hugh Rose, March 14, 1858. TANJORE, first treaty between the Rajah and Eritish Government, 1781. surrendered to the Danish Government by the Danish E.I.C., 1624. transferred to British rule, 1855. District of Karical bought by the French, 1739. TAX, pilgrim, imposed, 1805. TEIGNMOUTH, Lord, born 1751; Governor-General, 1793; died 1834. TELEGRAPH, ELECTRIC, lines commenced, 1852. first opened in India, December 1851. between Sardinia and Malta, first used for accelerating news to India, November 24, 1857. submarine, laid between India and Ceylon, September 14, 1858. between Kurrachee and Suez, 1860; finished, October 12. TELLICHERRY attacked by Hyder Ali, and relieved by Major Abington, 1782. TENASSERIM provinces ceded to the British, February 26, 1826. THAUNADARREE introduced, 1792. THOMASON, Mr JAMES, Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Provinces, November 9, 1843. died September 27, 1853. THORNTON, A., Chairman of the Court of Directors, 1813. THUNNESIR (Sirhind), partly escheated to British Govern ment in 1833 and 1851, and since wholly confiscated. TIJARA; the English obtained political supremacy, 1803. TIMOUR OF TAMERLANE, born, May 7, 1336. invaded India, 1397. |