LIST OF CONTENTS
15
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the East India Company—Oxenden defends the Surat factory against an attack by Sivaji—Death of Oxenden—Gerald Aungier's successful administration of Bombay—Present grandeur of the city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
256-273 |
The first expedition to Bengal—Gabriel Boughton, a friend at Court, obtains trading facilities for the Company—Factories established at Balasor, Cassimbazar and Patna in subordination to Hooghly—Sir Edward Winter's coup d'état at Madras — George Foxcroft, the President, imprisoned—Expedition to restore the status quo—Winter surrenders—Sir William Langhorne's mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
274-282 |
Interlopers in the Bay of Bengal—Thomas Pitt, a leading member of the fraternity—Governor Hedge's discription of an interloping party ashore—Pitt's trading ventures—He defies the Company—He returns to England and is arrested and fined—Reappears in India—The Company makes terms with him and appoints him president of Fort St. George (Madras)—His administration—The Pitt diamond and its history—Last years in England—Pitt's character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
283-289 |
Expedition to Bengal to exact redress for wrongs inflicted upon the English—Job Charnock assigned the post of honour—His career—Chamock sacks Hooghly—Evacuation of Hooghly and temporary occupation of Sutanuti, the modern Calcutta—Subsequent removal to Hijili—Attack by Mogul troops—Gallant defence—Dire straits of the garrison—Welcome reinforcements—Peace concluded—Return of the English to Sutanuti—Charnock in disgrace—New expedition under Heath—Its failure—English retire to Madras—Are invited back to Bengal—Calcutta founded—Chamock's last days—His character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
290-308 |
