Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century
CHAPTER XVII
England and Her Indian Empire
Why England Went to India--Lord Clive and the East India Company--Sir Arthur Wellesley--Trouble With the Natives--Subjugation of Indian States--The Great Mutiny--Havelock--Relief of Lucknow--Repulse From Afghanistan--Conquest of Burmah--Queen Victoria Crowned Empress of India--What English Rule Has Done for the Orient--A Vast Country Teeming With Population--Its Resources and Its Prospects 268