INDEX

Abkari, excise, 121

Act, Land Alienation, 2;

Official Secrets, 4;

Universities, 4

Adamson, Sir Harvey, 119-171

Afghanistan, agreement with Russia about, 24

Agnew, Mr., Deputy Commissioner, 18

Agra, land question in, 83;

effect of rain at, 279

Agreement with China and Russia about Afghanistan, Lhassa, and Persia, 24

Agricultural banks, 89

Ahmedabad (Congress, 1902), 215

Ajit Singh, founds “Indian Patriots,” 18;

speaks at Lyallpur, 18;

deported, 19, 304;

released, 126

Akbar, inheritors of, 189;

land of, 236

Aligarh, college at, 199, 321

Allahabad, press of, 230

Allen, Mr., Collector of Dacca, shot, 238;

regrets for assault, 254

Amrita Bazar Patrika, M. L. and S. K. Chore, editors of, 211-214

Amritsar, deportations from, 20

“Anandamath,” the Abbey of Joy, 127

Anchorite in cage, 189-190

Andrews, Prof. C. F., on “Moral Poverty,” 331

Anglo-Indians, attitude towards Indians and Lord Curzon, 2, 187, 261, 323, 327;

outrages by, 3;

in journalism, 17, 102, 171;

protected, 17, 102, 171, 229;

courtesy of, 30;

exclusiveness, 42;

lack of sympathy, 42;

deterioration of, 43;

Christianity of, 82;

against education, 102;

manners of, 115 et seq., 234, 335;

under criticism, 132;

oppose Partition of Bengal, 167;

tone of press, 171, 230-231, 302;

system, 223;

unrepresentative, 324

Anglo-Russian agreement, 24

Arbitration v. law, 223

Artisans, condition of, 284

Arya Samaj, 18, 210, 291;

founder of, 292 et seq.;

two sections of, 295, 308;

leaders of, 304;

struck at, 303;

defence of, 305

Asian, incites to manslaughter, 229

Assam, included in E. Bengal, 11, 16, 166;

backwardness of, 175

Assamese, object to Partition of Bengal, 175

Assessment, land, speeches on, 18 (v. land assessment)

Athavale, K. K. (editor, Punjabee), fined and imprisoned, 17

Ayerst, Lieut., shot, 35

Baidianath, shrine of, 211

Baker, Sir E. N., Lieut.-Governor, Bengal, financial statement of, 280-281

Bakerganj, proclaimed, 186

Balasore, 140

“Bande Mataram” (Hail to the Motherland) forbidden, 15;

prosecuted, 24;

boy beaten for cry of, 29;

at Vishnu’s Temple, 113;

cigarettes, 122;

heard in Madras, 126;

national song, 127 et seq.;

at Surat, 237, 249

Bande Mataram newspaper, policy of, 219, 223;

article in, 224-226

Banerjea, Surendra Nath, honoured, 15;

draws up Swadeshi oath, 179;

sketch of, 215 et seq.;

position of, 216;

as orator, 217, 218, 234;

at National Congress, 243, 255-256

Banerjee, Sir Guru Das, writes Note of Dissent, 3

Banks, agricultural, 89

Bankura, Manchester goods in, 179

Banya, v. Money-lenders

Bari-Doab Canal, rates increased on, 17

Barisal, police disperse conference at, 14;

Swadeshi suppressed, 184;

Little Brothers of the Poor, 185-186;

vernacular press at, 288-289

Baroda, D. Naoroji at, 29;

progress under Gaekwar, 221;

Maharajah of, 313-316;

reforms under, 316-318;

policy of, 317;

emancipation of women and education in, 318;

courageous Maharani of, 319;

administration reports of, 319

Batty, Mr., Justice, released Mr. Tilak, 68

“Begar” (forced labour), 17;

abolition of, 334

Behar, 10, 11, 166, 213

Benares, National Congress at, 36

Bengal, Partition of, 10, 11, 36, 44, 160-167;

petitions against, 167, 168, 184;

protests against, 167, 326;

results of, 169-170, 178;

“a settled fact,” 175;

Lord Curzon’s influence on, 191-192;

his letters to Times, 193;

nominal excuse for, 213;

turning-point in, 242;

modification of, 332

Bengal, population of, 10;

Mohammedans in, 11;

civil servants in, 11-12;

public meetings in, 11-12;

fast day in, 12;

disturbances in, 14-17;

proclaimed, 21;

Morley on, 26;

Extremists in, 44;

permanent settlement of, 135;

formation of, 160;

richness of, 161;

jute growing in, 163;

war with Manchester and Liverpool, 166;

Chamber of Commerce in, 176;

High Court in, 176;

spread of Swadeshi in, 178;

Legislative Council of, 215;

revival of, 227

Bengalee 9;

editor of, 159, 215

Bengali songs and poets, 127

Bengalis taunted, 224;

duty of, 227

Besant, Mrs. Annie, 328

Bilgrami, S. H. of India Council, 22

Boer war, influence of, 43

Bombay, 6, 10, 46, 68, 70, 77, 236;

death rate in presidency of, 52-53;

social customs in, 62-64;

rates and taxes in, 83;

Swadeshi in, 122;

cotton mills, 182;

corporation, 240;

Moderates, 240, 242, 261

Bomb-throwing, 229-230

Bose, Chunder Nath, on prices, 281-282

“Bounders,” Governor of Bombay on, 116;

manufacture of, 334

Boycott, K. K. Mitra on, 178;

women’s part in, 181;

justification of, 183;

gives impetus to Swadeshi, 184;

with destruction, 185;

penalties for, 185;

v. Hindu merchants, 188;

v. national industry, 223;

exclusion of, 242;

legitimacy of, 252;

limitation of, 253;

a last effort, 327

Brahmani, sacred river, 135;

in flood, 136;

after flood, 141

Brahmaputra, 205;

source of, 160

Brahmo Samaj, 210, 219

Brailsford, H. N., “Macedonia” by, 110

Braja Mohun Institution, 186

British prejudice and justice, 19;

connection, benefit of, 42;

policy in India, 45;

rule, excuses for, 5-6;

responsibility of, 6;

Mr. Tilak on, 72-73;

levies under, 83;

officials, deterioration of, 72;

domination, uses of, 74-75;

officials criticized, 145;

goods boycotted, 178;

Government, promises of, 261;

people criticized, 301

Brodrick (Lord Midleton) and Partition, 11, 13;

(Secretary of State), 167-168

Buddha, 258

Budget (1907-8), 22;

control of, 45

Buffalo, importance of, 97

Bunds (vide Dams), 276 et seq.

Burdwan, Commissioner of, 179

Bureaucracy, slowness of, 321

Burke, teaching of, 28, 131;

on remedial measures, 332

Burma, contributes to Exchequer, 96;

rice crop of, 280

Byturni, sacred river, 135

Calcutta, municipality of, 2;

correspondents, 15-16;

disturbances in, 23;

Congress, 30;

High Court respected, 68, 175 et seq.;

meeting in, 75;

extent of Lieut.-Governor’s authority in, 134;

importance of, 173;

Corporation, 215;

papers, 229, 230;

resolutions of, 239

Canada contrasted with India, 26

Canning, Lord, proposal of, 92

Capital, 230

Central Provinces, famine and cholera in, 2, 146

Cesses, application of, 165

Chaitanya, Bengali saint, 211

Chapekar, Demodur, 35

Chatterji, B. C., poet and novelist, 127

Chaudhuri, 234

“Chaukidari,” police tax, 145

Chenab Colony, 17;

a settler promise to, 302

Chief Court, Lahore, Punjabee, appeal to, 18

China, agreement with, 24

Cholera, causes of, 2, 140, 186, 272

Chota Nagpur, 10, 166

Civil and Military Gazette, 17, 43, 230

Clarke, Sir G., Governor of Bombay, 25, 57-58;

prepares relief works, 95

Clive, 103

Cocanada, 29

Collector and relief problem, 137

Collectors (C. S.), 134

College, Elphinstone, 34;

Fergusson, 35, 37, 42;

Ripon, 179, 215;

at Aligarh, 199;

Presidency (Calcutta), 221, 234;

Anglo-Vedic (at Lahore), 292, 310;

at Benares, 328;

Delhi, St. Stephens, 331

Colonists, 17

Colonization Bill refused, 17

Comilla, riots in, 16

Commerce, Chambers of, 23, 45

Commission, Lord Welby’s, 2;

Education, 3;

on famine, irrigation, plague, police, and universities, 3, 14;

Decentralization, 24, 104;

of inquiry, 120

Commissioners, powers of, 25;

Civil Service, 134;

solicitude of, 138-139

Committee of Imperial Defence, 25

Congress, National, 34, 43, 79, 185;

at Bombay (1885), 7, 30;

at Benares (1905), 36;

at Calcutta (1906), 182-183;

at Surat (1907), 233 et seq.;

Reception Committee of, 235, 241;

rift in, 239-240;

Subjects’ Committee of, 243;

“printer’s error,” 250;

vital differences, 252;

first principles, 253;

adjournment of, 255;

“note of discord,” 255;

dissolution, 259;

police at, 259;

“a training ground,” 326;

ignored by authorities, 326-327

Congress, Bengal Provincial, dispersed, 14

Constitutional agitation, 44;

Reform Party, 12

Convention of Extremists, 260;

Moderates, 260

“Coronation” of S. N. Banerjea, 16

Cotton, Sir Henry, presides at National Congress, 7;

refused hearing by Lord Curzon, 7

Cotton and Swadeshi, 122;

industry, 179;

trade, Times on, 181;

mills, 182;

failure of, 279

Cotton Duties Act, 325

Council, Viceroy’s, new members on, 13;

held in Simla, 25-26;

Mohammedan represents Hindus on, 104;

of India (Whitehall), additions to, 22;

Imperial Advisory, constitution of, 22;

condemned, 44;

Provincial Advisory, use of, 44

Councils, Executive, reform of, 332;

Legislative, reform of, 332-333

Cromer, Lord, on India, 74

Crops, valuation of, 83;

holdings of, 135;

failure of, 271

Cultivators, pressure on, 87;

persistence of, 88;

resources of, 88;

protection of, 91

Currency, change in, 1-2

Curzon, Lord, political career of, 1;

policy of, 2;

unpopularity of, 2, 3, 4;

office renewed, 4;

attitude towards educated Indians, 5;

Budget speech (1904), 5;

addresses convocation of Calcutta University, 7;

refuses to see Sir H. Cotton, 7;

explains nationality, 8-10;

“Problems of the Far East,” 9;

advocates “efficiency,” 10;

divides Bengal, 10-12;

proclamation of (October, 1905), 12;

cause of resignation, 13;

farewell speech, 13;

resigns, 13;

irritation under, 43;

replies to Mr. Dutt, 83;

grievances under, 132;

his Partition policy, 167;

dislike of Bengalis, 170;

Government of, 176;

promise to Mohammedans, 191;

letter to Times, 198;

Calcutta Corporation, 215;

criticized by Anglo-Indian press, 230;

at Durbar, 317

Customs, Imperial, organization of, 14

Cuttack, 135, 136

Dacca, new capital of E. Bengal, 11, 166;

Mohammedan encouraged in, 16;

Lieut.-Governor isolated in, 160;

muslins of, 162;

ruinous condition of, 173;

boycott in, 180;

description of, 189 et seq.

Dalhousie, Lord, promise of (1853), 167

Dams, construction of, 276

Darjeeling, distance from Calcutta, 160

Datta, Bupendra Nath imprisoned, 219

Datta, Norendra Nath (Vivekananda), 209

Davar, Mr., Justice, tries Mr. Tilak (July 22, 1908), 77

Deccan Club, 48

Deccan, The, rain in, 94

Decentralization Committee, 24, 104

Delhi, mill hands in, 285;

terror in, 288

Deportation Statute, 131

Desai, D.B.A.S. (Chief Justice of Baroda), 241

Deva, vide Ramakrishna

Deva, Rama (Vedic Schoolmaster), 307

Disraeli on youth, 304

District Boards, 165;

powers of, 25;

magistrates, functions of, 118-120

Diwali, festival of, 31

Drink question, 121;

in Madras, 121;

sale of licences, increase in Excise Revenue, 121;

in Poona, 122;

Swadeshi and, 122;

traffic, 122

“Dualist,” 106

Dundee, jute trade with, 163-166

Durga, temple of, 32

Dutt, Aswini Kumar, notable Nationalist, 186-234, 243

Dutt, Romesh Chandra, books on India, 82-83, 86;

as economist, 104;

minister of Baroda, 317

Eden, Sir Ashley, Lieut.-Governor Bengal, 212

Education Commission (1901), 3;

raising standard of, 4;

opposition to, 45;

dangers of, 72-94;

expenditure on, 82

Education, national, 223;

exclusion of, 242;

system of, 251;

defects of, 310;

extension of, 333

Elphinstone, Lord, 72

Empire (newspaper), 230

Englishman (newspaper), 43, 230

Espionage, police and postal, 203, 323

Excise (“abkari”), 121;

privileges of, 334

Extremists, 28, 42, 70;

in Bengal and Poona, 44;

leader of, 62;

meeting of, 127;

at Congress, 183;

courage of, 225;

warning to, 254;

conflict with Moderates, 259

Expenditure, Indian report of, 2;

increase of, 173-174

Factories, increase of, 180

Factory Labour Commission, 24

Famine (1900), terrible season of, 2;

and finger-prints, 93;

preparations for, 94 et seq.;

in Orissa, 136;

effects of, 142-143, 278, 280, 281;

cause of, 271-273 et seq.;

statistics of, 275;

recurrency of, 324;

official, 270;

Commissioners, duty of, 275;

district, 289

Finger-print Bureau, 93

Floods in Orissa, 134 et seq.;

statistics of, 139

Food, increased cost of, 281-282

Forests, Communal, importance of, 95;

denudation and appropriation of, 96;

Laws, 95;

hardships of, 97;

absurdities of, 97-98;

Department, absorbs Communal lands, 96, 97, 99;

Revenue, profit on, 96

France, factories of, 236

Fraser, Sir Andrew, Lieut.-Governor Bengal, 3;

presides over Police Commission, 3;

Lieut.-Governor Calcutta, 12;

over Commission of Inquiry, 120;

providence of, 140;

on relief works, 146-147;

on Partition of Bengal, 175;

attempt on, 238

Freedom, Library of, 39;

claims for, 130;

of speech suppressed, 323

Frontier Province (North-West) created (1901), 3;

Policy, revolution of, 14

Fuel, scarcity of, 97, 99

Fuller, Sir Bampfylde (Lieut.-Governor, Dacca), 12;

difficulties of, 14;

with Mohammedans, 15;

resignation of, 15, 203;

represses Swadeshi, 184;

jest of, 192

Ganges, source of, 160;

description of, 263 et seq.

Ganjam, part of Madras Presidency, 134

Garlands, use of, 112, 130, 313-314

Gauranga, Bengali saint, 211

Germany, rule of, 320-321

Ghose, Arabindo, sketch of, 220 et seq.;

plan of campaign of, 223;

on courage and nationality, 225-227;

devotion of, 228;

arrest of, 228;

at National Congress, 238;

as mediator, 242-243;

presides at Extremist Convention, 260

Ghose, Moti Lai, 211 et seq., 243

Ghose, Prasad Hemendra, writer of “Swadeshi-cum-Boycott,” 181

Ghose, Dr. Rash Behari, opposes Seditious Meeting Bill, 25;

chosen President of National Congress, 70, 247;

sketch of, 233 et seq.;

at National Congress, 256;

attacks Extremists, 254-255;

presides at Moderates Convention, 260;

disregarded by Government, 326

Gokhale, Gopal Krishna, and Curzon Budget, 6;

in England as delegate, 12;

opposes Seditious Meetings Act, 25;

founder of “Servants of India,” 34 et seq.;

at Diwali, 46;

in London, 46;

denounces Sedition Bill, 236;

position at Congress, 243-244;

letter in Bengalee, 250-251;

peacemaker, 257;

unpopularity of, 262;

reasonableness, 331-332;

disregarded by Government, 326

Government, excludes Indians from higher Civil Service, 6;

posts reserved for Mohammedans, 15;

intervention, 21-22;

scheme of reform, 22;

loans unpopular, 89-90;

as protector of poor, 95, 142;

discontent under, 100;

exactions under, 164;

buildings at Dacca, 173;

“Court of Wards,” 191;

responsibilities of, 214;

independence of, 223;

pressure under, 235;

difficulty of, 325

Grand Trunk Road, pilgrims on, 135, 152

Grazing lands, 95;

scarcity of, 97

Gupta, Mr. K. G., on Indian Council, 22

Gurkhas quartered in villages, 14-15, 202

Gurukula (the Master’s Home), 310

Habeas corpus, breaches of, 20, 131

Hand-looms, dying out of, 162-163

Hardie, Mr. Keir, misrepresented, 25;

Morley on, 26;

insulted, 230-232

Hardwar, ignorance at, 288;

goal of pilgrims, 306

Hare, Sir Lancelot, succeeds Sir B. Fuller, 15

Hastings, Warren, 127

Hewett, Sir John, relief statistics by, 279

High Courts, respect for, 68

Hindu Spiritual Magazine, 211

Hinduism, 108-109

Hindus rejected, 15;

shops looted, 16;

rioting of, 16-17;

outrages on, 16, 29;

workshops damaged, 18;

in Bengal, 166;

exclusion of, 322

Hindustan prosecuted, 303

Hitaishi (Friend), violence of, 228

Hobhouse, Mr. Charles, Under-Secretary for India, 24, 104

Holland, factories of, 236

Hooghly magistrate on weavers, 179-180

Hunter, Sir William, famine statistics of, 94

Ibbetson, Sir Denzil (Lieut.-Governor of Punjab), refuses petitions, 17-18

Imperialism and reaction, 43

Imports, decrease in, 180

India (Lahore paper) prosecuted, 17

India, reduction of expenditure in, 25;

compared with Canada, 26;

Morley’s vision of, 26-28;

impoverishment of, 73;

domestic life in, 78 et seq.;

education of, 129;

limited knowledge of, 324;

crushed, 325;

unity of, 326;

unrest in, 326

“India in the Victorian Age,” by R. C. Dutt, 86

India, Southern, disturbances in, 29

India Office, expenses of, 3;

Council, additions to, 22

Indian, position in British Empire, 9;

tendency to deceit, 9;

Patriots Association, 17;

defence of policy of idealists, 27;

editors in, 43;

economics, 73;

unity promoted, 74;

“Problems,” by S. M. Mitra, 83;

“Ryot,” the, Sir William Wedderburn, 83;

ignorance of, 88;

Empire, basis of, 93;

disabilities of, 119;

Trade Journal on weavers, 179;

Parliament, 223;

Daily News, 230;

people insulted, 230;

Province, industrial organization in, 271;

“Patriotism towards the Empire,” by Lajpah Rai, 300;

temperament, 301;

Review on “Moral Poverty,” 331

Indians, exclusion of, 7, 322;

irritated by Press, 17;

educated, 30;

occupations of, 161;

degeneration of, 222;

in Transvaal, 260;

determination of, 281;

in England, 322;

exaggeration by, 323;

incapability disproved, 331;

contempt for Anglo-Indians, 335

“Industrial Organization of an Indian Province,” by Mr. Theodore Morison, 280, 284

Industries, ancient, 162

Industry, organization of, 14

Irish Home Rulers, comparison with, 238;

Party, encouragement from, 299

Irrigation, question of dues postponed, 17;

rates increased, 17;

results of, 214;

methods of, 273

James, Prof. William, 106

Janaka, austerity of, 269

Japan, rule of, 320-321;

example of, 322

Japanese War, effect of, 170

Jaswant Rai, Lala, proprietor of Punjabee, 17

Jemalpur, disturbances at, 17

Jenapur, floods near, 136, 141

Jenkins, Sir Lawrence, Chief Justice, 68

Jessore, district of, 212

Judicial and Executive functions, separation of, 46

Juggernath, Temples of, 134 et seq.;

v. sanitation, 154;

worship of, 155 et seq.;

equality before, 155;

brother and sister of, 156

Jute in Bengal, 163;

prices of, 164;

export of, 165

Kali, worship of, 207 et seq.;

Temple of, 206, 209

Kalighat, description of, 206, 208 et seq.

Kangra Valley, earthquake in, 297

Karma, influence of, 107

Kelkar, Mr., editor of Maharatta, 42, 62, 249

Kesari (Lion), Mr. Tilak’s paper, 62;

attacks Government, 67, 77

Khaparde, Mr., of Nagpur, chosen representative, 242

Kingsford, Mr., judgment of, 24;

incited to manslaughter, 229

Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief, 3;

differs from Lord Curzon, 13;

reviews in Poona, 92

Kolhapur, Gohkale’s birthplace, 34

Krishna, adventures of, 92

Labour Party, leader of, 25;

(English), encouragement from, 299

Lahore, press abuse and prosecutions in, 17-18;

crime in, 29;

injustice in, 118;

poverty, 283;

superstition, 288

Lajpat Rai (Lala), in England and America as delegate, 12;

speech at Lyallpur, deportation of, 19;

as mediator, 70, 242, 243;

release of, 126;

lament for, 129;

tribute to, 133, 233;

popularity of, 246;

and Arya Samaj, 292;

influence of deportation, 295;

addresses Moderates, 296;

criticizes Congress, 296;

nature of, 296;

sketch of, 296 et seq.;

pamphlets by, 297-301;

in England, 298;

“Lala Rajpat Rai, the Man in his Word,” 298;

“Story of my Deportation,” by, 302;

reason for deportation, 303;

with Moderates, 332

Lakshmi, goddess of family prosperity, 31

Lancers, 9th, punished, 3

Land Act, 17;

assessment, attempted reform of, 14;

increase in, 17;

remission of, 95;

in Bombay, 85;

limitation of, 85;

increase in, 86, 99;

reclaimed, 17;

Revenue, books on, 82;

Administration Report, 180;

Question in Oude, 83;

Tax, period of, 135;

titles, revision of, 140;

settlement,

scenes at, 140-141;

burden on, 289-290

Landowners on Viceroy’s Council, 45;

ruin of, 45. See Zemindars

Languages in India, 11, 130

Lawrence, Sir H., good influence of, 28

Layard on Mohammedan ignorance, 200-201

Lee, W. H., translation by, 127

Lefroy, Dr. (Bishop of Lahore), 117

Legislative Councils (see Councils);

enlargement of, 23;

disbelief in, 222

Lely, Sir F., on drink traffic, 122

Lhassa, neutralized, 24

Liberal Party disappoints India, 43;

Government satirized, 132

Liverpool boycott in Bengal, 166;

salt, decrease in, 180;

destroyed, 185

Local Government, functions of, 23;

proclaimed districts, 25

Low, Mr. Sidney, “Vision of India,” 83

Lyallpur, meeting at, 17-18

Lytton, Lord, passes Vernacular Press Act, 212

Macaulay, influence of, 234-235

MacDonnell, Sir Antony, Famine Report by, 289

Madhu Sudan Das, 147-149

Madras, standing of, 10;

disturbances in, 29;

High Court, 68;

rates and taxes in, 83;

petition to Governor of, 99-100;

reformers and freedom in, 103;

municipality of, 104;

representation of, 104-105;

religion in, 110;

drink question in, 121;

Swadeshi in, 122 et seq.;

meeting on beach, 125;

languages in, 130;

presidency, drought in, 141

Magistrates, powers of, 25;

manners of, 147 et seq.

Mahanadi, The, in flood, 135

Mahratta (Mr. Tilak’s paper), 42;

reports in, 62, 76

Mahratta Nobility, 32;

Shoe, effects of, 233

Mailapur, temple at, 105

Malaria, inroads of, 213-214

Malvi, Tribhovandas, 244-255

Manchester at war with Bengal, 166;

goods in Bankura, 179

Manchester Guardian, author correspondent of, 30

Mango fruit the cause of cholera, 272;

blossom, the Indian May, 312

Manu, laws of, 83

Martineau, Mr. A. E., Sessions Judge at Delhi, 19

Maruta, Indian Hercules, 93

Mehta, Sir Pherozeshah, services of, 240-241;

at National Congress, 257-258

Midleton, Lord (Mr. Brodrick), on Partition, 13;

favours devolution, 167

Mill, J. S., 131, 329

Mill hands in Delhi, 285;

in Bombay, 286

Milton, 131

Minto, Lord, succeeds Lord Curzon, 13;

refuses Colonization Bill, 17, 21;

Proclamation of, 21;

Indian opinion of, 43;

Press Act of, 220

Mitra, K. K., starts Swadeshi, 178;

S. M., “Indian Problems” by, 83

Moderates, J. Morley on, 27-28;

G. K. Gokhale on, 44;

conflict with Extremists, 257-259;

unpopularity of, 262

Mohammedan Revival, 192;

Riots, 202

Mohammedans favoured by Sir B. Fuller and Government, 15-16;

and Hindus, 16, 17;

nominated on Indian Council, 22,

on Viceroy’s Council, 23, 45;

in Bengal, 166;

against Partition, 175;

after Partition, 186;

gentility of, 199

Money-lenders (Banya), restriction of, 2;

importance of, 87;

speculations of, 89;

opportunities of, 90;

expelled from Deccan, 91;

indebtedness to, 283

Monist, faith of, 106

Monsoon rains, importance of, 276

Morison, Mr. Theodore, “Industrial Organization of an Indian Province,” 83, 92, 271-272, 281-284

Morley, Lord, in India Office (Dec. 14, 1905), 14;

Secretary of State, 12;

on Partition of Bengal, 12, 175;

defends deportation, 20;

Budget speech and scheme of reforms, 22;

speech to constituents, 26-27;

on bad manners, 28, 118;

criticized, 36-37;

invites criticism, 44;

complaints of, 46;

satire on, 129;

influence of, 131, 132;

misrepresentations to, 163;

study of, 170;

misleading of, 193;

policy of, 254

Morrison, W. J. (Special Commissioner), 24

Moti Lai Ghose (see Ghose, description of), 212;

petition of, 213;

opinions of, 214

Mourning customs, 109;

in Macedonia, 110

Mulkowal, serum poisoning in, 58

Mullahs revive Islamism, 192

Munro, Sir Thomas, popularity of, 325

Mutiny, anniversary of, 19, 29

Mysore, advancement of, 103;

good government in, 316

Nagpur, meeting at, 70, 233;

Chota, 166

Naoroji, Dadabhai (ex-M.P. Finsbury), sketch of, 29-30;

presides at Calcutta Congress (1906), 183, 235;

on “Moral Poverty,” 330

Nash, Mr. Vaughan, “The Great Famine,” etc., by, 85-86, 90, 96-97

Nath, Dina, imprisonment of, 18

National Congress (see Congress);

unity, Curzon’s sympathy with, 5-6;

renascence, 159, 222;

education, 223;

outlook, 301;

societies, 328;

deterioration, check on, 330

Nationalism, definition of, 225-226

Nationalist Cause, repression good for, 222

Nationalists separate from Moderates, 238

Nationality, Curzon’s explanation of, 8-9

Nautch girl, dancing of, 313 et seq.

Nawab Salimulla of Dacca, 189 et seq.

Nawab Syed Mohammed on Viceroy’s Council, 104-105

Nehru, Motilal at National Congress, 256

Newspapers, restricted information of, 4;

Anglo-Indian, protest against Partition, 11;

English, misrepresentations in, 16, 25;

unscrupulousness of correspondents, 37;

Hindu, 215, 219;

advantages of, 321-322

North-West Provinces, 285

Nurses, Indian, in hospitals, 56

Officials, bribery of, 100;

object to change, 138;

remedies of, 166;

zeal and sympathy of, 274

Opium, regulation of traffic, 24

Ordinance, Lord Minto’s, 21

Orissa, in Partition, 10-11, 166;

floods in, 134 et seq.;

peasantry of, 135;

description of, 135;

famine and drought in, 136, 142, 273 et seq.;

villages, 144;

“Volunteers” at, 185

Oxford Brethren, 186

Pabna, district of, schools disaffiliated, 15

Pal, B. Chandra, prosecution of, 24

Panchayat (village council) restored, 318

Paralysis from famine, 278

Paranjbye, Mr. (head of Fergusson College), 41

Partition of Bengal, lines of, 11;

protests against, 16;

effects of, 322

Patna, in Partition, 10, 167

Peasants, protection of, 2

Permanent Settlement (1793), 91-92, 135;

landowner under, 164-165

Persecution, 202 et seq., 322

Persia divided, 24;

contrasted with India, 320

Peshwas, rule of, 32

Petitions to British Parliament, 12;

uselessness of, 326

Phœnix Park murders, comparison with, 238

Picketing, method of, 184

Pindi Das imprisoned, 17

Pilgrimages, methods of, 152;

time for, 153

Pilgrims to Byturni, 135;

Ganges, 263 et seq.

Pioneer comment on scholarship, 68;

honourable tradition of, 230

Plague, deaths from (1906-1907), 23, 32;

origin of, 32;

terror of, 32;

Government and, 32;

introduction of, 48;

in Poona, 48 et seq.;

theory of, 50;

squirrels and, 51;

rats and, 52;

proclamations on, 58;

finger-prints and, 59;

inoculation for, 58-61;

“Bubonic,” 49;

vegetarianism and, 53;

symptoms of, 54-55;

after-effects of, 55-56;

described by Thucydides, Boccaccio, Defoe, 56-57;

statistics of, 58;

official record of, 301-302;

results of, 324

Plague Committee, chairman murdered, 49

Poland, comparison with, 320

Police Commission under Sir A. Fraser, 3;

quartered in villages, 14-15;

scandals, 120;

power of, 184;

District Superintendent, 248

Police spies, 203

Political agent, control of, 134;

freedom, importance of, 303-304

Politics in India, 41

Poona, festival at, 31;

desolation of, 32;

riots at, 35, 49;

Extremists in, 44, 225;

Gokhale in, 37-46;

plague in, 48 et seq.;

hospital hats in, 53-56;

newspapers in, 62;

irrigation in, 65;

“culture” in, 78 et seq.;

beauty of, 92;

Finger-print Bureau in, 93;

Kitchener’s reviews in, 93;

education in, 101, 215

Port Said, dividing line at, 118

Potters, craft of, 161-162

Poverty, increase of, 324

Press, English, misrepresentations in, 15-16;

(Indian) prosecutions of, 24

Press Act (1908), 220;

suppression under, 229

“Principles of Psychology,” by Professor William James, 106

Processions forbidden, 15

Proclamation of Queen Victoria (1858), text of, 6;

right of Indians under, 46, 236, 322, 333, 334

Professors and Government intervention, 21-22

Provincial Councils, Legislative, 22;

Advisory, 22-23;

and Home Rule, 72;

Conference broken up, 184,

at Surat, 242

Public meeting, right of, curtailed, 15, 21, 25

Punjab, Land Act in, 2;

disturbances in, 16, 17;

Legislative Council, 17;

Colonization Bill, 17, 21;

proclaimed, 21;

the Tikka Sahib of Nabha, representative of, 25;

press insolence in, 43;

death rate in, 52;

unpopularity of inoculation in, 58;

rates and taxes in, 83;

misery of ryot in, 283-284

Punjabee, prosecuted in Lahore, 17

Puri, temple at, 152

Raj, Hans (Principal Anglo-Vedic College), 297

Rajahs, 134, 135;

extravagance of, 150

Raleigh, Sir Thomas (President Education Commission), 3

Rama, legend of, 93, 269

Ramakrishna (Society of), 209.

See Deva and Paramahamsa

Ranade, Justice (social reformer), 34;

tradition of, 40

Ranchi, in Partition, 10

Rand, Mr., shot, 35

Rangoon, British outrage in, 2;

rice, 165

Ratcliffe, Mr. S. K. (late editor of Statesman), thanks to, 30

Rates, application of, 165

Rats, spreaders of plague, 48 et seq.

Rawal Pindi, riots in, 17;

meetings at, 18;

arrests at, 18-19;

death of prisoner at, 19;

false evidence at, 19;

outrages at, 29;

injustice at, 118

Reaction, uselessness of, 322

Reasonableness of Indian speeches, 131

Red Pamphlet (Mohammedan propaganda), 192

Reforms scheme, 22, 34;

promptness needed in, 335-336

Regulations of 1818, deportations under, 20

Relief Problem, 137;

private, 146;

Government, 271 et seq.

Religion, expenditure on, 82

Religions of Hindus, 209 et seq.

Remedial measures, 332-335

Remembrancer of Legal Affairs, 93

Rent, 84, 144-145

Rent Acts of 1859 and 1885, 91

Revenue Authorities, seizures by, 90

Revenue from land, 83 et seq.;

India, 325;

control of, 333

Review, Indian, Swadeshi-cum-Boycott, 181

Rice, sacrificed to jute, 164;

export, 165;

failure, 279

Riots in Poona, 49;

in Deccan, 91;

in Comilla and Jemalpur, 193;

Lahore and Rawal Pindi, 18, 19, 302

Ripon, Lord, regretted, 34;

decline after, 43;

attempts at reform of, 119, 241;

popularity of, 325

Risley, Sir H., issues Circular, 21, 304;

announces Partition, 167;

cautious reply of, 176

River, nature and sanctity of, 135;

boats on, 161;

caprices of, 161

Road Cess, 213

Royal Family, devotion to, 213

Rudra, Professor (Bengali economist), 331

Rupee, values of, 2

Rutherford, Dr., at National Congress, 245

Russia, disastrous rule of, 320

Russian bureaucracy, Tilak’s criticism of, 73

Rustamji, Kersasp, Minister at Baroda, 319

Ryot, burden on, 78;

“The Indian Ryot,” by Sir William Wedderburn, 83;

amiability of, 93;

life of, 94;

robbed of forests and grazing lands, 96;

protection of, 98;

grievances, 99;

memorial, 99;

income of, 100

Ryotwari (peasant tenantry) in Madras and Bombay, 91

Salem district, memorial from, 100

Salimulla, Nawab of Dacca, 16;

on Council, 191 et seq.

Salisbury, Lord, taunts Indian, 30;

on land tax, 84-85

Salt tax, revenue from, 4;

reduction of, 34

Sandhurst, Lord, apology to, 35

Sandhya (“Evening”), policy of, 219;

violence of, 228

Sanjibani suggests boycott, 178

Sanyasi Order, rebellion of, 127

Saraswati, Dayananda, founder of Arya Samaj, 292 et seq.

Sawhny, Dr. Hansraj, at Rawal Pindi Meeting, 18

Schoolmaster threatened, 21;

communal, 101-102

Schools deprived of grants and scholarships, 15

Scinde, plague in, 53

“Sedition!”, 147

“Seditious,” meaning of, 230

Seditious Meetings Act, 25, 130;

protested against, 36-37;

ignored, 74

Segregation in Poona, 49-50

Self-government, Colonial, 41;

preparations for, 223;

at Congress, 239;

increased demand for, 329

Serajganj, schoolboys punished at, 15;

spies at, 203-204

“Servants of India,” founder of, 34;

rules of, 38 et seq.;

value of, 300

“Settlement,” meaning of, 83-84;

working of, 84;

officers, discretion of, 85;

duty of, 87;

camps, 140

Shillong, summer residence of Viceroy, 160, 173

Shishir Kumar Ghose (editor of Hindu Spiritual Magazine), 211

Shiva, temples of, 32, 269;

festival of, 106, 110 et seq.;

legend of, 207

Shivaji, Peshwa, heroism of, 69, 246

Sikh regiments and colonization, 17;

representative on Viceroy’s Council, 25;

soldier’s dismissal, 303

Simla, Partition proclaimed from (Sept. 1, 1905), 12;

Curzon’s farewell speech at, 13;

reforms proposed at, 22, 44-45;

Council at, 25;

isolation of, 160

Singarh, fortress of, 65, 69

“Sinn Fein,” universal Swadeshi, 221

Sita, wife of Rama, 93, 269

Small-pox, 186

Spinoza and Monism, 106

Spies, use of, 203-204;

abolition of, 334

Starvation, official report on, 139;

deaths from, 144

Statesman, 230

Statistics of Indian life, 79 et seq.

Sugar, foreign, destroyed, 185;

failure, 279

Surat, chosen for Congress, 70, 183, 233 et seq.;

Christmas Day in, 236;

decrepitude of, 237;

Provincial Conference at, 242

Surendra Nath Banerjea, influence, 215 et seq.;

refused hearing, 247;

at Congress, 256-257, 262

Swadeshi, beginning and reason of, 12-14;

movement, 74;

and temperance, 122;

in Madras and Bombay, 122;

true spirit of, 147;

effect on hand-looms, 163;

“Volunteers,” 178 et seq.;

meeting in Calcutta, 179;

oath, 181;

women and, 181;

good effects of, 180 et seq.;

English traders and, 182;

official admiration for, 182;

shops, 182;

payment for, 187;

refused, 188;

extension of, 221;

limitations of, 228;

foundation of, 297;

a last effort, 327;

development of, 328 et seq.

“Swadeshi Movement,” by Lajpat Rai, 301

Swaraj (Home Rule), 129-130

Tahsildars, 145

Takavi (loans), 146

Takka Sahib of Nabha opposes Seditious Meetings Act, 25

Taluka (group of villages), 85

Tamil singer, 127;

poet, 129;

orator, 133

Tanks as social centres, 273

“Tenets of the New Party,” 75

“Test Works,” 274 et seq.

Tigers, slaughter of, 98-99

Tilak, B. G., an adherent of, 42;

opposed to inoculation, 58;

as editor, 62;

sketch of, 65 et seq.;

as author, 66;

imprisoned, 67;

sentence quashed, 68;

Extremists’ leader, 70;

attitude of, 71;

statement of aims, 72;

on bureaucracy, 73;

policy of, 73-74;

on moderation, 75;

on “Efficiency,” 76;

on revolution, 76;

influence of, 76-77;

arrest, trial, and sentence, 77;

moderation of, 221;

opposes Dr. Ghose at Congress, 238 et seq.;

on National Representation, 242;

addresses Extremists, 260

Times, the, against education, 102;

Lord Curzon’s letter to, 193

Times of India insults Mr. Keir Hardie and Indians, 230-232

Travancore, education in, 103

Tribhuvaneshwar, temple of, 134

Tributary chiefs, 134-135

“Trust Company” swindle, 108

Turner, Dr., theorizes on plague, 50

Unearned increment, 277

Unitarians of Hinduism, 210

United Provinces, rainfall in, 92-94;

agriculture suspended in, 271;

tranquillity of, 280

Universities, extension of faculties in, 4;

changes in constitution, 5

University, Calcutta, schools disaffiliated from, 15;

senate, S. N. Banerjea’s services in, 215;

brother of Arabindo Ghose on staff of, 221

Unrest, cause of, 170 et seq.;

meaning of, 322

Uriya people, antiquity of, 134

Vasantha (Spring), 310

Vedantic Order for distributing relief, 146

Vedantists (members of Ramakrishna Society), 210

Vedas, recitation from, 16;

belief in, 210

Vedic hymns and worship, 291;

school, 306 et seq.;

discipline, 308

Vernacular Press Act, 212

Viceroy, Lord Curzon as, 1, 2, 8, 9;

limits right of public meeting, 21;

rejects Colonization Bill, 17;

Legislative Council of, 23, 45;

passes Seditious Meetings Act, 25;

winter residence of, 208-209;

“Veto” of, 333

Viceroy’s Council, Military Supply member on, 13;

disputes about, 13;

promises of, 119;

Nawab Salimulla on, 191;

member’s letters opened, 220;

Dr. R. B. Ghose on, 235;

financial statement to, 280;

Indians disregarded in, 326;

reform of, 332

Victoria, Queen, Proclamation for India (1858), 6

Village communities, destruction of, 95-96

Villagers, death through forced labour, 17;

poverty of, 90;

homes of, 287

Villages, conditions in, 282-283

Vishnu, Temple of, 32, 111-112;

footprint of, 106;

worship of, 211;

prayer to, 267

“Vision of India,” by Mr. Sidney Low, 83

Vivekananda, follower of Ramakrishna, 219

“Volunteers” in relief work, 146-147;

in Swadeshi movement, 185;

alarm at, 185;

at National Congress, 237

Wacha, Dinshaw Edulji, 240

Wages Table for Public Works, 275;

statistics of, 285

Wales, Prince and Princess of, visit of, 13;

devotion to, 213

Warren Hastings, power of, 127

Weavers, persistence of, 162;

religion of, 162;

increased prosperity of, 179-180;

work and wages of, 285

Wedderburn, Sir William, “The Indian Ryot,” by, 83;

“The Skeleton at the Jubilee Feast,” 83, 91;

Solution given by, 178

Wells, expense of, 273

Widows, abduction of, 193

Women, education of, 38;

examined by soldiers, 49;

against inoculation, 59;

freedom of, 103;

in “Swadeshi,” 123;

sufferings of, 143;

use boycott, 181;

guardians of, 186;

backwardness of, 196

Yugantar (“New Age”), policy of, 219-220

Zemindars (landowners) on Viceroy’s Council, 45;

in Bengal, 91;

subletting by, 134;

ruin of, 165;

hardships of, 174;

increased taxation of, 277

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