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The Vuzeer of Oude threw off his nominal allegiance to the Emperor of Delhi, and 

 assumed the title of King*. 



1820. — The Prince Azim Jah Bahadur installed Nawab of the Carnatic, Febru- 

 ary 3rd, vice Azim ul Dowla, who died the preceding August. Spasmodic Cholera 

 broke out in Manilla, and the natives attributing it to the secret arts of Europeans, 

 rose upon and murdered many of them, October 9. Dwarka in Okamandel taken, 

 November 25th. 



1821. — Peace concluded between Imam of Senna and the British Government, 

 January 15th. The capital of the Arab Tribe of Beni Boo Ali, taken in March, by 

 Colonel Lionel Smith. Napoleon Bonaparte died at St. Helena, March 5th. Revo- 

 lution at the Portuguese settlement of Goa, September 6th. Cholera raging in 

 Persia. 



1822. — Dr. T. Fanshaw Middleton, the first Bishop of Calcutta, died July 8th. 

 Severe Fire at Canton November 1st. Treaty with the Nizam, December 12. 



1823. — January 9th, the Marquis of Hastings resigned his Government of India. 

 Lord Amherst appointed his successor ; assumed the Government 1st August. 



1824. — War declared against the Burmese in consequence of their aggressions, 

 March 5th. Rangoon taken by the British Forces, under Sir A. Campbell, May 

 11th. Island of Negrais taken, May 17th. Cheduba taken May 27th, Tavoy and 

 Mergui taken, September 15th, and Martaban October 30th. Mutiny at Barrack- 

 pore ; many Sepoys killed. November 2nd. Kemmendine and Dallah taken, 9th De- 

 cember. Nawab Mobaruck Ali Khan placed on the musnud of Bengal, Behar 

 and Orissa, December 23rd. 



1825. — Syriam taken from the Burmese, 11th January. Rungpore and Tantabair 

 on the 2nd and 6th February. Donabew taken and the Burmese General Bundoolah 

 killed, 2nd April. Ramree and Prome taken 2nd and 25th April. His Highness Azim 

 Jah Bahadur, Nawab of the Carnatic, died November 12, aged 34. Wallygoun 

 and Paghammew taken from the Burmese, 11th and 25th November. The Enter- 

 prise, the first Steam Vessel, sailed for India 1 6th August, arrived at Saugor Decem- 

 ber 8th. There was a rebellion at Bhurtpore on the Rajah's Death in February, and 

 the British Government commenced operations to support the heir. 



1826. — Bhurtpore stormed and taken by the Bengal Troops under Lord Comber- 

 mere, January 18th ; the British lost during the siege 45 officers killed and wounded, 

 and 1500 men ; the enemy lost some thousands, and the Usurper was seized. The 

 Burmese defeated at Melloon by Sir A. Campbell, January 19th, and forced to con- 

 clude a peace, on the 24th February. War declared between Russia and Persia. 



1827. — Sir T. Munro, Governor of Madras, died July 6th. Natives of India per- 

 mitted to sit as Jurors, July 9th, 



1828. — Treaty of Peace between Russia and Persia signed, February 22nd. Lord 

 William Bentinck appointed Governor General of India, arrived in India, and took 

 his seat in Council July 4th. 



1829. — The Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in the East Indies brought 

 into operation, March 1st. Europeans allowed to hold lands in their own names on 

 leases of 60 years in February of this year. The rite of Suttee abolished by Lord 

 William Bentinck in December. 



1830. — The House of Messrs. Palmer and Co. of Calcutta failed, 5th January, 

 being the first of a series of failures of the leading houses to the extent of many 

 millions sterling. H. M. George the 4th died, June 26th. 



1S31. — Ram Mohun Roy, a Brahmin, arrived at Liverpool from India, April 8th. 

 Lord William Bentinck met Runjeet Sing at Roopur, October 25th. 



1832. — Parsee Riots at Bombay, June 7th. Fire at the Arsenal Fort William, 

 July 25th. An intended Mutiny discovered at Bangalore, October 28th. 



1833. — The East India question debated in Parliament, and leave given to 

 bring in a Bill for the renewal of the Charter, with some modifications, in March. 

 The Bill was subsequently passed, August 18th. Its leading new provisions as 

 follows : The British Indian Territories to remain under the Company till the 

 30th April 1854. Trade to cease from April 1834. All debts and liabilities made 

 chargeable on Territorial Revenue. A dividend payable in Great Britain half 

 yearly on East India Stock, at the rate of £10. 10s. per cent, redeemable after 

 1874 at £200 for every £100 stock. The Company to pay over to Commissioners 

 for the reduction of national debt 2 millions, to increase at interest till it shall 

 reach 12 millions, as a Security Fund of the East India Company. The Presidency 

 of Fort William to be divided into two Presidencies (since modified) . The superin- 

 tendence and control in India, Civil and Military, vested in a Governor General and 

 Counsellors to be styled " the Governor General of India in Council." To have three 



* In the following years the events are quoted on the authority of the Madras and Calcutta 

 Register, the Gazettes, &c, 



