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The Nepal War, 1814-1816.

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IOR/H/648
Title
The Nepal War, 1814-1816.
Date
1814-1815
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(1) pp. 1-516, Enclosures in Bengal Secret Letter 25th Jan. 1815, Correspondence regarding the War with Nepal, including:-- (2) John Adam (Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Departments). pp. 1-3, 35-6, 41-2, 47-8, 57-8, 67-8, 73-4, 77-82, to John Monckton 24th Nov. 1814 to 4th Jan. 1815; pp. 25-9, to Major Bradshaw 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 29-31, to C. J. Sealy 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 31-2, to Lieut.-Col. Fagan 24th Nov. 1814; pp. 37-8, to W. A. Brooke (Agent to Governor-General at Benares) 8th Dec. 1814, Horsemen supplied to Major-Gen. Wood by Amrut Rao; pp. 43-4, 59-60, to Major John Baillie 8th and 26th Dec. 1814, Elephants supplied by the Nawab Vizir; pp. 53-4, to C. T. Metcalfe 14th Dec. 1814, Assistance from the Begum Sumroo; pp. 68-9, 74-5, to Edward Colebrooke (Agent to the Governor-General in the Ceded Provinces) 30th Dec. 1814; pp. 82-3, to Capt. E. Butterfield 4th Jan. 1815. (3) Lieut.-Col. Fagan (Adjutant-General). pp. 3-8, to John Adam 23rd Nov. 1814; pp. 9-24, to Major Bradshaw 23rd Nov. 1814. (4) pp. 49-51, Hugh Wilkinson (Judge and Magistrate of Saharanpur) to C. M. Ricketts (Chief Private Secretary to the Governor-General) 10th Dec. 1814, The obliging behaviour of ''Her Highness the Begum Sumroo.'' (5) pp. 63-5, Governor-General (Earl of Moira) to the Nawab Vizir--Dec. 1814; pp. 481-3, to the Deb Raja (of Bhutan) 29th Nov. 1814, Assuring him of the pacific intentions of the British. (6) pp. 83-6, Capt. E. Butterfield (Late of Sindia's Army) to John Adam 26th Dec. 1814 with Memorial to the Governor-General, Had served with distinction under De Boigne and Perron. (7) Col. David Ochterlony (Commanding 3rd Division). p. 89, to John Mouckton 16th Dec. 1814; pp. 91-5, to John Adam 6th Dec. 1814. (8) Major Paris Bradshaw (Political Agent). p. 97, to John Monckton 18th Nov. 1814; pp. 98-102, 141-8, 158-74, 262-71, to John Adam 14th Nov. 1814 to 8th Jan. 1815; pp. 103-6, to the Raja of Nepal 29th Oct. 1814; pp. 106-7, to Chandra Sekhar Upadhaya 29th Oct. 1814; pp. 119-35, to Lieut.-Col. Fagan 9th Nov. 1814; pp. 136-7, 178-81, to Capt. B. Latter 5th Nov. to 3rd Dec. 1814; pp. 141, 157, 261, to John Monckton 15th Dec. 1814 to 9th Jan. 1815; pp. 148-50, to C. J. Sealy 21st Nov. 1814; pp. 153-5, to G. Swinton (Persian Secretary to the Governor-General) 13th Dec. 1814, Loyal behaviour of Bhir Kishore, Raja of Bettiah; pp. 271-3, to J. Elliot 1st Jan. 1815 relative to temporary exemption of Gopal Lal, Dewan of the Raja of Ramnagar, from attendance in Civil Suits. (9) pp. 107-9, 185-98, Native Letters, Lists of Nepalese Officers, Routes, &c. enclosed in Major Bradshaw's Letters to John Adam of 14th Nov. and 29th Dec. 1814. (10) p. 138, Return of Capt. E. P. Hay's Command 3rd Nov. 1814. (11) C. J. Sealy (Magistrate of Tirhut). pp. 150-7, to Major Bradshaw 16th Nov. 1814; pp. 503-16, to John Monckton 24th Dec. 1814, Opinion of Major Bradshaw's proposal to arm the Frontier peasantry. (12) pp. 152-3, Notification to the Inhabitants of the Terai of the British Occupation. (13) pp. 174-8, Draft Engagements with certain Chiefs, concluded by Major Bradshaw 1st Dec. 1814. (14) pp. 198-259, A [? Nepalese] ''Statement of everything that has passed between the Nepaul Government and the English from first to last [1769-1814]'' (about 6,000 words), Enclosed in Major Bradshaw's letter to John Adam 29th Dec. 1814. (15) Capt. B. Latter (Commanding on the Frontier). pp. 277-82, 291-2, 305-6, 319-21, to John Monckton 31st Dec. 1814 to 13th Jan. 1815; pp. 282-7, 434-7, to Major Bradshaw 3rd to 11th Jan. 1815; pp. 293-5, 306-16, to John Adam, 4th to 6th Jan. 1815; pp. 296-303, Correspondence with the Raja of Sikkim; pp. 409-19, 425-33, to Lieut.-Col. Fagan, 8th to 11th Jan. 1815; pp. 453-8, to Norman MacLeod (Commissioner for the Affairs of Cooch Behar) 19th Nov. 1814, Nepalese intrigues with the Bhutiyas. (16) Major John Baillie (Resident at Lucknow). pp. 323-4, 339, 357-8, 373, to Sir George Nugent (Vice-President of Council) 25th Nov. to 28th Dec. 1814; pp. 324-5, 332-3, 340, 349-50, 358-61, 374-7, 382, to John Adam 25th Nov. 1814 to 5th Jan. 1815; pp. 329-36, 350-3, 375, to Major-Gen. Wood 23rd Nov. to 16th Dec. 1814; pp. 331-2, to Major [Gordon] Richards (Commanding at Sultanpur) 25th Nov. 1814; pp. 341-2, to the Nawab Vizir 7th Dec. 1814; pp. 377-9, 383-5, to Major Bradshaw 26th Dec. 1814 to 5th Jan. 1815; p. 381, to N. B. Edmonstone (Vice-President of Council) 5th Jan. 1815. (17) pp. 325-9, 342-5, Major-Gen. John Sullivan Wood to Major Baillie 23rd Nov. to 6th Dec. 1814. (18) pp. 361-71, Arzi of Raja Dan Bahadur Sing of Tulsipur to the Nawab Vizir. (19) C. T. Metcalfe (Resident at Delhi). pp. 389-94, 400-5, to John Adam 16th to 28th Nov. 1814; pp. 395-9, to John Monckton 16th Nov. 1814. (20) pp. 407-8, 423-4, Major James Gordon (Deputy Adjutant-General) to Charles Wright Gardiner (Secretary in the Military Department) 18th to 20th Jan. 1815. (21) pp. 439-42, Proceedings of the Vice-President in Council 3rd Dec. 1814, Possible hostile intentions of the Deb Raja of Bhutan. (22) pp. 445-52, 461-2, David Scott (Magistrate of Rangpur) to John Monckton 28th to 30th Nov. 1814. (23) John Monckton (Acting Secretary to Government in the Political Department). pp. 465-70, to David Scott 6th Dec. 1814; pp. 473-8, to Norman MacLeod 29th Nov. 1814. (24) pp. 485-8, Roger Martin (Magistrate of Gorakhpur) to John Monckton 27th Dec. 1814, Opinion of Major Bradshaw's proposal to arm the Frontier peasantry. (25) pp. 491-9, J. E. Elliot (Magistrate of Sarun) to John Monckton 23rd Dec. 1814, Opinion on Major Bradshaw's proposal to arm the Frontier peasantry.

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