Author: National Archives of India
Title: Descriptive List of Secret Department Records. Volume VIII. 1789-1790
Description: [New Delhi], National Archives of India, 1974. orig.wrappers. 28x20cm, (2),206 pp. Stencilled [mimeographed].. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Lists [and abstracts] documents belonging to the years 1789 and 1790, during which the Company's affairs entered into a new phase of development under the stewardship of Lord Cornwallis. Conclusion of a triple alliance between the English, the Peshwa and the Nizan in their confrontation with Tipu Sultan was the main event of that period and the documents listed in this volume describe in detail how the negotiations in that connection were carried out by the Governor-General through the British Residents at Poona and Hyderabad. The documents also throw a floof of light on the Oudh affairs. Mahadji Sinsia's preparations to subdue the Rajput chiefs, Prince Sulaiman Shukoh's efforts to enlist Company's support for Emperor Shah Alam, Nahab Faizullah Khan's alleged intrigues against the Nawab Vazir of Oudh, etc" - Preface

Keywords: Indian Historiography, East India Company, British Colonialism, Great Britain, India South Asia, Colonial History, Archives Archival, Political Politics, Lord Cornwallis