Author: National Archives of India
Title: Descriptive List of Secret Department Records. Volume VII. 1787-1788
Description: [New Delhi], National Archives of India, 1973. orig.wrappers. 28x20cm, (2),408 pp. Stencilled [mimeographed].. Rubbed. A 2cm tear to spine. Good. ¶ The present volume...covers 1787 and 1788, i.e. the second and third years of the administration of Lord Cornwallis. The records listed in it reflect the political situation in India, and refer to the events which contributed to the consolidation of British power in the country during the period. Noteworthy subjects are: Company's relations with Indian rulers and chiefs, particularly the Marathas, the Nizam and Tipu Sultan; Tipu's threats to the Raja of Travancore and the measures adopted by the English to enable their ally to meet the menace; Nizam's cession of Guntur Sarkar to the Company; Company's role in protecting the frontiers of Oudh against the Sikhs and the Marathas, and in settling disputed between the Nawab Vazir and Mahadji Sindia; capture of Delhi by Ghulam Qadir Khan Rohilla and Mirza Ismail Beg Khan, and the atrocities committed by them there; defeat of the Rohilla chief at the hands of Mahadji and retrieval of power and prestige by the latter..." - from the preface.

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