. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . «^<.^fe(... a JjAUILdIiIU THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 83 tvhole of their fortresses. The government was then enabled, through Sir John Malcolm,to dictate the terms of a peace, by which it established a subsidiary force in jNlalwa, andplaced the capital, Oojein, and the family of the reigning prince, under its immediatesurveillance. Tra
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . «^<.^fe(... a JjAUILdIiIU THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 83 tvhole of their fortresses. The government was then enabled, through Sir John Malcolm,to dictate the terms of a peace, by which it established a subsidiary force in jNlalwa, andplaced the capital, Oojein, and the family of the reigning prince, under its immediatesurveillance. Tranquillity was thus restored to, or rather established in, Malwa, whichfor a long period had known only the transient and fitful repose of hollow truces. The calm that spread over the country, under the auspices of Sir John Malcolm,was not, however, destined to endure without interruption; and thus, in the progress ofthe sepoy rebellion of 1857, the towns and villages of Malwa became again the theatresof frightful outrage. The defection of the G^alior contingent at Indore; the revolt andits associated atrocities at Mhow ; and the disorder that prevailed in almost every partof the province, testified to the fact, that the vrild and lawless tendencies of the Pin-dar
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