British India, Its Races and Its History, Considered With Reference to the Mutinies of 1857, Vol. 2

Book excerpt: Excerpt from British India, Its Races and Its History, Considered With Reference to the Mutinies of 1857, Vol. 2: A Series of Lectures Addressed to the Students of the Working Men's College The present Outbreak not unforeseen: Warrings of Sir Thomas Munro; of Sir Charles Napier - Teachings of H istory as to its Causes - Elements of Opposition to us: The Brahmin Element - The Mussulman Element - The Mahratta Element - Occasions of the Outbreak: The Annexation of Oude - The greased Cartridges - Hindoos and Mussulmen thus united by common Grievances - Delhi the natural Centre of Revolt - Other Occasions of the Outbreak: The Invaliding Regulation, &c. - The In fringement of the Right of Adoption 213 - 227. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.