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Mhairs, aboriginal tribe in Rajputana,n 3, 114.
Miani, Defeat of the Sind Mirs at, bySir C. Napier (1843), 4^°*
Mica, 731.
Michelborne, Sir Edward, his voyage toAsia , 429.
Midcbeton, Captain D., commanded fifthEnglish voyage to Asia , 429.
Middleton, Sir Henry, his naval defeat ofthe Portuguese at Cambay (1611), 429.
Middleton, Thomas, first Bishop ofCalcutta (1814), 315*
Migration of the people, 82.
Mildenhall, Sir John, sent as ambassadorto India by Elizabeth, 427.
Military caste of St. Thomas NestorianChristians, 291 ; Portuguese efforts attheir conversion to Rome , 291.
Military Transactions in Indostan, byOrme, quoted, 445 (footnote); 447(footnote).
Mill, James, History of British India ,quoted, 372 (footnote); 428 (footnote);445 (footnote); 451 (footnote).
Millets, Statistics of cultivation of, andchief varieties, 580, 582, 583.
Mills, water-power, in the Himalayas , 41.
Mills, steam cotton, 712-717; jute, 717,718.
Mineral oils, 73; petroleum wells andoil-refining companies in Burma , 729,730; petroleum in Assam and thePunjab , 730.
Minerals and Mines.— See Mines andMinerals.
Mines and Minerals, chap. xxi. pp. 722-732. Indian iron, indigenous methodsof working, 722; failure of English efforts, 722, 723 ; Government efforts,722 ; Indian coal, and history ofBengal coal-mining(i820-83), 723 ; theCentral Provinces and Bengal coal-fields, 723, 724 ; coal-beds in Assam ,724 ; future of Indian coal, 725 ; saltmining and manufacture, 725, 726;saltpetre, 726, 727; gold - washing,727; gold-mining in Madras andMysore , 727, 7 28; copper-mining,729 ; lead, tin, antimony, and cobalt,728, 729; petroleum in Burma , Assam ,and the Punjab , 729, 730; lime andbuilding stone, 730; marble, 73°;slate, 731 ; diamonds and preciousstones, 731, 732; pearl fisheries, 732.— See also Geology of India.
Miniature painting, 155.
Minto, Earl of, Governor-General ofIndia (1807-13); expeditions to Java and Mauritius ; embassies to thePunjab , Afghanistan , and Persia , 469,
470.
Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal (1757-60);
compensation for losses at Calcutta ,grant to the Company of the zamlnddriof the Twenty-four Parganas, Clive’sjdgir , dethronement of Mir Jafar, 450 ;45 **
Mir Jumla’s unsuccessful expedition toAssam in the reign of Aurangzeb (1662), 367.
Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal (1760-63),grant of Bardwan, Midnapur , andChittagong to the Company; his quarrelwith the English , massacre of Patna ,and defeat at Gheria and Udhunala,453 > 454 -
Miracles of Buddhist and Hindu religiousfounders, 184, 185; 258; miracles ofthe early Jesuits , 303.
Miscellaneous Essays , by Mr. B. H.Hodgson , 398 (footnote).
Missionary efforts of Asoka , 191.
Missiones Catholicce , quoted, 294, 310,312 (footnote 1).
Missions, Christian , in India , — SeeCatholic Missions, Christianity in India , Protestant Missions.
Mixed population, 89.
Model farms, the small success hithertoattained, 614.
Moghias, wild tribe, reclamation of, 113,
Mohpani colliery in the Central Pro-vinces, 723.
Moira, Earl of.— See Hastings, Mar-quess OP'.
Monasteries, Buddhist , 202 ; Hindu , 251.
Monopoly , Salt , 537 ; opium, 539.
Monson, Colonel, his retreat beforeHolkar (1804), 468.
Monze, Cape, and promontory in Sind,marking the extreme western boundaryof British India, 35.
Mornington, Lord. — See Wellesley,Marquess.
Moti Masjid, or Pearl Mosque, in AgraFort, 362.
Mudki, Battle of (1845), 481.
Mughal Empire , The (1526-1761 A.D.),chap. xi. pp. 344-374. State of India in1526, 344; genealogical tree of the Mug hal Emperors , 345 ; early life of Babar(1482-1526), 344; invasion of India anddefeat of Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat, 344;Babar’s conquest of Northern India ,(1526-30), 344; Humayun (i53 0_ 5^)»his expulsion from India (1540), andreconquest by the second battle ofPanipat (1556), 344-346, and foot-note; Akbar the Great (1556-1605),346-358 ; Akbar ’s work in India , 347and footnote; conciliation of the Hindus,348; extension of the Mughal Empire ,and reduction of the Rajputs (1561-68), 348; Akbar ’s Hindu officers,Rajas Man Singh and Todar Mall , 348;