Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official [Paperback]

A wide-ranging two-volume portrait of India written by a British colonial official who lived there for more than thirty years.By the time Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman (17881856) published this two-volume work in 1844, he had been living in India for more than thirty years. Volume 2 considers aspects of British governance in India, such as tax and the justice system.By the time Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman (17881856) published this two-volume work in 1844, he had been living in India for more than thirty years. Volume 2 considers aspects of British governance in India, such as tax and the justice system.Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman (17881856) spent his entire career in India as an army officer and later as a magistrate and resident. He was best known for his fight to suppress the activities of 'thugs', bands of criminals who attacked, robbed and often murdered innocent travellers. By the time of the publication of this two-volume work in 1844, Sleeman had lived in India for more than thirty years. In Volume 2, Sleeman examines many issues related to governance, such as land, tax, military discipline and the justice system, and he recounts some of the extensive conversations he had with Indians on these matters. His travels in this volume takes him through Gwalior, Dholpur, Agra and Bharatpur, and the book includes plates of some of the spectacular buildings that he visits.1. Pindaree system. Character of the Mahratta administration. Causes of their dislike to the paramount power; 2. Dholepore, capital of the Jat chiefs of Gohud. Consequence of obstacles to the prosecution of robbers; 3. Influence of electricity on vegetation. Agra and its buildings; 4. Noor Jehan, the aunt of the Empress Noor Bahul, over whose remains the Taj is built; 5. Father Gregory's notion of the impediments to conversion in India. Inability of Europeans to speak Eastern languages; 6. Futtehpore Secree. The Emperor Akbar's pilgrimage. Birth of Jehangeer; 7l#4