Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: Conceptual and Methodological Approach
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction: The Early Years and the Evolving Grand Strategic Reality, 1600–1784
- Part I Dealing with the French Menace, 1744–61
- Part II Towards an All-India Grand Strategy, 1762–84
- 5 Bengal, 1757–67: Crossing the Threshold and Becoming a ‘Country’ Power
- 6 Thwarted Imperialism: Madras, 1761–78
- 7 Bengal, 1767–84: The Borders of Power and the Power of Borders
- 8 Bombay Enters the Imperial Game, 1774–82
- 9 Madras versus Haidar Ali – Round 2, 1778–84
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Worlds of the East India Company
9 - Madras versus Haidar Ali – Round 2, 1778–84
from Part II - Towards an All-India Grand Strategy, 1762–84
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: Conceptual and Methodological Approach
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction: The Early Years and the Evolving Grand Strategic Reality, 1600–1784
- Part I Dealing with the French Menace, 1744–61
- Part II Towards an All-India Grand Strategy, 1762–84
- 5 Bengal, 1757–67: Crossing the Threshold and Becoming a ‘Country’ Power
- 6 Thwarted Imperialism: Madras, 1761–78
- 7 Bengal, 1767–84: The Borders of Power and the Power of Borders
- 8 Bombay Enters the Imperial Game, 1774–82
- 9 Madras versus Haidar Ali – Round 2, 1778–84
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Worlds of the East India Company
Summary
The war with Hyder was exclusively [Thomas] Rumbold's Act [Governor of Fort st George], and he knew it was coming when he abandoned his post – He [also] did all he could to force Nizam Ally Cawn into a War with ye Company
Hastings to Laurence Sulivan, 21 February 1782.we are not now fighting for the Extension of Territory and the Consequent Acquisition of revenues … The Contest now seems to be our very Existence in India – whether we shall hold it with honour, or be driven to the Sea.
Robert Gambier, Bombay councillor, Minute, 1 June 1782.we are not only fighting against Hyder but the whole Inhabitants of the Carnatic
General Sir Eyre Coote, April 1781.a day's rice more or less may decide the fate of the British Empire in India …
General Coote to FSG, May 1782.the English in India are always in a state of Warfare, and ought not to quit their Arms in times of the most profound Peace because Peace in India is only apparent and cannot from the Nature of Man be solid … the instant they suppose it real, and act accordingly they will feel a blow which most likely they will not be able to recover.
Colonel Pearse (Commandant of the Bengal artillery) after three years of action in the Carnatic, to FWP, 12 May 1784.- Type
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- The Emergence of British Power in India, 1600-1784A Grand Strategic Interpretation, pp. 282 - 316Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013