Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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vernorof Scinde, and who ruled his provincewith firnniess and success. In 1845 and in 1848 there was warbetween the British and the Sikhs ofthe Punjaub. On the 21st of February,1849, Lord Gough won the decisive vic-tory of Goojerat, and this was followedby the close of the war, and the annex-ation of the Punjaub to the Britishdominions. A little later Sir HenryLawrence was appointed to the govern-ment of the Punjaub, which, since the 140 GREAT EVENTS IN ENGUSH HISTORY. dn) s of Alexander the Great, had beenthe scene of constant rapine and strife.Liis rule was so just and kind that theSikhs were completely won over to theEnglish authority. , The dominion of Great Britain in In-< la extended over hundreds of millions received for them from England. Thecartridges of these rifles were supposedto contain beef-tallow, and as the use ofthis article, which is sacred to the Hin-dus, is forbidden to any devout native,several regiments objected to using thecartridges, and their wishes were re
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THE STORMING OF DEI.HI BY THE ENGLISH. of people, and had been won and wasmaintained by a mere handful of Britishtroops. The great mass of the troopsemployed by the English were natives,and were known as Sepoys. They weregenerally contented, and obeyed theirEnglish officers with r<?adiness and con-fidence. In 1856 a supply of Enfield rifles was spected by thegovernment, which sup-pressed the cartridges. The discontentdid not subside, however, but continuedto spread, and early in 1857 a formida-ble mutiny broke out among the nativetroops in Bengal, Gude and the prov-ince of Delhi. Wherever they had the power, theinsurgents massacred all the English

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