See also:

• ROHILLA (a Pushtu word for " mountaineer ")

ROHILLA (a See also:

• PUSHTU

Pushtu word for " mountaineer ")  , a tribe of Afghan marauders, who, towards the beginning of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, conquered a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Hindostan, giving it the name of See also:

• ROHILKHAND

Rohilkhand, which still survives as an alternative See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• BAREILLY, or BARELI

Bareilly See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces . The Rohillas are chiefly notable for their association with See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings, which formed one of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• COUNTS

counts in his See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment . Having been driven into the mountains by the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas, they had appealed for aid to Shuja-ud-Dowlah, See also:

• WAZIR, or VIZIER (Arabic wazir)

wazir of Oudh, and ally of the See also:

• BRITISH

British . The wazir promised to assist them in return for a sum of See also:

• MONEY

money; but when the Mahrattas were driven off the See also:

• ROHILLA (a Pushtu word for " mountaineer ")

Rohilla chiefs refused to pay . The wazir then decided to annex their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and appealed to Hastings for assistance, which was given in return for a sum of See also:

• FORTY

forty lakhs of rupees . Hastings justified his See also:

• ACTION

action on the ground that the Rohillas wee a danger to the British as uncovering the flank of Oudh; and while he would never involve the See also:

• COMPANY

company in an unjust See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, neither did he See also:

• DESIRE

desire an unprofitable one . The Rohillas were defeated by See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

Champion in See also:

• APRIL

April 1774, and the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of them fled across the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges; but the charges of destroying a nation, brought against Hastings by See also:

• BURKE
• BURKE, ROBERT
• BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
• BURKE, WILLIAM (1792–1829)

Burke and See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay, were greatly exaggerated . The Rohillas were never a nation, but consisted of a small See also:

• BODY

body of Mahommedans, who had imposed an See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien See also:

• RULE

rule upon a million See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus; and one of their chiefs was See also:

• LEFT

left in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract which now forms the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• RAMPUR

Rampur (q.v.) . See See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Rohilla Afghans (1787) ; and See also:

• SIR

Sir J . See also:

• STRACHEY, SIR JOHN (1823—1907)
• STRACHEY, SIR RICHARD (1817-1908)

Strachey, Hastings and the Rohilla War (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1892) .