Trade, Politics and Religion: The Religious Policy of the English East India Company (1757-1857) With Special Reference to Travancore

includes index and biblioraphy

east india company and its religious policy east india company.................................................................2 Mercantile and Monopolistic Company.................................... 3 Organisational Set Up............................................................... 7 Early Settlements of the Company ............................................8 Organisational Order of Factories...........................................9 Treaties with the Native Powers............................................. 10 Treaties with Hyder Ali........................................................ 11 Kings of Cartenadam and Colastria...................................... 13 Kingdoms of Scindy and Tanjore.........................................14 Company as Ruler of India..................................................... 75 Political Situation of Bengal................................................. 16 MirJaffar and the Company.................................................18 Mir Quasim and the Company..............................................22 religious policy of the company.......................................23 East India Company and Native Religions............................. 24 Policy of Non-interference ...................................................25 Writings of the Period........................................................25 Court of Directors............................................................... 27 The Penal Code ..................................................................27 Company the Protector of Religions ....................................28 Company Officials and Religious Festivals .........................32 Supporter of Islam ................................................................36 Protector of Religious Endowments.....................................37 Company the Successor...........................................................38 Care and Maintenance of Religions......................................41 Abolition of Pilgrim Taxes...................................................48 Danish Mission........................................................................ 50 Danish Settlement.................................................................51 Company and Danish Missionaries...................................... 53 Schultze, Fabricius and Geriek ..........................................54 Schwartz............................................................................. 55 Schwartz, a Mediator.......................................................56 Company`s Support to Danish Mission.............................. 5! Company and Other Missions............................................... 61 Joao de Silva....................................................................... 6 Kierander............................................................................6 Roman Catholics and the Company.................................... 6`. Attitude Towards Baptist Mission...................................... 6( Company and Chaplains....................................................... 7 Origin of Chaplain System ................................................. 7` Chaplains in India............................................................... 7! Shortage of Chaplains......................................................... 8 Chaplains as the `servants` ................................................. 8: Company and Thomas Christians......................................... 9. Company and Christian Converts......................................... 9. Disabilities of the Converts................................................. 9`. Legislation Against Disabilities.......................................... 9`. challenges to company`s policies and evangelicals challenges to economic and trade policies