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children of 103
    Kitchener, General Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl 183, 186–7, 188, 189, 259, 450, 455, 483
    Kittur 277
    Koh-i-Noor diamond 201–2
    Kookas 289
    Koregaum, battle (1818) 297–8
    Korgah xxviii
    La Forte (French frigate) 109
    La Martinière establishments, for orphans 440
    HMS La Sibylle 109
    Lady Moira’s Orphanage, Calcutta 489
    Lahore 61, 139
    railway station 27
    Lake, Major 321
    Lake, Major Edward 206
    Lake, General Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount 55, 183–4, 276, 297, 314, 321, 335–6, 387, 388
    Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi 78–9
    lal bazaars 480–1
    Lal Singh 63, 66
    Lambrecht, Lieutenant 106
    Lang, Lieutenant Arthur Moffat 77, 148, 207, 242, 295, 296, 351, 410–11, 462
    Langlands, Lieutenant 312
    languages, local, study of 175–6, 272
    Laswari, battle (1803) 55, 184, 297, 314, 321
    Latin jokes of British India 60, 78
    Latter, Captain Thomas 215
    Lauder, Captain R. R. 400
    Lawrence, Lieutenant General Sir George 200, 201, 203, 461
    Lawrence, Major General Sir Henry xxx, 64, 66, 193, 198, 200, 201, 202, 208, 209, 295, 301, 461
    defence of Lucknow and action at Chinhut (1857) 75, 201, 329–31, 390, 391
    Lawrence, Lady Honoria 494
    Lawrence, Sir John Lawrence, 1st Baron [Viceroy, 1863–68] 75, 200–1, 209, 210, 211, 330, 461
    Lawrence, Major General Stringer 182, 257
    Lawrence, Sir Walter xxiii, xxvi, 290, 492–3, 500
    Le Mesurier, Major 134–5, 166, 172, 173–4, 270, 351, 375
    leadership, courageous 316, 319–21
    leave regulations 488
    Leigh, William 305
    Lendrum, Captain J. V. 361
    Lennox, Lieutenant 242
    Leonard, Quartermaster Sergeant Godfrey 238
    Lhasa, Tibet 87
    lieutenant colonels 219, 220, 224, 253, 254, 272
    lieutenants 219, 266
    Lindsay, Colonel 404
    lock hospitals 480
    Longworth, Captain 12
    looting 274, 278–84, 317
    Lord, Dr 320
    ‘Low Europeans’ 146–7
    Low, Major General Sir John 70, 71, 191–2, 240–1, 250, 488
    Low, Malcolm 213–14
    Luard, Lieutenant John 97
    Lucan, Lieutenant James 310
    Lucknow 81, 274
    climate 32, 34
    in the Mutiny (1857)
    siege 75, 150, 172, 201, 301, 326, 338, 390–6, 466–7, 475
    relief 75, 78, 335, 347, 362
    looting 279–90, 281, 284, 317
    Ludhiana 142
    Lumsden, Colonel Harry 203–4, 210–12
    Lyall, Alfred 81
    Lyons, Captain John 237
    Lytton, Lady Edith 181
    Lytton, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of [Viceroy, 1876–80] 82, 86, 181
    Macan, Lieutenant Thomas 474
    McBean, Lieutenant William, VC 361–2
    McCabe, Captain Bernard 14–15, 249–50, 394
    McCaskill, Major General 321
    McFall, Captain Crawford 127, 165
    McGovern, Private John, VC 235
    MacGregor, Major General Sir Charles 112, 113, 193, 230–1, 241, 247–8, 251, 319, 323, 326–7, 335, 352, 361, 362, 497, 498
    in Second Afghan War 228, 270, 315. 372, 399. 432
    MacGregor, Edward 248
    MacGregor, Frances Mary (née Durand) 497–8
    McGuire, Sergeant J., VC 235
    Mackenzie, Captain Alfred R. D. 206–7, 296, 349, 422
    Mackenzie, Colin 493
    Mackenzie, Helen 142, 493
    Mackeson, Frederick 202, 203
    Macleod, Lieutenant 378
    McMath, Captain 174
    MacMurdo, Lieutenant 309, 319
    Macnaghten, Sir William 56, 58, 200
    MacNamara, Corporal 235
    McPherson, Captain Hamish McGregor 438
    Madras 45, 46, 115–18
    society in 151
    Madras Army 254
    Madras Club 157
    Maharajpore, battle (1843) 61, 257–8, 333, 342
    Mahdipore, battle (1817) 55
    Mahoney, Sergeant Patrick, VC 235, 345
    Maidstone (East Indiaman) 92
    Maitland, Lieutenant General Sir Peregrine 458
    Maiwand, battle (1880) 86, 315, 344, 354–6, 359
    majors 253, 272
    Malakand campaign (1896–97) 86–7
    malaria 257, 475
    Malcolm, Sir John 191
    mansabari system 40–1
    mansabdars 40–1
    Mansell, Elizabeth 105–6
    Mansfield, Major General 293
    Maratha artillery 333
    Maratha service
    Arab mercenaries in 312
    British in 41, 304, 305, 307–9, 310, 440
    Maratha Wars
    First (1777–82) 55
    Second (1803–05) 55, 308
    Battles: [Wellesley] (1) Ahmednagar (2) Assaye (3) Argaum; [Lake] (1) Aligarh (2) Delhi (3) Laswari (4) Bhurtpore
    Third (1816–19) 55
    Marathas