Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings 1. Family History: War of American Independence, 1754-81 2. Appointed Governor General of India (1781-1813) 3. Condition of India in 1813 4. The Story of a Treaty: The Gurkha War (1814-1816) 5. The Gathering of the Storm: Events in Central India (1814-1816) 6. The Struggle, 1817: The Pindari War: The Maratha Powers Rise in Revolt 7. The Final Overthrow of the Maratha Powers (1818-1819) 8. Reconstruction in Central India and in the South-West (1818-23) 9. Foreign Relations: Internal Affairs: The Great Case of Palmer and Co. 10. Administrative Reforms: Lord Hastings Work in India