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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Becher    
Forename  H.    
Title  Captain    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: Captain Henry Becher    
Page nos.  216    
Description  Had an old East India Navy list where his name was mentioned as Lieutenant Henry Becher, deceased, opposite which in big scrawly letters were written �Not yet, thank God �H.B.� Came up-country [to Bengal], probably in the early 1830s. Started as an indigo planter at a factory to the north-east of Tirhoot called Beerpur. Was very fond of carpenter work, and employed some fifty carpenters. Becher was �a bit of a fire-eater, and though [the author, Minden Wilson] never heard of his having fired or been fired at, he had a pair of brass-barrelled pistols that were the terror and amusement of the district.� His old syce was Byro.    
Indexer Notes  (1) A syce was a groom or horse-keeper. (2) The author, Minden J. Wilson, recounted a couple of yarns about Captain Becher, in which Byro�s wise sayings played a part [pp. 216-217]. (3) See also index entries for �Becher, Captain�, and �Becher, Henry, Captain.�    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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