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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C
| Date transcribed | 2011-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Alison Kilpatrick | | Comment | Index 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 | Muir | | | Forename | James Cullen | | | Chapter | Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past | | | Sub-title | Biographical sketch: James Cullen Muir | | | Page nos. | 285-286 | | | Description | Was sent out from Glasgow to David Crawford as an assistant at Kanti. Did very well at first. Was �rather a hard master with the natives.� Was at Tatereah for a short time; then got Chutwarrah, where he managed for some time. While at Chutwarrah, built Dhurumpore to prevent people interloping. �When the Tirhoot Indigo Company of London sold off their factories, Chatwarrah being one of them, Muir had to leave.� Was for a short time at Poona. Then built an interloping factory called Kopee, in the Shapore Oundie dehaut. Muir was �at one time manager of Baghwanpore Factory, in the Monghyr district, where he was accused of having beaten a native and was found guilty and run in. Like many others, when misfortune came to him, he took to drink and died.� The author, Minden J. Wilson, thought that Muir was buried at Kopee Factory. �In his case a Munshi, who had done well under his master, Jimmy Muir, behaved differently to Sunful Raie, John Anderson�s jemadar, for Muir�s Munshi beggared himself in trying to help his master.� | | | Indexer Notes | (1) A dehaut, or dehat, is a group of villages with boundaries defined for property rights. (2) A munshi, or moonshee, was a secretary or interpreter. (3) A jemadar, or jámádár, was a chief or leader of people, often in the army, the police or in the customs. (4) See also index entries for �Muir, J.C.� |
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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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