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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Malabari
	First Name(s)	Behramji Merwanji
	Birth Year	1853
	Entry	A Parsi by birth : educated at Surat : taught in the Parsi Proprietary School : after a hard struggle in early life, he became a journalist : author of poems, in 1875, and social reformer : in 1880 he purchased the Indian Spectator and was editor for more than 20 years : it is now merged in The Voice of India : he was mainly instrumental in procuring the passing of The Age of Consent Act and removing restrictions against the remarriage of widows : author of a translation of Max Miiller's Origin and Growth of Religion, 1882 ; Gujarat and the Gujaratis, 1884 ; The Indian Eye on English Life, 1893 ; The Indian Problem, 1894 : has edited East and West since Nov. 1901.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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