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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Mukerji    
First Name(s)  Harish Chandra    
Birth Year  1824    
Death Year  1861    
Entry  Son of a high-caste Kulin Brahmin in poor circumstances, by the youngest of his seven wives : at 14 had to earn his livelihood by writing petitions, etc. : in 1848 obtained a post in the Military Auditor-General's office by competition, and gradually became Assistant Military Auditor : a great reader, he acquired a good knowledge of English, and took to literature : in 1855 became sole editor of the Hindu Patriot : in 1857 he upheld Lord Canning's clemency policy in a series of articles, which attracted the Viceroy's notice : he espoused, in 1860, the cause of the raiyats against the indigo planters, and so incensed the latter that they instituted civil and criminal proceedings against him, and after his death sold up his property : he was the first native journalist of any note in India : the British Indian Association built a library in his memory : died June 14, 1861.     
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