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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 | Mukerji | | | First Name(s) | Sambhu Chandra | | | Birth Year | 1839 | | | Death Year | 1894 | | | Entry | Born May 8, 1839 : son of Mathur Mohan Mukerji : educated at the Oriental Seminary and the Hindu Metropolitan College : became sub-editor of the Hindu Patriot in 1858, and during the ill-health of its editor, Harish Chandra Mukerji, who died, 1861, was virtually the editor, and for a time was sole editor : M.D. of an American University : in 1862 was appointed editor of the Samachar Hindustani and Assistant Secretary to the Talukdars Association at Lucknow : in 1864, Diwan to the Nawab Nizam at Murshidabad : in 1868 became Secretary to Maharaj Seoraj Singh of Kashipur : in 1869 was at Rampur a short time as the Nawab's Secretary : from 1872 he conducted Mukerji' s Magazine to 1876 : in 1877, was Minister to the Maharaja of Tippera : in 1882 founded the Calcutta journal, Rets and Rayyet : wrote well and clearly and carried weight in public discussions : in 1888 became well known to Lord Dufferin, then Viceroy : in 1890 was made a Fellow of the Calcutta University, in recognition of his journalistic work : died Feb. 7 1894. In 1857 he wrote On the Causes of the Mutiny : in 1860, Mr. Wilson, Lord Canning and the Income Tax ; in 1869, The Career of an Indian Princess ; in 1872, The Prince in India and to India ; in 1875, The Empire is Peace and the Baroda Coup d'Etat ; in 1887 a book of Travels in Bengal. |
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