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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  Mulji    
First Name(s)  Kursendas    
Birth Year  1832    
Death Year  1875    
Entry  Born July 25, 1832 : member of the Bhatia caste of traders : educated at the Elphinstone Institution, but offended his aunt, with whom he lived, by writing an essay in favour of the re-marriage of Hindu widows, and was turned out of the house when 21 years of age : became Headmaster of the Gokuldas Tejpal Seminary : started a weekly paper called the Satya Prakash : wrote against the high priests of the Vallabhacharya, and exposed the immoralities of the Maharajas, or priests, of the Bhatias and Banias : he was sued, in 1862, for libel, but the verdict was in his favour. At the time of the cotton mania, Kursendas joined a commercial firm and visited England to do business, but returned in 1874, having been unsuccessful : published a volume of his travels. He was appointed Administrator of a Native State, but only lived there for a year : died in Aug. 1875.     
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