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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 | Nuncomar | | | First Name(s) | Rai | | | Titles, Honours, etc. | Maharaja | | | Birth Year | ? | | | Death Year | 1775 | | | Entry | (Also spelt Nanda Kumar) : born early in the 18th century in the Murshidabad district : early appointed A min or revenue collector of Parganas Hijli and Moisadal : accompanied Clive to Patna as Vakil : and, in 1756, was Governor of Hughli : attended Mir Jafar in the war against Mir Kasim : made, about 1764, Maharaja by the Emperor Shah Alam : appointed by the E. I. Co. to be Collector of Burdwan, Nadia and Hughli, in place of W.Hastings : in 1765 was Naib Subah of Bengal, deposed, and Muhammad Reza Khan appointed : in 1772, when Warren Hastings became Governor-General, Nuncomar made complaints against the Revenue Administration of Muhammad Reza Khan, Naib Subah, and helped Warren Hastings in prosecuting Reza Khan, who was then deposed : obtained the appointment of his son, Raja Goordas, as assistant to Mani Begam, Superintendent of the Nawab's Household : in March, 1775 brought before the Council some grave charges against Warren Hastings : in April, 1775, was prosecuted, along with Joseph Fowke, by Barwell, for conspiracy : while this case was pending, a charge of forgery of a bond in connexion with a civil case in progress against him was brought against him on May 6, 1775 before Justices Lemaistre and Hyde, sitting as committing magistrates. He was tried at the Sessions, June 8-16, before Sir E. Impey, C.J., and Justices Chambers, Lemaistre and Hyde : was convicted of the forgery, sentenced to death, and hanged on Aug. 5, 1775. |
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