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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	O'Sullivan
	First Name(s)	J. W.
	Birth Year	?
	Death Year	1877 ?
	Entry	Said to have gone to India as a private in the Royal Artillery, and to have fought in the engagements of the second Sikh war, 1848-9 : kept a private day school in Calcutta : was a journalist in Calcutta from about 1862 : wrote for the Mofussilite and other up-country journals : was special correspondent to the Times of India : acquired a facility in dealing with some of the more intricate questions of Indian policy : said to have secured the confidence of the Governor-General and other high officers of the time : edited the Weekly Indian Statesman at Bombay about 1874-6 : died about 1877.

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