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Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R
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 | Patcheappa | | First Name(s) | Conjeveram Mudaliar | | Birth Year | 1754 | | Death Year | 1794 | | Entry | (Also spelt Pachaiyappa) : posthumous son of Vienanda Mudaliar : born 1754 : became a broker : and a dubash (interpreter) to a merchant travelling in S. India : became a contractor, and acquired great wealth by his commercial transactions with the E. I. Co. and others : made large gifts to charities and religious endowments : died March 31, 1794 : some of his wealth was, after litigation, devoted to the erection at Madras, in 1843, of the Hall called after him, for the improvement of charitable education. |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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