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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

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	Rajanaikan
	Birth Year	?
	Death Year	1772
	Entry	An inferior officer, a Surweicare of the Raja of Tanjore's Army: his parents belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, he was baptized as an infant, but did not learn to read until he was twenty-two : left the Army, and devoted himself to religion : joined the Protestant Church, and appointed to the charge of the Tanjore congregations : much persecuted for his change of faith, but he remained firm and converted others : after fourty-four years of labour and suffering for his faith, he died in 1772.

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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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