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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	Roberts
	First Name(s)	John Blessington
	Birth Year	1819
	Death Year	1880
	Entry	Born July 17, 1819 : went to India as a private soldier in 1840 : joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners : and the Police as a Deputy Superintendent in 1849 : rose to be Deputy Commissioner of Police in Calcutta, 1856-63 : J.P. : Presidency Magistrate, 1862-71 : Coroner of Calcutta : Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery, 1871-80 : for many years, as Member of the Corporation of Calcutta, took an independent line : on behalf of the public interests, gaining the title of ""Tribune of the people"" : Died May 5, 1880.

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