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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Abdul Hak
	First Name(s)	Sirdar Diler Jung Ul Mulk
	Year of Birth	1853
	Year of Death	1896
	Entry	Son of a small hereditary chieftain in the Dekkan : joined the Bombay Government service before he was 20 : in the police, captured a dangerous dakait : made C. I. E. : joined the Hyderabad service : Sir Salar Jung sent him to England to obtain an alteration in the guarantee which the Nizam had given on his State railway : for effecting this, he was handsomely rewarded : was given a mining monopoly in the Nizam's state, from which he made a personal profit of nearly a quarter of a million : but, after the publication of the facts in 1888, he suffered political downfall at Hyderabad : and strove in vain to regain his position in the Nizam's service : died May, 1896.

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