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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	Bhide
	First Name(s)	Gopalrao Hari
	Year of Birth	1843
	Year of Death	1896
	Entry	A native of Mahapada in the Presidency of Bombay : son of a learned Brahman of the old type, who, too poor to maintain his family, migrated to Kalyan : educated at Poona : entered the railway service as a signaller, employed in the Berars and afterwards at Nagpur : became a clerk in the Magistrate's office and read law : in 1869 became a Pleader and obtained a lucrative practice : devoted himself to social reforms, particularly female education, the re -marriage of widows, and improvement of modes of agriculture : through his advice the first proprietary cotton mill was established at Nagpur : died Jan. 4, 1896.

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