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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C
| 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 | Bourdillon | | | First Name(s) | James Dewar | | | Year of Birth | 1811 | | | Year of Death | 1883 | | | Entry | I.C.S : son of the Rev. T. Bourdillon: educated at Ramsgate and Haileybury : joined the Civil Service at Madras in 1828 : was Secretary to the Board of Revenue and Secretary to Government in the Revenue and P.W.D. : advocated irrigation and the improvement of communications : was an authority on land revenue and the despatch of public business : retired in 1861 : died May 21, 1883. |
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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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