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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	Brooke
	First Name(s)	Robert
	Year of Birth	1746 ?
	Year of Death	1802 ?
	Entry	Son of Robert Brooke : entered the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Army in 1764 : engaged at the battle of Baxar and under Lord Clive against Kasim Ali and Shuja-ud-daula and against Hyder Ali of Mysore in 1768-9 : put down a revolt in Kora, and was made Collector : served in the Rajmahal hills against the Mahrattas, and in the Rohilla war : his services terminated in 1775 : lost his money in attempting to establish cotton manufacture in Ireland : Governor of St. Helena, 1787-1801 : died soon after his retirement.

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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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