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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 | Burlton | | | First Name(s) | Philip Bowles | | | Year of Birth | 1803 | | | Year of Death | 1829 | | | Entry | Son of William Burlton : joined the Bengal Artillery at Dumdum in 1821 : was transferred to Africa : was actively employed in the Burmese war of 1824 : devoted himself zealously to discovering the sources of the Brahmaputra and Irawadi, and solving geographical questions : he also wrote about the Assamese : was murdered, with Lt. Bedingfield of the Artillery, by the Khasias at Nunklow, in Assam : died April 4, 1829. |
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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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