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 Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Call    
First Name(s)  Sir John    
Titles  Baronet    
Year of Birth  1732    
Year of Death  1801    
Entry  Son of John Call : born in 1732 : went to India in 1749, with Benjamin Robins, Chief Engineer and Captain-General of Artillery : arrived at Fort William, 1750 : deputed to fortify St. David near Madras, C751 : accompanied Clive, 1752, against he French : Engineer-in-Chief at Fort St. David, 1752-7 : Chief Engineer at Madras and the Coromandel Coast, 1758 : at the siege of Pondicherry and Vellore : was in the war of 1767-8 against Hyder Ali : Member of Council, Madras, in 1768 : retired, 1770, to England : was High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1771 : Commissioner on Lands, Woods, and Forests, 1782 : M.P. for Callington from 1784 : Baronet in 1791 : F.R.S. : became blind in 1795 : died March 1, 1801.     
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