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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	Campbell
	First Name(s)	Sir James Macnabb
	Year of Birth	1847
	Year of Death	1903
	Entry	I.C.S. : born 1847: son of Rev. J. M. Campbell, D.D. : educated at Glasgow : D.C.L. Glasgow : went out to Bombay, 1869 : Under Secretary to Government in Political, Judicial Departments, 1880 : acted as Commissioner of Customs, Salt, Opium and Abkari, 1897 : Chairman of the Bombay Plague Committee, 1897 : Commissioner, 1900 : retired, 1900 : C.I.E., 1885 : K.C.I.E. 1897 : compiled the Bombay Gazetteer, 1873-84, in 26 volumes : wrote a history of Mandoghar, the capital of the Muhammadan kingdom of Malwa, and "" Notes on the Spirit Basis of Belief and Custom,"" in the Indian Antiquary, 1894-1901 : died May 26, 1903.

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