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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	Canaran
	First Name(s)	Churia
	Year of Birth	1812
	Year of Death	1876
	Entry	Born at Mahé, 1812 : son of a jailor at Tellicherry, whom he succeeded, 1829- 32 : learnt several languages besides his own vernacular Malayalam, and rose, from his first appointment in 1832, through a succession of posts in the judicial and revenue offices, to be a Deputy Magistrate- Collector in 1859, retiring as a firstclass officer at the end of 1869, after 39 years' service, having performed such excellent work in respect to the Moplah disturbances in Malabar, 1852-5, his courageous conduct exposing him to great danger, that for his ""conspicuous and most valuable"" services therein and in revenue matters, he was granted a pension equal to his full pay : died Oct. 18, 1876.

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