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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	Carey
	First Name(s)	Mary
	Year of Birth	1741
	Year of Death	1801
	Entry	Of Indian birth : wife of Peter Carey, a seafaring man : the last of the 23 survivors of the 146 persons imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta on June 20, 1756 : her husband died there, or afterwards in the fighting at Fulta : her subsequent fate is uncertain, but the tradition of her being carried off by the Nawab's people is not authentic. She married again, her second husband being a military officer. She confirmed, at an interview on Aug. 13, 1799, Holwell's account of the Black Hole tragedy : she died March 28, 1801, at Calcutta.

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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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