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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	Collins
	First Name(s)	John
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1807
	Entry	Colonel : joined the E. I. Co.'s Bengal Infantry, 1770 : Major in 1794 : appointed Resident at the Court of Daulat Rao Sindia {q.v.), 1795-1803, but, though he had much power over him, failed to dissuade him from fighting against the English : Collins, therefore, in 1803 left Sindia, who was defeated at Assaye and Argaum in that year. Collins was also sent on a mission to Jaipur in 1799. After the Mahratta war, Collins was Resident at Lucknow, at the Court of the Nawab Wazir, and died there June 11, 1807. He was called ""King Collins"

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