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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	Colquhoun
	First Name(s)	Archibald Ross
	Year of Birth	1848
	Entry	Son of Dr. Archibald Colquhoun, H.E.I.C.S.: educated at Edinburgh University and abroad : entered the Indian Public Works Department, 1871 : explored from Canton to Bhamo for best railway route between Burma and China, 1881-2 : Deputy Commissioner Upper Burma, 1885-9 : Administrator in Mashonaland, 1890 : retired, 1894 : travelled extensively in Siberia, Mongolia and China, etc., 1900-3 : author of Across Chryse, 1883 ; Amongst the Shans, 1885 ; The Key of the Pacific, 1895 ; Russia against India, 1900, etc. etc. : F.R.G.S. : Times Correspondent on several occasions : has written a number of geographical and political papers.

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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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