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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Dutt | | First Name(s) | Romesh Chunder | | Year of Birth | 1848 | | Entry | I.C.S. : born Aug. 13, 1848 : son of Isan Chunder Dutt : educated at Hare's School, Presidency College, Calcutta, and University College, London : passed the Indian Civil Service Examination, 1869 : joined the Civil Service, 1871 : became a Divisional Commissioner, 1894-5 : retired in 1897 : C.I.E., 1892 : is a Fellow of the Calcutta University and Barrister of the Middle Temple : has been Lecturer on Indian History at University College, London : author of a series of historical and social novels, and a translation of the Rig Veda and other Sanskrit religious works in Bengali, also of Civilisation in Ancient India, Lays of Ancient India, Ramayana and Mahabharata in English Verse? Economic History of British India, 1757- 1900, 2 vols., etc. |
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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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