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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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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	Dyas
	First Name(s)	Joseph Henry
	Year of Birth	1824
	Year of Death	1868
	Entry	Born April 7, 1824 : son of Capt. Joseph Dyas of the 51st K.O.L.I. : educated at Delgany, Dungannon, Addiscombe : entered the Bengal Engineers : went to India, 1845 : just too late for Sobraon : with the Army to Lahore : at the taking of the fort of Kangra, 1846 : Assistant Superintendent of the W. Jamna Canal : prepared and worked on the Bari Doab Canal project from 1850 : Director of Canals at Madhupur, 1856 : in the mutiny was at Trimmu Ghat, July 16, 1857 : Capt., 1857 : in 1864, Lt- Colonel and Chief Engineer, N.W.P. : died March 4, 1868, ""a sacrifice to his devotion to his duty and his work "" in the Canal Department : he had a faculty for mechanical invention.

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