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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Edgar    
First Name(s)  John Ware    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1839    
Year of Death  1902    
Entry  I.C.S. : born Sep. 16, 1839 : arrived in India, in the Indian Civil Service, in Feb. 1862 : did good service in Cachar in connexion with the raids of the Lushai tribes, and accompanied the Lushai expedition of 1871-2, as Political Officer to the Northern Column : as Deputy Commissioner of Darjeeling he paid much attention to Sikhim, Buddhism, and Tibet frontier questions : President of the Bengal Excise Commission, 1881-3 : Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 1887-91 : Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, Jan., 1892 : retired in April, 1892 : C.S.I, in 1872, and K.C.I.E. in May, 1889 : died at Florence on June 4, 1902 : devoted himself in his later years to historical studies, chiefly on subjects connected with Northern Buddhism and modern Latin Christianity.     
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