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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  Filose    
First Name(s)  Jean Baptiste    
Year of Birth  1775    
Year of Death  1840    
Entry  Colonel : son of Michael Filose (q.v.) 1 born at Faizabad, March, 1775 : educated at Calcutta : served under the Mogul Emperor at Delhi : adopted by a Frenchman, La Fontaine : entitled Itmaduddaula by the Emperor : took service under Daulat Rao Sindia : kept under arrest by Perron {q.v.) : defeated by the British in the Mahratta war of 1803 : employed in reducing refractory chiefs in Bundelkund, Malwa, etc., for Sindia : again arrested for 18 months : constantly engaged in fighting with Rajputs and Bundelas for Sindia : his troops constantly mutinous for arrears of pay : again under arrest for 7 years, restored in 1824, deprived of his command in 1843 : ordered by Tara Bai to take command of the Army at Chanda against the English : defeated : transferred his offices to his grandson, Peter : died May 2, 1864 : his grandson, Sir Michael Filose, employed as architect, etc., at Gwalior.     
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