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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Galloway    
First Name(s)  Archibald    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1780    
Year of Death  1850    
Entry  Maj-General : son of James Galloway : joined the 14th Bengal N.I. in 1800 : served in several regiments : Colonel of the 58th N.I. in 1836 : was in the defence of Delhi and at the siege of Bhartpur : member of the Military Board : C.B., 1838: K.C.B., 1848: Chairman of the Court of Directors of the E. I. Co., 1849 : died April 6, 1850 : wrote several works on India, among them on Muhammadan Law : Observations on the Law and Constitution of India, 1825 ; Notes on the Siege of Delhi in 1804, etc. ; on Sieges in India and on the Government of India, 1832.     
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