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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  Garstin    
First Name(s)  John    
Year of Birth  1756    
Year of Death  1820    
Entry  Maj-General : born 1756 : educated for the Army : given a commission, by George III, in the Engineers : the first of his family to go out to India : rose to be Maj -General of his Corps : Surveyor- General of Bengal, and Chief Engineer : chiefly employed in the construction of civil works, especially the large Golah at Bankipur, intended as a granary in case of famine : was also the architect of Government House, Calcutta : ""Garstin's Place"" in that city still preserves his name : translated Paul Frisi's Rivers and Torrents from the Italian, 1818 : the work is dedicated to Warren Hastings, his friend and patron : died Feb. 16, 1820 : and was buried at Calcutta.     
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