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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  Gentil    
First Name(s)  Jean Baptiste Joseph    
Year of Birth  1726    
Year of Death  1799    
Entry  Born at Bagnols, June 25, 1726 : of noble family : in 1752 went out to India as officer in an Infantry regt. : served with distinction under Dupleix, Law of Lauriston, Lally, etc. After the collapse of the French power in India and the surrender of Pondicherry to the English, in 1761, Gentil served for a time under Mir Kasim, Nawab of Bengal, then under Shuja-ud-daula, Nawab of Oudh, who loaded him with honours : was most generous in helping less fortunate fellow countrymen, and enrolled a body of them to serve under the Nawab : after the defeat of the Nawab at Baxar, Gentil helped to negotiate peace between him and the English : after Shuja-ud-daula's death in 1775, Gentil was compelled by the English to leave, and in 1778 returned to France : appointed Colonel of Infantry : was already Chevalier of St. Louis, 1771 : died in poverty, having lost his pension at the Revolution, at Bagnols, Feb. 15, 1799 : author of Memoires sur L'Indoustan, Histoire des Radjahs de L'Hindoustan, etc. : his collection of Persian MSS. is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.     
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