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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  Ghose    
First Name(s)  Kasi Prasad    
Year of Birth  1809    
Year of Death  1873    
Entry  Born Aug. 1809 : admitted as a free scholar in the Hindu College, Oct. 1821 : in Dec. 1828, reviewed Mill's History of British India at the request of Prof. H. H. Wilson for the Government Gazette and the Asiatic lournal : in 1829 left the Hindu College : in 1831, published his first volume, Shairand other Poems : in 1834 published, anonymously, his Memoir of Native Indian Dynasties, which had previously appeared in D. L. Richardson's Literary Gazette ; in 1840, Richardson included some of his poetical compositions in his Selections from the British Poets : in Nov. 1846, he established the weekly journal, The Hindu Intelligencer, which he discontinued in 1857 on the passing of The Gagging Act by Lord Canning : in 1838, the Dharma Sabha was founded : he opposed all social reforms : was a Justice of the Peace of the City of Calcutta, and Honorary Presidency Magistrate : died Nov. 11, 1873.     
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