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Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I
Date transcribed | 2011-04-00 | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | Comment | Note 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) | Man Mohan | | Year of Birth | 1844 | | Year of Death | 1896 | | Entry | Lawyer : born March, 1844 : a member of an old Kayastha family in Bikrampur, in the district of Dacca : son of Ram Lochan Ghose, a Subordinate Judge and friend of Raja Rammohan Roy, with whose views he sympathized : educated at the Krishnagar Collegiate School and the Presidency College, Calcutta. In 1861,he founded the Indian Mirror, then issued fortnightly : in 1862, he went to England and stood for the Indian Civil Service Examination in 1864 and 1865, but without success : in 1866, he was called to the bar, and in 1867 joined the Calcutta High Court as the first Indian barrister : delivered a series of lectures against the open competitive examinations for the Indian Civil Service. In 1885, he was sent to England as delegate from Bengal, to speak on Indian questions : visited England again in 1887, 1890, 1895, sometimes with his family. As a barrister, he was engaged in several notable cases, and achieved great success. He became, in 1873, Secretary of the Bethune College, and, as a member of the National Congress, was a strong advocate for the separation of judicial and executive functions of District Officers : Fellow of the Calcutta University : died Oct. 17, 1896 |
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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each
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