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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 | Goldney | | First Name(s) | Philip | | Year of Birth | 1802 | | Year of Death | 1857 | | Entry | Son of Thomas Goldney : born Nov. 21, 1802 : educated privately : entered the E.I. Co.'s Bengal Army, 1821 : served in Sind, from 1844 : became Collector- Magistrate there : in the expedition to the Trucki hills : had great influence over the Beluchis : increased the area of canal cultivation : commanded a Brigade sent to annex Oudh : in charge of the Faizabad Division, when the mutiny of 1857 broke out : fortified the town : compelled to leave in boats : killed at Begamji, on the Gogra, 30 miles from Faizabad, about June 9, 1857. |
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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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