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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 | Grant | | First Name(s) | James | | Entry | In the service of the E.I. Co. : was stationed in Bengal, 1784-9 : selected by the Government to superintend the native management of the revenues : found himself obliged to expose the abuses connected with the whole system of native agency : appointed Chief Sarishtadar, or general superintendent of native revenue accounts under the Board of Revenue, 1786 : his tract,�An Inquiry into the Nature of Zemindary Tenures in the Landed Property of Bengal, 1791�gives the best account of the native revenue system. |
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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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