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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) | Malcolm | | Year of Birth | 1762 | | Year of Death | 1831 | | Entry | Joined the E.I. Co.'s Bombay Army in 1777 ' served against the Mahrattas, 1779, and with Goddard's (q.v.) force at Bassein, in 1780-1 : in Malabar, until 1788, and again from 1792 to 1798 : commanded against the Mahrattas, was in the capture of Mysore, under General James Stuart at Mangalore, in Canara, and Jamalghar : in the chief command in Malabar and Canara, 1804 : captured Savandrug : returned to England, 1807 : Maj-General, 1813 : Lt-General, 1815 : died Sep. 28, 1831 |
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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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