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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  Hamilton    
First Name(s)  Charles    
Year of Birth  1753 P    
Year of Death  1792    
Entry  Born about 1753 : son of Charles Hamilton, merchant : went to India in the E.I. Co.'s military service in 1776 : was one of the first members of the Asiatic Society of Bengal : served in the expedition against the Rohillas, and wrote an account of them in 1787 : translated the Hedaya, or guide to Muhammadan Law, from Persian, 1791. He died March 14, 1792, in England, before he could take up the post of Resident in Oudh, to which he had been appointed.     
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