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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 | Hannay | | Year of Birth | ? | | Year of Death | ? | | Entry | Major : in the service of the E.I. Co. in the time of Warren Hastings : with permission, he left the Company's service for a time, and entered that of the Nawab of Oudh, 1778 : managed the district of Gorakhpur : disturbances in it were said to be owing to his oppression and misconduct. The Nawab dismissed him in 1781, and later would not hear of his return : he took part in the war against the Rohillas in 1774, and was afterwards examined with reference to alleged cruelties practised on that people. |
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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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