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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  Hare    
First Name(s)  David    
Year of Birth  1775    
Year of Death  1842    
Entry  An enthusiastic promoter of the English education of Indians : born in Scotland in 1775 : brought up as a watchmaker : went out to Calcutta in 1800 : in a few years acquired a competence, and before 1816 made over his business to a relative named Grey : in 1814 proposed to his friend, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the establishment of an English school at Calcutta : with the help of Sir Edward East and Bengali friends, opened the Hindu College on Jan. 20, 1817 : locating it on a piece of his land on the N. side of College Square : in Sep. 1818, founded the Calcutta School Book Society for printing and publishing English and Bengali books : worked hard for the repeal of the Regulations against the Press : to secure trial by jury in civil cases in the Supreme Court : to prevent emigration of Indian labourers to Mauritius and Bourbon : in 1838 was appointed by Government a Judge of the Calcutta Court of Requests, in recognition of his services for the cause of native education : died June 1, 1842, of cholera : his full-sized marble statue was erected by public subscription, between Presidency College and the Hare School : the anniversary of his death is still observed by the Bengalis with great veneration, and a memorial tablet has been placed by the Government of India at his residence.     
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