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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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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	Harrison
	First Name(s)	Henry Leland
	Titles	Sir
	Year of Birth	1837
	Year of Death	1892
	Entry	I.CS. : son of Rev. James Harwood Harrison : educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford : went to Bengal in the Civil Service, 1860 : Junior Secretary to Government of Bengal, 1867 : Secretary to Board of Revenue, 1878 : Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Corporation of Calcutta, 1881-90: knighted : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council : Member of the Board of Revenue, 1890 : died of cholera, at Chittagong, May 5, 1892.

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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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