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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 | Henckell | | | First Name(s) | Tilman | | | Year of Birth | ? | | | Year of Death | ? | | | Entry | Notable as a great local administrator in India in the latter part of the 18th century : specially connected with the district of Jessore, in Bengal : was appointed Judge and Magistrate of Jessore in 1781, with Mr. Richard Roche as his assistant. A man of great ability, who made the real good of the natives of his district his chief aim, not, like most others, considering only the commercial interests of the Company : carried out many reforms in Jessore : remodelled the police force : defended the people against the oppression of subordiuate officers : the first to develop the Sundarbans, and to originate the plan for reclaiming them by granting plots of land to persons undertaking to bring them under cultivation. About 1782 or 1783 he established three ""ganjes"" in places where clearings had been made in the jungle : one was named after him�Henckellganj : made Collector of Jessore in 1786 : helped to bring about the Permanent Settlement of Bengal by the information he was able to give to Cornwallis when making inquiry into the land revenue of the Presidency : when the Settlement was made, 1789, Henckell had left Jessore to become Collector, Judge, and Magistrate of Rajshahi : was succeeded by Richard Roche : the rule of these two men covers the period 1781�93, when Lord Cornwallis' reforms were completed. |
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