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Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L
Date transcribed | 2011-05-01 | 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. |
| Surname | Khwaja Ahsanulla | | First Name(s) | Bahadur | | Titles | Nawab Sir | | Year of Birth | 1846 | | Year of Death | 1901 | | Entry | Son of Nawab Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani Mia (q.v.) : born in 1846 : succeeded to the management of the family estates in 1868, and after his father's death worthily upheld all the best traditions of his house as a landowner, an open-handed dispenser of charity and hospitality, an enlightened and loyal supporter of Government : for years a Municipal Commissioner and Honorary Magistrate of Dacca : made Khan Bahadur (1871): Nawab (1875): C.L.E. (1891): Nawab Bahadur (1892) : K.C.I.E. (1897) : Member of the Governor- General's Legislative Council in 1890, and again in 1899. He died suddenly at Dacca, Dec. 16, 1901. |
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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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