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Date transcribed2011-05-01
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.

Surname  Laha    
First Name(s)  Durga Charan    
Titles  Maharaja    
Year of Birth  1882    
Year of Death  1904    
Entry  Merchant and landowner : son of Pran Kissen Laha, of the Subarnabanik (gold merchant) caste : the family was engaged in trade. Durga Charan was educated at the old Hindu College, and became head of the firm called by his father's name, in 1853 : Fellow of the Calcutta University : first native Port Commissioner of Calcutta : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1874 : of the Governor- General's Legislative Council, 1882 and 1888 : President of the British Indian Association in 1885, 1895 : Sheriff, 1882 : C.I.E., 1884 : Raja, .1887 : Maharaja, 1891 : an able man of business, both in his own trade and in his landed estates, and attained great wealth : was consulted by Government on public, especially financial, questions : was a Commissioner for the reduction of public debt in 1882 : died March 20, 1904.     
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