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 Dictionary of Indian Biography J to L

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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  Law    
First Name(s)  Jean    
Year of Birth  1720    
Year of Death  ?    
Entry  English by birth : son of William Law, who settled in France : was Chief of the French factory at Saidabad, Kasimbazar, when Suraj-ud-daula became Nawab Nazim of Bengal in 1756, and took the English factory at Kasimbazar : protected by the Nawab : declined to give up his factory to Watts, the English Agent : withdrew himself from Kasimbazar in April, 1757, to Patna : was returning to the Nawab's assistance after Plassy, but Suraj-ud-daula was killed : Law continued his flight to Ghazipur and Lucknow, to Shuja-ud-daula (q.v.), Nawab of Oudh : went to Delhi, Agra, Bundelkund : accompanied the Shahzada's unsuccessful invasion of Bengal, 1759, again attacked Patna with him (now become Shah Alam), in 1760 : they fought against the English and Mir Kasim at Suan, near Bihar, Jan. 15, 1761 : Law surrendered to Major Carnac : sent to Calcutta : left India, 1762 : arriving at France, was made a Chevalier and Colonel, Commissary of the King, Commandant in the E. Indies, Governor of Pondicherry.     
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