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Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F
Date transcribed | 2011-03-01 | 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 | Filose | | First Name(s) | Jean Baptiste | | Year of Birth | 1775 | | Year of Death | 1840 | | Entry | Colonel : son of Michael Filose (q.v.) 1 born at Faizabad, March, 1775 : educated at Calcutta : served under the Mogul Emperor at Delhi : adopted by a Frenchman, La Fontaine : entitled Itmaduddaula by the Emperor : took service under Daulat Rao Sindia : kept under arrest by Perron {q.v.) : defeated by the British in the Mahratta war of 1803 : employed in reducing refractory chiefs in Bundelkund, Malwa, etc., for Sindia : again arrested for 18 months : constantly engaged in fighting with Rajputs and Bundelas for Sindia : his troops constantly mutinous for arrears of pay : again under arrest for 7 years, restored in 1824, deprived of his command in 1843 : ordered by Tara Bai to take command of the Army at Chanda against the English : defeated : transferred his offices to his grandson, Peter : died May 2, 1864 : his grandson, Sir Michael Filose, employed as architect, etc., at Gwalior. |
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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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