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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Holmes    
Title  Major    
Chapter  Reminiscences of Behar    
Sub-title  Chapter XII. We fortify the Doctor’s house--The “Vieille Guarde”--Taking a Prisoner--False Alarm--Murder of Major and Mrs. Holmes--Mutiny of the Native Infantry at Dinapore--Defence of Arrah--The Mutiny over--Homeward-bound    
Page nos.  200-201    
Description  The prisoner—Warris Ali, a darogah who had invited the rebels to loot the treasury at Mozufferpore—was placed in an ekah, and sent off to Segowlie under an Irregular Cavalry escort, to be dealt with by Major Holmes. However, Holmes returned the prisoner to Mozufferpore with a private communication, “to say that his men were much averse to having the peeler hanged at Segowlie, he being a Moslem.”    
Indexer Notes  (1) A darogah, or dárogá, was a manager, superintendent or overseer, particularly of a custom or excise station, or of a distillery. (2) An ekah, or ekka, was a small light, two-wheeled carriage made chiefly of bamboo and without a seat; it was drawn by a single horse or pony. (3) This index entry was extracted from the author’s [Minden J. Wilson’s] description of his observations and experiences of the Mutiny of 1857-58 [pp. 196-210]. (4) See also index entries for “Holmes, Captain”, and “Holmes, Colonel”.    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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