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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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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  Mackenzie    
Forename  John    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: John Mackenzie    
Page nos.  221-222    
Description  Met Lord Elphinstone, who offered Mackenzie the management of his Ceylon estates; Mackenzie did not accept. Mackenzie and John Beckwith purchased the Jeelwarpur Indigo Concern, 1848. Some years after, took a trip home with his family; returned again to India, 1855. Again went home, January 1857, and thence to Canada. The long winters proving too much, Mackenzie and his family returned to Tirhoot, 1862. Next, went to Naini Tal, where a house was built. “After a time as all his daughters were married or about to be, [Mackenzie] made up his mind to leave India for good, and eventually retired to Island Bank, Inverness, where he died in 1868.” Buried in the cemetery of Tumnahurich “where a handsome tombstone marks the spot where lies one of the finest and best of men. Such a leader to guide young heads in our indigo troubles at the present moment would be, indeed, a blessing.”    
Indexer Notes  See also index entries for “Mackenzie, J.F.”, and “Mackenzie, John F.”    
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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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