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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
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  Forsyth    
First Name(s)  Thomas Douglas    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1827    
Year of Death  1886    
Entry  I.C.S. : son of Thomas Forsyth, merchant : born Oct. 7, 1827 : educated at Sherborne, Rugby and Haileybury : arrived at Calcutta, 1848 : went to the Panjab, after the annexation of 1849 : at the outbreak of the mutiny was Deputy Commissioner of Umballa : reported on the disaffection, and controlled the Sikh States : was a Special Commissioner for punishing the rebels, after the fall of Delhi: Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Oudh : C.B. : went to Leh in 1867 to promote trade with Turkistan : established the Palampur fair : sent to Russia on diplomatic mission : obtained from the Russian Government an acknowledgment that certain disputed territories belonged to the Amir of Afghanistan : went in 1870 to Yarkand : in 1872, lost his appointment as Commissioner of Umbala for supporting his subordinate's measures in putting down the Kooka outbreak at Malair Kotla : led a mission to Kashgar, 1873-4 : K.C.S.I. in 1874 : Additional Member of the Governor- General's Legislative Council, 1874 : Envoy to Burma in 1875 : obtained an agreement to the independence of the Karenni states : retired in 1877 : died Dec. 17, 1886.     
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