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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
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.

Surnames  Imaduddin    
First Name(s)  D.D.    
Titles  Rev.    
Year of Birth  1830?    
Year of Death  1900    
Entry  Son of Maulvi Sirazuddin, a Muhammadan theologian : descended from the Persian royal house and the Muhammadan Saint Kutb Jamal : born about 1830, at Panipat, near which town his family had large estates : educated at Agra Government College : became a Sufi or Muhammadan mystic : travelled about, all over India, preaching Islam : was present on behalf of Islam against Christianity in the ""Agra Controversy"" : subsequently became a teacher in the Government Normal School, Lahore : baptized at Umritsar, April 29, 1866 : ordained Deacon, 1868; Priest, 1872, by the Bishop of Calcutta: made D.D. by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1884 : invited to attend the World's Parliament on Religions in Chicago, to which he sent a paper : wrote a number of Hindustani books, the principal being a Life of Christ, Lectures on Christian evidence, commentaries in Urdu on St. Matthew's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles : died at Umritsar, Aug. 28, 1900     
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